LUCINDA B.JOHNSON Education Professional Experience - Natural ...

Grants and Contracts (Total $20.8 million)
GLEI-II Indicator Testing and Refinement. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National
Program Office (GLRI-GLIC). Principal Investigator (PI) with Co-PIs: G. Niemi, E. Reavie, V.
Brady, R. Axler, G. Host; subawards to J. Ciborowski, University of Windsor and N. Danz,
University of Wisconsin-Superior. $ 1,625,769. 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2013.
Ecological Design for the St Louis River Area of Concern. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PI with Co-
PIs: V. Brady, G. Host, G. Niemi, T. Brown. $143,980. 8/1/2010 to 9/30/2011.
Landscape Metrics for Coastal Wetland Integrity Indices. PI. U.S. Geological Survey. $64,330. 8/1/2009
to 9/30/2011.
Managing the Nations Fish Habitat at Multiple Spatial Scales in a Rapidly Changing Climate,
Kansas Cooperative Research Unit (U.S. Geological Survey, prime.) $2.25M total ($268,928 to
LBJ). PI: Craig Paukert, Co-PIs: L. Johnson and 11 others.
Minnesota’s Water Resources: Impacts of Climate Change-Phase II. Legislative and Citizen’s
Commission on Minnesota’s Resources. $300,000. PI, with R. Axler, R. Newman, H. Stefan, R.
Skaggs, V. Card. 7/2007–6/2010.
Predicting impacts of development on Lake Superior North Shore streams using high resolution GIS
spatial data. Minnesota Sea Grant, PI with R. Axler, T. Hollenhorst, D. Breneman, $79,000. 2/2007
– 2/2009.
Impacts of Water Resources from Climate Change. Legislative and Citizen’s Commission on Minnesota’s
Resources. $250,000. PI, with R.Axler, R. Newman, H. Stefan, R. Skaggs, V. Card. 6/2006-6/2009.
Restoring Instream and Riparian Habitat in Lake Superior’s Lester-Amity Watershed. National Fish and
Wildlife Federation (Great Lakes National Program Office, Environmental Protection Agency is
prime). $35,000. 1/2006-12/2008.
Assessing the Condition of Great Rivers using Benthic and Planktonic Algal Indicators, Co-PI with E.
Reavie. Environmental Protection Agency. 10/2005 to 09/2010. $840,000.
An Integrated Habitat Classification and Map of the Lake Erie Basin. National Fish and Wildlife
Federation (Great Lakes National Program Office, Environmental Protection Agency (prime). PI
with Jan Ciborowski, Scudder Mackey, Ric Lawson. 10/2004 – 9/2007. $128,278.
Assessing the condition of Lake Superior’s rocky coastlines. Co-PI, with Valerie Brady. Minnesota Sea
Grant. 4/2005 – 6/2008. $80,000 plus 2 yr RA.
Evaluation of DNR Aquatic Vegetation Surveys: Data Summaries and Comparative Analysis. MN
Department of Natural Resources. PI, with George Host. 5/25/04 – 12/15/05. $60,000.
Development of a Risk Assessment Plan for Acadia National Park. PI. U.S. Geological Survey 8/01/2004
– 7/30/2008. $65,000.
Effects of multiple stressors on aquatic communities. Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Program
2003-2006. Co-PI with P. Schoff, G. Guntenspergen. $746,433.
Testing Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Integrity Using Fish and Macroinvertebrates, Environmental
Protection Agency, 2001-2005. PI with C. Richards, J. Schuldt, J Ciborowski. $893,628. Subproject
of: Development of Environmental Indicators of Condition, Integrity, and Sustainability in the Great
Lakes Basin, G. Niemi, PI $6,000,000.
Protocols for Selecting Classification Systems and Reference Conditions: A Comparison of Methods.
Environmental Protection Agency. 2001-2004. Co-PI with J. Schuldt, J. Ciborowski, G. Host, C.
Richards. $747,404 (plus $250,000 cash university match).
Identifying the Sources of Coliform Bacteria in Coastal Ecosystems and Their Relationship to Land Use.
Minnesota Sea Grant, 2001-2003. Co-PI with R. Hicks, M. Sadowsky. $95,460.
Critical Elements of Brook Trout Habitat in Lake Superior. Minnesota Sea Grant, 2001-2003. Co-PI with
J. Schuldt. $60,000, plus 2 yrs RA.
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