CSANR has historically defined our “Natural Resources” mission (the NR in CSANR) as those natural resource systems that are interdependent with agricultural production systems, including air, water, forest and rangelands. Most of this work is conducted in collaboration with other WSU units and projects that are focused on various natural resource systems. This includes research and educational activities focused on water quantity and quality, air quality impacts of agricultural production systems (e.g. dust, ammonia and VOC emissions from livestock production), family forest lands, rangelands used for grazing, and biomass production/processing for renewable energy. Important questions that are currently receiving attention include the impact of climate change on forest and rangeland systems, reducing air quality impacts of livestock production, and water quantity and quality impacts that cross the agriculture-range-forest ecosystem boundaries.
Related Projects and Activities
- Columbia River Supply and Demand Forecast Project
- BioEarth Project
- WISDM Project
- LAWREE Group (WSU Biological Systems Engineering, Land, Air, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering)
- WSU Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
- State of Washington Water Research Center
- WSU CEREO (Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach)
CSANR Natural Resources Publications
Featured Publications
A Tool to Predict the Effects of Land Management on Water and Sediment Yield (PDF)
Kirkpatrick, A.W. 2021. A Tool to Predict the Effects of Land Management on Water and Sediment Yield. FireEarth Science Brief No. 13. Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University. csanr.wsu.edu/publications/fireearth-brief13/.
Lessons Learned from the Listening Sessions for the Technology for Trade Project (PDF)
Yorgey, G.G. 2019. Lessons Learned from the Listening Sessions for the Technology for Trade Project
Food-Energy-Water: Innovations in Storage for Resilience in the Columbia River Basin (PDF)
Hall, S.A., Yorgey, G.G., Padowski, J.C., Adam, J.C. 2019. Progress Report for the Columbia River FEW Project. Available online at www.fewstorage.wsu.edu
Modeling Environmental Change: Scenarios in the Washington Water Supply and Demand Forecast
Allen, E., Hall, S.A., Yorgey, G., Rajagopalan, K., Adam, J., Brady, M., Barber, M., Stockle, C., Barik, M., Kruger C. 2019. Washington State University Extension Publication FS327E, Pullman, WA.
Impacts of near-term climate change on irrigation demands and crop yields in the Columbia River Basin
Rajagopalan, K., K.J. Chinnayakanahalli, C.O. Stockle, R.L. Nelson, C.E. Kruger, M.P. Brady, K. Malek, S. Dinesh, M.E. Barber, A.F. Hamlet, G.G. Yorgey, and J.C. Adam. 2018. Water Resources Research.