Non-point sources account for approximately 60% of nitrogen loading in Long Island Sound (LIS) and residential lawn fertilizer has been among the most difficult of these sources to reduce. In response, policymakers and other stakeholders have proposed behavior-change campaigns to promote lawn practices that reduce fertilizer use. However, the potential effect of these efforts on…

Residential septic systems are a primary source of nitrogen loading to nearby water bodies which can negatively impact water quality. Collaborating with researchers at University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, and University of Miami, this interdisciplinary project will develop a generalizable framework and integrated, spatially-explicit economic-behavioral-hydrological model to inform the design and targeting of programs…