Graduate student Stephi Drago was selected by the New England-St.Lawrence Valley (NESTVAL) chapter of the Association of American Geographers for best student paper presented at the regional conference on November 14, 2020. Stephi’s presentation described her M.S. thesis research – contributing to the mapping of floodplains in the Lake Champlain basin of Vermont, estimating floodwater storage on floodplains, and development of a protocol to identify restoration opportunities along in-active rail lines improve river-floodplain connectivity. Congratulations Stephi on this recognition of your work!