Represent NWCCOG Water Quality and Quantity Committee at meetings, rulemaking hearings, and state water policy forums. Be available to QQ members to answer questions and provide expertise on matters regarding water quality or quantity. Meet with members to update elected officials on QQ's activities.

The Learning By Doing (LBD) Cooperative Effort represents a unique partnership program between East and West Slope water stakeholders in Colorado. LBD is, in essence, a monitoring and adaptive management program with the goal of maintaining and where possible, improving the health of Colorado River headwater streams in Grand County.

The Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails Advisory Committee (OLRTAC) is a volunteer group of citizens appointed by the Grand County Board of Commissioners. OLRTAC operates through funds generated by a sales tax of 0.3% for the purpose of keeping water in the Colorado and other rivers; conserving agricultural lands, natural areas, scenic open lands, wildlife habitat, wetlands, and river access; and maintaining hiking and biking trails.Assist the Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails Advisory Committee to successfully advise Grand County Commissioners to award funding as approved by the Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails Ballot Measure. All facets of grant administration from initial contact with potential grantees to filing of evaluations for successful grantees; organization and recording of all grants. Coordinate information about Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails Advisory Committee including newspaper articles, website updates, meetings, and other forms of communication.

The Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Stakeholder Group works to balance permanent protection of water-related Outstandingly Remarkable Values for stakeholders, water project yield, and water flexibility along the Upper Colorado River.• Provide coordination support for the 120 member Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Stakeholder Group and Committees.• Facilitate Stakeholder Group (40+ participants) committee (10+ participants), ad-hoc committee, and work group meetings.• Coordinate events as needed, including but not limited to the Annual Field Trip.• Assist committee chairs in facilitation of committee meetings to ensure discussions are on track, timely, and all voices are heard.• Ensure tasks, assignments, and compliance deadlines are understood by Stakeholder Group members responsible for actions.• Ensure that deadlines and tasks are understood; maintain efficient workflow with all responsible parties.• Prepare Annual Report and support the Monitoring Committee in preparation of Annual Monitoring Report.• Maintain digital library, website, short- and long-term calendars, and Google calendar.

Facilitate a work group made up of Grand County water providers, municipalities, County staff, nonprofit groups, agricultural interests, and other water users to develop of Drought Management Plan for Grand County. This includes facilitating eight meetings over an eight month period to determine drought stages, drought response plan, drought triggers and indicators, and the public education component.

• Implemented the Stewardship Program, monitoring 9,000 acres of conservation easements.• Organized board and committee meetings for 10+ professional directors.• Office administration duties such as: nonprofit filings, recordkeeping, policies and procedures, compliance with national accreditation standards, Google applications, financial statements. • Implemented the annual marketing and fundraising program: 2-3 outreach events, one fundraising event (including ticket sales, silent and live auctions), online campaign, two direct mail appeals, special events, and writing and/or reviewing 25 grant requests.• Successfully passed ballot initiative 1A that increased sales tax county-wide to generate funding for open space and water protection. • Strategically worked with The Conservation Fund and willing landowners to protect the 622-acre Troublesome Creek Ranch, located in the Upper Colorado River Priority Landscape. • Assisted with other duties as needed: edit and revise the 3-year strategic plan, easement acquisition to further the Colorado River Initiative, assist landowners in the conservation easement process, use GIS to update records and prepare maps, general accounting using QuickBooks, manage donor lists using GiftWorks, mailings, and general nonprofit administration.

I organized the vegetation component of the Fraser Flats River Habitat Project and oversaw implementation of the project from start to finish. I worked in partnership with the collaborative Learning by Doing group in Grand County, Colorado (Denver Water, Northern Water, Colorado River Conservation District, Middle Park Water Conservancy District, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and Trout Unlimited) and community volunteers.• Produced a Vegetation Plan, which was approved with minor revisions by the Learning by Doing group.• Conducted and organized extensive marketing and outreach in the form of newspaper articles, public presentations, social media, and TV interviews, which resulted in 100 volunteers assisting with this community-supported stream restoration project. • Led six crew leaders and 100+ volunteers to harvest and plant thousands of willows and 90 Kremmling cottonwoods on a 1-mile stretch of the Fraser River over a 5-day period.• Used knowledge of GIS to create vegetation maps and to establish a photo point monitoring plan.• With the assistance of LightHawk, a conservation organization, I coordinated the first of 5 years of aerial imagery fly-overs of the restoration site.• Wrote and managed a grant to help fund the project. • Reported results to the Learning by Doing Committee and kept all interested parties informed.

All things guest related: selling lift tickets, selling and fixing problems with season passes, working in the Children's Lesson Center, worked at the information desk.

Participated in 4-person crew that collected data to assess how the mountain pine beetle was affecting fuel loads, fire risk, soil nutrients, and forest regeneration. I used knowledge of Rocky Mountain plant and tree species to conduct Brown’s surface roughness on forest transects and seedling surveys. I safely worked alone in all weather conditions and in remote locations.

Operated, fixed and cleaned Lachat laboratory equipment to test ammonium and nitrate concentrations in 100 soil samples per day. Successfully administered laboratory skills such as: mixing solutions, running machines, inventorying supplies, and practicing clean lab safety.

Read new articles and cataloged them in the USFS Library system, responded to research inquires from scientists around the United States via email.