Laurel L. Email & Phone Number

Greater Sacramento

Conservation and Mitigation Banking and Landscape Conservation Planning Program

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with National Estuary Program within the Partnership Program Branch

Analyzed data from several years of trash collection studies from multiple sites in the Bay Area Managed data sets including Quality Assurance/Quality Control

New Haven, CT

• Partnering with The Nature Conservancy and the Yale High Plains Stewardship Initiative to develop a handbook of best practices for the removal of invasive fish species in preparation for native trout reintroduction in.
• Interviewed land managers, government staff, non-profit leaders and academics regarding lessons learned in previous projects

Portland, Oregon Area

• Aided in the development and structuring of an innovative certification program that focuses on performance (as opposed to practice) based outcomes for sustainable vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley
• Supported NOAA’s Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force’s creation of guiding principles to direct salmon conservation goals for the Columbia River Basin

Washington Chapter

• Supported biological studies including pacific lamprey electrofishing, threatened bull trout radio telemetry tracking, and salmon snorkel survey
• Aided in hatchery biological monitoring of salmon
• Effectively taught 3rd to 8th graders salmon curriculum

Illinois Chapter

• Part of Growing Leaders of Behalf of the Environment (GLOBE) Program
• Aided a variety of organization with biological monitoring projects including fish, bird nesting, vegetation, bat and snake surveys
• Administered visitor use and creel surveys at Emiquon Preserve and write up findings
• Engaged positively with visitors and communicated effectively
• Facilitated LEAF intern (high school students) in wild rice wetland restoration project

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire

• Caught, identified, and processed salamanders for a PhD project
• Helped innovate methodologies for artificial stream experiment

Walla Walla, WA

• Share with prospective students tips, advice, and the Whitman College experience

Walla Walla, WA

• Work with students to improve study habits and note taking, and understand biology concepts

Walla Walla, WA

• Provide insight to potential/incoming SFS students about the study abroad experience

School For Field Studies Rainforest Centre, Yungaburra, Australia

• Secondary Forests: Providing Food to Frugivores and Granivores with mentor, Dr. Catherine Pohlman
• Created permanent transects in secondary forests of varying ages
• Tree identification using key
• Worked in a team to complete transects accurately and efficiently

Auburn, Alabama

• Impacts of Apple Snails (Pomacea insularum) on Macrophytes with Varying Salinity Regimes with mentor, Dr. Chris Anderson
• Experimental design, planning, and execution of project
• Managed mesocosms for two months
• Conducted statistical analysis and a literature review
• Assisted with wetland forest and invertebrate surveys
• Oral and poster presentations of research to both scientific and public audiences

Northfield, MN

• Chemical, physical and biotic characteristics of the Rice Creek Watershed with mentor, Dr. Paul Jackson
• Managed large data-sets, applied written and aerial photographic historical references, and conducted statistical analysis
• Worked independently and efficiently
• Presented project in PowerPoint presentation and findings in poster symposium

Masters Of Environmental Managements (Mem), Aquatic Conservation Science And Management/Stakeholder Engagement/Decision-Making

Activities and Societies: Western US student interest group leader Snake River salmon lobbying in Washington DC• Relevant Courses.

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Studies Biology

Activities and Societies: Founded Whitman Badminton Club