Agreement Number
69F35217268
Awardee Name
Mieses Castellano Alejandro
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Comprehensive Environmental Simulation Software of Long-term Natural Phenomena for Community Education Purposes
Awardee State/Territory
Puerto Rico
Involved States/territories
Puerto Rico
Award Year
2017
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$50,470.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Agroforestry
Forestry
Grassland (Includes Pasture/Rangeland)
Natural Areas
Watershed/Riparian Zone
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Surface water depletion
Stormwater
Pesticides transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to groundwater
Loss of floodplain functions and values
Loss of floodplain functions and values
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Cover
Cover Crop
Filter Strip
Hedgerow Planting
Hillside Ditch
Project Background
The purpose of this project was to offer NRCS and communities a set of digital tools they can use to discuss, understand and educate on natural dynamics in areas of environmental value to stakeholders and the public, around a given site in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and to create speculative models of intervention while visualizing the effects they may have in the future. This project offered an initial tool for scientific personnel and the general community to be able to communicate natural cycles and soil-related events through graphic, time-based simulations and visualizations.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No