Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts)

First Landslide Monitoring Station Installed

CLIMBS Project, Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts), University of Kentucky / By

  The first CLIMBS landslide monitoring station is officially installed at UK’s Robinson Forest (Breathitt, Knott, and Perry Counties)! These will gather hillslope data and help us observe the unique nature of Eastern Kentucky landslides, so that communities in Eastern Kentucky can better prepare and react. Congrats to Project 5 for this vital first step! This …

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KGS FACULTY GATHER DATA FOR LANDSLIDE MITIGATION

CLIMBS Project, Kentucky Geological Survey, Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts), University of Kentucky / By

Matt Crawford, Hudson Koch, and Evelyn Bibbins and UK Earth and Environmental Sciences’ Sarah Johnson headed to Robinson Forest in Breathitt County, to test cell service connectivity for data loggers that will be a part of KY NSF EPSCoR CLIMBS Project 5. Project 5 is working to mitigate landslide impacts through stronger monitoring and modeling of …

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