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Past Projects

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Sturgeon

Santa Cruz, CA

2018

Spawning Stock Surveys. Performed field and laboratory research for the federally threatened southern Distinct Population Segment of green sturgeon under a cooperative agreement with UC Santa Cruz and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Field work  included the use of a dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) to estimate adult spawning run sizes, and laboratory post-data processing of sonar videos.

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Inland Fisheries

Los Angeles, CA

2015-2018

Resource Management. Worked within the greater land management plan to meet agency goals and species’ recovery plans. Collected biological samples, inventoried critical habitat, drafted annual reports and project narratives for watershed improvement and stream enhancement accomplishments.

Native species included: Santa Ana sucker, speckled dace, unarmored threespine stickleback, rainbow trout, California red-legged frog, mountain yellow-legged frog, Arroyo toad 

Invasive species included: red swamp crayfish, rainbow trout (stocked), large- and small-mouth bass, blue-gill sunfish, mud snails, bull frog, giant reed, tamarisk 

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Hydrology

Los Angeles, CA

2017

US Forest Service. Participated in FERC relicensing survey focused on wildlife and hydrological impacts. Provided recommendations to the supervisory wildlife biologist for stream damage mitigation and restoration. Conducted stream condition inventories (SCI) including longitudinal and cross-sectional mapping, habitat typing, macroinvertebrate “kick net sampling”, stream shading using a solar pathfinder and 17-point densiometer, stream bed pebble counts and water quality (pH, conductivity, turbidity, temperature). Participated in a HUC-12 watershed classification workshop working in an interdisciplinary team to evaluate future Primary Watershed selections.

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Wildfire

Los Angeles, CA

2015-2018

Fireline Resource Advisor. Provided wildland fire suppression planning recommendations to incident command to protect natural and cultural resources. Led suppression repair guidance, through collaboration with agency stakeholders, to restore wildland fire suppression activities to mitigate erosion, enhance vegetation recruitment and inhibit unauthorized public access to the recently burned area, while also creating specialized restoration prescriptions for unique impacts to resources. Lead READ is responsible for managing the READ team, coordinating with all levels of the fire program to obtain data and implement suppression repair, and coordinate with forest programs to address damages that affect their program of work.

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Algae

Seattle, WA

2010-2012

Paleo-Climate Isotope Cultures. Head of photosynthetic culturing for a paleo climate research team. Assisted with the planning and execution of experimental projects, whereby deuterium and hydrogen ratios in photosynthetic organisms were identified by doctorate students to develop field proxies for sediment core analysis. Cultivated photosynthetic organisms (Thalassiosira pseudonana, Emiliania huxleyi and various mangroves species) under aseptic and rigid research conditions and monitored growth rates of cultures to identify sample schedules, harvest suitability and advise on culture status. Results of this research supply a narrative of localized climate fluctuations (specifically the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone), over time, at remote equatorial islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Past Projects: Research
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