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Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6112
Call us! 612.624.3400
Fax us! 612.625.5212
E-mail us! frweb@umn.edu
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Kenneth
N. Brooks
Professor and Co-Director of Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management (CINRAM)
Recipient of the University of Minnesota Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate and Professional Education
Ph.D.
1970, University
of Arizona
Hydrology, water quality, and watershed management
Office:
301d Green
Hall
Phone:
(612) 624-2774
Fax:
(612) 625-5212
E-mail: kbrooks@umn.edu |
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of Interest
My research and teaching interests center on hydrology and the management of watersheds with special interest in the hydrologic role of forests and wetlands. I have particular interest in improving our understanding of how land use and climate affect streamflow, flooding, and water quality from rural watersheds. I seek to help students become knowledgeable and competent scientists, watershed managers, and good stewards of the land. My interests extend from the northern Lake States to other climatic regimes of North America and abroad.
Current Research:
- Transpiration, interception and streamflow changes on watersheds undergoing forest harvesting & conversion from aspen to coniferous forests in northern Minnesota
- Effects of woody and perennial herbaceous crops, including agroforestry practices, on water flow and water quality from agricultural watersheds of Minnesota
- Stream channel response to land use change and climatic extremes
- Hydrologic role of restored wetlands and riparian buffers
- Modeling watershed response to wetland restoration and changing vegetative cover.
Publications
Current CV
Courses
Taught
ESPM
3703/5703 Agroforestry in Watershed
Management, 3 credits.
FR 3114/5114
Hydrology and Watershed Management, 3 credits.
FR 5153
Forest and Wetland Hydrology, 3 credits. |
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