Tricia Treece Email and Phone Number

I manage a team engaged in planning, emission inventory, air monitoring, air quality forecasting, air modeling, and grants administration in the Office of Air Quality.

Policy and Planning Branch Manager for the Office of Air Quality.

Supervisor of SIP Planning section in the Planning Branch of the Office of Air Quality

Collects and analyzes data to determine validity, quality, and applicability to regulatory air quality planning;Prepares charts and graphs from data and provides summary information on the environmental relevance of the data;Communicates scientific and technical information to environmental professionals and the public;Reviews regulatory documents and scientific literature;Accomplishments:Presented analysis of the impacts of 111(d) proposed approaches on Arkansas' State goal under the Clean Power Plan;Presented on Air Quality to Girl Scouts;Website Coordinator for ADEQ's 111(d) Clean Power Plan Stakeholder Website;Assisted in development of ADEQ and APSC joint comment document on the Clean Power Plan

Engages in citizen science; continued education in biology, ecology, and environmental sciences; invasive plant species removal; nature interpretation for children, and cleanup of community parksCitizen Science projects include: Arkansas Stream Team: benthic macroinvertebrate bioassessments and water chemistryFrog WatchAmerican Butterfly Association Survey

Responded to emergency releases of hazardous chemicals; Collected environmental monitoring and sampling data, including location and activity descriptions and GPS;Performed quality assurance and quality control Analyzed and summarized data; Composed technical reports; Maintained and calibrated air and water monitoring equipment;Trained new hires in air monitoring and sampling, data collection, and report writing;

Engaged in wildlife conservation projects including wood duck banding, construction and maintenance of wood duck nest boxes, bat population counts, and invasive plant species control

Developed and implemented a scientific research project in the field of environmental toxicology to assess local water ways for the presence of estrogenic endocrine disrupting compoundsUsed scientific models to generate data from experimental results, performed statistical analyses of data, and demonstrated findings in both written and oral presentationsPresented biological concepts and facilitated lab activities for introductory college biology labs and introductory and upper level college physiology labsProvided mentorship to undergraduate students in methodologies of biological laboratory and field researchElectronic Publication of Master’s Thesis available at https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2010m/jackson.pdf