Yeonju Kim

Yeonju Kim

PhD candidate in the MDIH Lab at the University of Connecticut.

Beaver-Induced Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in Southern New England Wetlands

Published:

Model-Data Integration Hydrology (MDIH) Lab, University of Connecticut — advised by Prof. Lijing Wang

Field investigation of beaver-induced groundwater-surface water interactions in Southern New England wetlands, integrating passive and active seismic surveys, streamflow measurements, and groundwater well data collected near beaver pond sites (UConn Forest, Fenton-Ruby Park). This work supports a model-data integration approach linking field observations to hydrologic models, presented as a poster at AGU 2025 (New Orleans) and as a talk at BeaverCon 2026 (Minnesota).

Data release: USGS — Passive and Active Seismic Data Collected Near Beaver Pond Locations

Field Work

Beaver dam at the field site
Beaver dam at the field site.
Field team at the beaver wetland site
Field team at the beaver wetland site.

Instrumentation & Data Collection

RTK GPS survey at the beaver pond site
RTK GPS survey at the beaver pond site.
Streamflow measurement with a FlowTracker
Streamflow measurement with a FlowTracker.
Drilling a groundwater monitoring well
Drilling a groundwater monitoring well.
Return flow near a beaver dam
Return flow near a beaver dam.