Mallika Nocco, who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nelson Institute Environment and Resources Program, was recently awarded a 2017 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship.  Her post-doctoral project title is “Water scarcity amidst abundance: A call for adaptive strategies to manage freshwaters, forests, and irrigated agroecosystems throughout sandy aquifers in the Northern Great Lake States.”  The fellowship provides $150,000 in funding over two years.  She will be mentored by Dr. Tracy Twine (U of M), Dr. Mike Fienen (USGS), Dr. Christel Kern (USDA Forest Service), and Dr. Chris Kucharik (UW-Madison). Congratulations Mallika!