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Delaney Peterson

@thatsmedelp.bsky.social

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postdoc at Oregon State & water enthusiast // headwaters, stream intermittency, and watershed structure // VT and Bama almuna (roll hokies) // she/her #BLM

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 1d

more river cup!! vote for your favs and stick around for some fun facts!

in my humble opinion, Hubbard Brook is the clear winner here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the infamous Hubbard Brook near the outlet of the larger Hubbard Brooke Experimental Forest

a concrete weir and weir house at the outlet of one of the experimental watersheds in the HBEF

Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 3d

another day another group of catchments to vote for! head to the H3S website to vote for your favorite rain-dominated catchments!

I am preferential to Panola, because I think our southeastern, slightly less steep watersheds deserve some love!

pls enjoy this nearby Piedmont watershed (Talladega NF)

a hillside in the Talladega National Forest (AL, USA) with vibrant fall colors

a disconnected stream in the Talladega National Forest, where the banks are covered in bright fallen leaves and the standing water is dark and full of tannins

the understory of the Talladega National Forest, with rocky hillsides and sparse ground cover below a dense forest canopy in the summer

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AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 3d

The last two rain-dominated catchments in Round 1 of #CatchmentCup2025 :

Panola Mountain vs Piabanha

You have until 5 pm EST TOMORROW (10/7) to vote at: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup

Scroll below for facts!

A photo taken by one of H3S's own of the Piabanha Research Watershed in southern Brazil

An outcrop of the Panola Mountain Research Watershed in Georgia, USA

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 7d

also life update: a lot happened in Sept…

I defended my dissertation, and got to share all the exciting things we’ve learned about small southeastern streams!

I also started as a postdoc at Oregon State! i’m stoked to work with @wardhydro.bsky.social on the role headwaters play in downstream WQ!

Delaney at the front of a classroom giving a presentation titled “Headwaters and their Hollows”

Delaney and Adam in front of the BEE building on OSU’s campus

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 7d

RIVER CUP IS BACK AND GOT A REBRAND THIS YEAR!! vote for your favorite research catchments and maybe learn some new fun facts along the way!! I’m team #headwaters for sure!

AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 7d

CATCHMENT CUP IS LIVE! Whose ready to learn about some new (and old) research catchments?!? First up: HEADWATER CATCHMENTS

VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · Aug 28

thanks so much for sharing our paper!

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · Aug 27

we used a network (deep!) groundwater and surface water monitoring wells to measure hydrologic state, and seasonal surveys to quantify network expansion and contraction.

+a huge thank you to our coauthor team @floodhydrology.bsky.social @drarialshogren.bsky.social & Alain Plattner and Sarah Godsey

Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · Aug 27

super excited to share that my first dissertation chapter is out in WRR!

here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions

check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Using Hydrogeomorphic Features to Quantify Structural and Functional Hydrologic Connectivity in a Coastal Plain Headwater Stream

Hydrogeomorphic features provide a key framework to study streamflow generation along the river corridor Across the study watershed, hydrogeomorphic features demonstrated distinct patterns of gro...

doi.org

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Eos @eos.org · Dec 16

[email protected] & others show stream networks in the Mobile Bay watershed are much more complex than shown in USGS maps. 🧪

eos.org/articles/mob...

Mobile Bay Has More Branching Brooks Than Shown on Federal Maps - Eos

A more accurate charting of the full extent of stream networks will help land managers better protect U.S. creeks and rivers.

eos.org

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VA Water Resources Research Center @VirginiaTech @vwrrc.bsky.social · Dec 17

Former Virginia Tech FREC water student, Delaney Peterson (@thatsmedelp)…Mobile Bay Has More Branching Brooks Than Shown on Federal Maps eos.org/articles/mob...

Mobile Bay Has More Branching Brooks Than Shown on Federal Maps - Eos

A more accurate charting of the full extent of stream networks will help land managers better protect U.S. creeks and rivers.

eos.org

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · Dec 16

... AND got to present a poster on our new project understanding the drivers of channel initiation across the larger Southeast! thank you to Mark DeGraff for the opportunity to share this work with the larger community, and excited to see where it goes from here!

Nate Jones @floodhydrology.bsky.social · Dec 16

Where do streams and rivers start? The answer has been a point of uncertainty for regulators, managers, and researchers for decades!

Check out @thatsmedelp.bsky.social's feature in @agu.org's EOS:

eos.org/articles/mob...

Mobile Bay Has More Branching Brooks Than Shown on Federal Maps - Eos

A more accurate charting of the full extent of stream networks will help land managers better protect U.S. creeks and rivers.

eos.org

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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · Dec 16

had an wonderful time at #AGU24! I had the awesome opportunity to present my first dissertation chapter in the long-standing CZ session (preprint available here: doi.org/10.31223/X5M...) and think about how our perceptual model of Coastal Plain hydrology fits into the larger picture ...