Research

2019-2022. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Environmental Protection Fund. "New York State Forest Carbon Assessment.". ($500,000). Investigators: Beier CM, Drake JE, Germain RH, Malmsheimer RW, Bevilacqua E, and Salehi B.

2022. Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation (Fellowship for funding PhD Candidate A. Poudel). "Assessing Forest Regeneration using Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (sUAV)." ($10,000). Investigators: Bevilacqua, E.

2019-2021. USDA, McIntire-Stennis. “Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) Image Processing for Automatic 3D Forest Modelling”. ($60,795). Investigators: Salehi, B, Bevilacqua, E., and Quackenbush, L.

2016-2018. USDA, McIntire-Stennis. “Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) for Vegetation Monitoring”. ($56,879). Investigators: Bevilacqua, E., and Quackenbush, L.

2015-2016. USDA Northeastern States Research Cooperative. “Using Multiple Long-term Data Sets to Evaluate Dynamics and Characteristics of Managed Uneven-aged Northern Forest Stands.” ($111,153). Investigators: Nyland, R.D., Kenefic, L.S., D’Amato, A.W., Kern, C.C., Kiernan, D.H., Bevilacqua, E., and B. Palik.

2013-2014. USDA Northeastern States Research Cooperative. “Dynamics of Institutional Timberland Ownership and its Impact on Forest Management in Northern Forest Region, United States.” Graduate Research Grants ($10,000) Investigators: Bevilacqua, E.

2012–2015. Sustaining White Pine on High Quality Sites. USDA, McIntire-Stennis. ($81,642) Investigators: German, R., Nowak, C., McNulty, S., and Bevilacqua, E.

2012–2014. Quantifying beaver impacts on Adirondack forest communities at a landscape scale. Northeastern States Research Cooperative. ($106,866) Investigators: Stella, J., Bevilacqua, E. and Frair, J.

2012. GIS analysis of resident angler fishing characteristics and demographic. New York Sea Grant Institute. ($9,981) Investigators: Kuehn, D. and Bevilacqua, E.

2010-2012. National Park Service. “Forest Stewardship Plan for the FDR and Vanderbilt Historic Sites”.($49,974). Investigators: Nowak, C. and Bevilacqua, E.

2010-2012. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. “A Spatial Model of National Forest Fire Ignitions”. ($51,843). Investigators: Malmsheimer, R., and Bevilacqua, E.

2010-2011. Natural Resources Canada. “Analyzing Diameter Growth of New Brunswick Sugar Maples” ($6,500). Investigators: Nyland, R. and Bevilacqua, E.

2008-2011. USDA, McIntire-Stennis. “Modeling Ingrowth and Mortality in Managed Northern Hardwood Stands to Evaluate Sustainability in Forest Production.” ($106,687) Investigators: Bevilacqua, E. and Nyland, R.

2008-2010. Northeastern States Research Cooperative: Theme 1. "Management Effects on Sustainable Wood Production and Carbon Sequestration in Uneven-aged Northern Hardwood Forests." 2008. ($92,367). Investigators: Bevilacqua, E. and Nyland, R.

2009. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. "Estimating Periodic Annual Increment on State Forest Lands in New York”. ($15,000). Investigator:Bevilacqua, E.

2007-2010. Hewlett-Packard Company, Technology for Teaching in Higher Education Grant Incentive. “Integrating Geospatial Information Technologies into Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management Curricula.” ($68,000). Investigator: Bevilacqua, E.

2006. International Foundation for Science. “Quantifying the amount and distribution of soil carbon sequestration under Agroforestry systems in Uganda.” ($9,000). Investigators: Tumwebaze, S. and Bevilacqua, E.

2005-2007. Northeastern States Research Cooperative: Theme 1. "The parcelization of private forestlands in the Northern Forest and its impact on economies of scale for the region’s sawmills and loggers." Investigators: Germain, R., and Bevilacqua, E.

2004-2007. Northeastern States Research Cooperative: Theme 1. “Modeling Effects Uneven-aged Silvicutlure on the Wildlife Habitat and Sawtimber Production Potential of Northern Hardwood Stands”. Investigators: Nyland, R., Bevilacqua, E., and Porter, W.

2003-2006. USDA, Forest Service, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program. 2003. "Evaluating the Impact of Parcelization on Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in the New York City Watershed." ($66,661) Investigators: Germain, R., and Bevilacqua, E.

2003-2004. USDA, Forest Service, Northeast Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit. “NE-FIA Stem Taper Data Collection and Analysis”. ($93,417). Investigators: E. Bevilacqua, Zhang, L. and Savage, J.

2002-2004. USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, and New York State, Dept. of Environmental Conservation. "Forest Stewardship Planning and Reporting Technology - GIS." ($56,493). Investigators: Bevilacqua, E. and Herrington, L.

2002-2004. USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, "Urban tree cover and associated influences on air and soil micro-climate". Investigator: ($25,000). Bevilacqua, E.

2002. USDA, National Resources Conservation Service, "Watershed Boundary Delineation (WBD) for 26 NHD Sub-Basins of New York State". ($27,824). Investigators: Herrington, L. and Bevilacqua, E.

2000-2003. USDA, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program. 2000. "The influence of competitive interference on the vertical distribution of secondary growth in trees." ($61,028). Investigators: Bevilacqua, E., Davis, C.J., and Zhang, L.

2001-2002. USDA Forest Service. "Urban Forest Hydrologic Measurements". ($7,800). Investigator: E. Bevilacqua.

2000-2001. USDA Forest Service. "Urban Forest Health Monitoring". ($21,000). Investigator: E. Bevilacqua.

1998-2000. New York Center for Forestry Research and Development: "Economic analysis of silviculture applied to diameter-limit cut." ($48,000). Investigators: J. Wagner, C. Nowak, H. Canham, and E. Bevilacqua.

1997-1998. Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada: "A forest management planning strategy for bioenergy in remote communities." ($10,000). Investigators: G.D. Puttock, D. McGregor and E. Bevilacqua.

1995-1998. Algonquin Forest Authority: "Growth responses in individual eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) trees following partial cutting treatments". ($6,000). Investigator: E. Bevilacqua.

1993-1994. Ontario Forestry Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: "Development of a stand-level growth model for pine stands managed under the uniform shelterwood silvicultural system." ($24,000). Investigators: E. Bevilacqua and G.D. Puttock.