High Falls, New York, United States
- Provide technical assistance for landowners and municipal officials as part of the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program - Develop and deliver trainings for municipal officials on stream and floodplain management - Collaborate with interagency teams and external stakeholders to address water quality and stream access concerns - Write, edit, and coordinate publishing of written materials including newsletters, fact sheets, press releases, and social media posts to increase understanding of stream process, stream ecology, and floodplain management - Conduct stream assessments, habitat mapping, and geomorphic surveys to inform large scale stream restoration projects
- Conducted laboratory analysis to support a 30-year ongoing study to understand the effects of disturbance (hurricanes and droughts) on in-stream algal communities as part of a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site - Collaborated with researchers in Puerto Rico to collect data in headwater streams related to biotic communities, algal communities, stable isotopes, geomorphology, and riparian canopy structure - Coordinated shipping and receiving of sensitive biologic samples
- Performed assessments of road-stream crossings to evaluate habitat connectivity for fish and wildlife using North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAAC) protocols - Conducted habitat assessments using GPS units to map potential restoration sites to accelerate pollution reduction plans - Participated in riparian restoration projects to improve wildlife habitat and water quality