Dr. Guy Iverson receives one of the 2021 Environmental Enhancement Grant (EEG) award as a co-Principal Investigator (co-PI), with Dr. Mike O’Driscoll (ECU Department of Coastal Studies) serving as the Principal Investigator (PI). The award amounting to $149,241, which comes from the Office of NC Attorney General Josh Stein, will fund their research project that will help the city of Greenville to determine locations with higher risks for flooding and poor water quality and to take steps to reduce the environmental damage caused by stormwater runoff, especially in underserved communities. The project aims to use LiDAR and remote sensing techniques to detect dry detention basins in Greenville.

The EEG program will be awarding $866,591 in grants to preserve and enhance the environment in eastern North Carolina. Attorney General Stein will award nearly $3 million in grants to 27 grantees across the state.

Read the press release on November 9, 2021 from Attorney General Josh Stein on the EEG awards: Attorney General Josh Stein Announces More than $850,000 in 2021 Environmental Grants in Eastern North Carolina