GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS
My research in groundwater surface water interactions is on post-wildfire drainage response associated with my work for the Dixie National Forest. The majority of this work has been focused on understanding the complex groundwater flow regime of a perched aquifer confined by structures of the Markagunt gravity slide (Smith et al., 2017) (see my research on volcanic landslides). I have worked on two Burned Area Emergency Response teams during the Saddle Fire (2016) and the Brian Head Fire (2017). This work has prompted research into groundwater contamination in fractured aquifers following wildfires.
While working for the Dixie National Forest, my responcibilities included channel surveys and reconstruction, spring documentation, wetland surveys, and riparian surveys (Multiple Indicator Monitoring System surveys).