Madison County resident Carey Burda, a Western Carolina University senior majoring in natural resource conservation and management, recently presented a poster at the National Association of American Geographer’s meeting in Boston.

The poster, titled “Mapping Existing River Cane Sites Within Jackson County, North Carolina, Using Visible Aerial Photography,” was co-authored by Joni Bugden-Storie, WCU assistant professor of natural resource conservation and management; Torry Nergart, a WCU graduate of natural resource conservation and management; and Christopher Storie, geography lecturer at Winthrop University. Their research was initiated by a grant provided by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians through a Revitalization of Tradition Cherokee Artisan Resources grant.

From Mars Hill, Burda completed a bachelor’s degree in science with a focus on ecology from North Carolina State University in 1999. She is now completing a bachelor’s degree in science with a concentration in landscape analysis, which includes landscape ecology, geographic information systems and remote sensing. Her parents are Larry and Genevieve Burda.

For more information about WCU’s department of geosciences and natural resources management, call (828) 227-7367.

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