EIH supports and conducts research on a variety of environmental topics including wetland restoration, air quality, fisheries conservation, water quality, invasive species, environmental sociology and history.

The public outreach program includes the creation and dissemination of information via public presentations, educational displays, lay-language reports and environmental data analysis. EIH provides seminars and workshops to interested citizens and technical audiences on subjects ranging from air and water quality to environmental history. The EIH historian works with local scientists and the public to help evaluate changes in landscape use, demographics and impacts on the local environment.