Overview

In my full-time role as Assistant Director for Natural Resources and Environment for Cornell Cooperative Extension, I work to develop programming and funding opportunities by connecting Extension and research faculty and educators with each other and with agency, non-profit, and private sector stakeholders. Major initiatives in 2007/2008 are invasive species, renewable energy and energy conservation, climate change with respect to water resources, and sustainability. I contribute to state programming and policy development through the New York Nonpoint Source Coordinating Committee, the Watershed Agriculture Council Steering Committee, New York Sea Grant Program Advisory Committee, and the NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee. Through participation in these venues, I work to enhance and promote the role of Cornell Cooperative Extension in water resources management. I continue to develop educational programs on nonpoint source pollution and watershed management and providing training for educators and constituents on current issues in those areas and in the use of the program materials and tools. My particular interest is in the use of resource information technologies to convey nonpoint source and watershed education. In addition to my administrative and Extension responsibilities, I am interested in the application of hyperspectral reflectance to soil characteristics.

Research Focus

I am conducting research in the application of hyperspectral reflectance to soil characteristics. One interest is in decomposing or restructuring the spectral measurements to match the Munsell charts and, therefore visual response.

Outreach and Extension Focus

I develop educational programs on nonpoint source pollution and watershed management and providing training for educators and partners and their constituents on current issues in those areas and in the use of the program materials and tools. Currently, a primary audience is local government officials, whom I target using LEAPE (Locally-led Education and Action for Protecting the Environment), an educational program based on custom software developed in collaboration with a large group including the Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems. As the Assistant Director of Natural Resources and Environment for Cornell Cooperative Extension, I provide leadership and support for programs which address protection and enhancement of natural resources and environment in New York State; foster collaborative programming among faculty and off-campus Extension educators; and establish effective working relationships with local, state, regional and national agencies and organizations.

Additional Links

• Locally-led Education and Action for Protecting the Environment
• Small Businesses Providing Safe Drinking Water
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Selected Publications

• Grantham, D.G. and Tania Schusler, 2006, LEAPE: Locally-led Education and Action for Protecting the Environment, Version 2.0 (core software)
• Darling, Susan, Grantham, D.G., Hillman, K., Krkoska, Ward C., Lemley, A.T., Samuels, A., and Wagenet, L.P., 2003. Providing Safe Drinking Water: A Primer for Small Businesses and Organizations. Educational program on source water protection for small businesses that also provide drinking water, such as mobile home park operators, rural restaurants, and convenience stores.
• Grantham, D.G., Barnaba, E.M., Smith, S.D., Allee, D.J., Raymond, L.S., Skaley, J.E., Schneider, R.L., Rossi, F.S., Loucks, D.P., Homziak, J., Lambert, H., Brousseau, L., Hasbrouck, E., Krkoska, Ward C., 2001. LEAPE: Locally-led Education and Action for Protecting the Environment (core software). Educational program on nonpoint source pollution control for local government officials. Core of program is software containing educational material, educator materials for conducting education. Utilizes resource information technologies, including geographic information systems.
• Haeni, F. P., Grantham, D. G., and Ellefsen, Karl, 1987, Microcomputer-based version of SIPT -- A program for the interpretation of seismic-refraction data, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 87--103--A, 65 p.
• Grantham, D. G., Haeni, F. P., and Ellefsen, Karl, 1987, Forward modeling computer program for the inductive electromagnetic method: EM34.FOR, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 87--213--A, 43 p.
• Grantham, D. G., Haeni, F. P., and Mazzaferro, D.L., 1987, Forward modeling computer program for the very low frequency plane wave method: VLF.BAS, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 86--407W, 31 p.
• Marrs, R. W., Levinson, R. A., and Grantham, D. G., 1976, Rapid, low-cost image analysis through video processing, Dept. of Energy Open-File Report GJBX--37(76), 54 p.

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