NORTH DAKOTA: Community college purchases equipment thanks to ND EPSCoR

Each year, the North Dakota EPSCoR State Office accepts competitive proposals for equipment that helps advance scientific inquiry and R&D. Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) received an award to procure a carbon flux measurement instrument. This instrument is designed to provide detailed measurements for carbon and water fluxes at a field scale, as well as detailed weather and soil information important to climatic effects on net ecosystem carbon gains and water losses. TMCC is working with the Tribal Agriculture and Natural Resources Departments to assist them with research pertaining to environmental quality and the effects of land management on carbon sequestration.