Ben Wolfe

2000/01 CEIRP Fellow

Natural Resources/ Wetland Ecology

Hometown: Dallas, PA

CEIRP Curriculum Project: Inventory of Insects on Common Reed Grass

2000 - 2001 CEIRP Fellow Statement

My current research interests have developed from working with Dr. Barbara Bedford's wetland ecology group in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. I have worked with several other undergraduates as well as graduate students on a project funded by The Nature Conservancy. The project's goal is to develop a hydrogeologic classification of a type of wetlands known as rich fens throughout New York State. One part of the project on which I have been working deals with the manner in which these wetland ecosystems respond to nutrient enrichment. Possible Senior Honors Thesis work may focus on changes in the canopy architecture of the plant community of rich fens due to nutrient enrichment.