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Prices Fork Research Facility

The Prices Fork Research Facility is used by the Biological Systems Engineering department for field-scale research and as a staging area for field research. The farm offers work space for researchers to construct laboratory flume models and field monitoring equipment. The facility is also available to conduct both large and small scale plot studies and other scaled experiments under natural climatic conditions. A lined pond on site serves as a reservoir for experiments requiring large flow rates.

Principal Investigator

  • Bio Item
    W. Cully Hession, P.E. , bio

    Professor and Graduate Program Director: Ecological engineering, influence of human activities on streams, stream channel & floodplain interactions, techniques for measuring and improving in-stream habitat, and development of technologies and strategies for successful stream restoration