About the Project:
The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) has engaged K-12 students in ecological fieldwork and collected vital data for land managers since 1997. They have expanded from two original sites in Albuquerque to thirty-three, extending from Santo Domingo Pueblo in the north to Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park in the south. One of their most-requested datasets from land managers and educators alike is depth to groundwater. Groundwater dynamics are an important driver of ecosystem functions in the southwest, such as floral and faunal community composition.
This data explorer is intended to serve as a resource for students, educators, and natural resource managers interested in looking at both a landscape overview and a site-level view of groundwater and river flow dynamics at BEMP sites. Depth to groudwater data were collected from wells at BEMP's research sites monthly, and USGS river flow data were derived for each site from the closest-proximity gauging station. We have defaulted the map to display thirty-two BEMP sites with quality-controlled data between 1997 - 2017, and a line chart averaging groundwater and river flow across sites across the same period. The user can select individual sites from a dropdown list on the map and the chart will automatically update with the individual site's data.

About the Team:
Project Supervisor: Dr. Liping Yang (Course Instructor for UNM GEOG 485L/585L Internet Mapping)
Team Member: Rowan Converse (rowan.converse@gmail.com)
Team Member: Blair Mirka (mirkab@gmail.com)

Acknowledgements:
BEMP Data
D3 Multline Brush and Zoom
D3 Line Graph with Dual Y Axes
D3 Multiline Graph Hover Tooltip
JS GeoJSON Marker with Dropdown Control