Site Visit

I recently returned from a trip to the Nigerian portion of Lake Chad, where I conducted site research as a starting point for my thesis research and proposal. I found the trip incredibly inspirational, and this was almost entirely due to my gracious host Dr. Paul F. Adeogun, Head of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife at the University of Maiduguri. I would like to extend my thanks to him, his family, and his colleagues. Special thanks also to Garba H. Sambo, a remote sensing specialist, formerly of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, who generously donated so much of his extensive GIS data that I had to buy an external hard drive to take it all back. Thanks also to the director of the Chad Basin Development Authority, and the project managers at the South Chad Irrigation Project and the Baga Polder Project. And of course, none of it would have been possible without funding by the Penny White grant which supported my travels.