Robert Sims

Ecological Restoration in the Long Island Pine Barrens

Location: Suffolk County, NY
Primary Focus: Soil and plant restoration
Secondary Focus: Environmental communication, bird conservation
Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Schneider, Cornell University
Goal: Restore a degraded Pitch pine–oak opening community in the Suffolk County Pine Barrens.
The project integrates environmental science, design, and communication to restore the site in ways that are both ecologically functional and socially valuable.

Long Island Pine Barrens
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  • Objectives: Project proposal
  • Personal ObjectivesResearch based restoration, plant id, landscape design
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  • Objective: learn about restoration, apply it to a practical setting, identify knowledge gaps for future research
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  • Gaps & Future Research: Z
  • Plant ID: Z
  • Specimen Collection: Z
  • Seedbank: Z
  • Landscape Architecture: Z
  • Botanical Illustration: Z
  • Natural Science:
    Plant Science - Physiology, Morphology, Ecology, Biochemistry, Identification & Sampling
    Soil Science
    Biogeochemistry
    Landscape Architecture - Remote Sensing/GIS, Site Planning
  • Social Science:
    Communication
    Policy
  • Humanities:
    Philosphy
    Art
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