Projects
*for more details, see resume/cv

Snowtography is a field method used to quantify how forest structure impacts snow accumulation, ablation, and retention. The goal of snowtography is to improve forest health, mitigate wildfire risk, and possibly increase water yields. Collaborators include The Nature Conservancy, USDA Agricultural Research Center, Mountain Studies Institute, the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Fort Lewis College, and the Dolores Watershed Resilient Collaborative.

Supported water quality analysis to help inform conditions of reaches and streams in the Animas River Watershed for OW designation. OW is awarded to reach of streams, rivers, or other bodies of water with high water quality and exceptional recreational or ecological significance that are deems worthy of increased protection. This project helped inform

Various projects restoring wetlands in the San Juan Mountains included revegetation, groundwater wells, volunteer coordination, and detailed restoration plans and reports. 

Supported a re-channelization monitoring plan with groundwater well monitoring, climate station maintenance and data QA/QC, vegetation and forest surveys, and data interpretation.

This project consisted of a water quality assessment and recommendations of best management practices within the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Boundaries.

Assisted with water quality monitoring and analysis during the recovery of the 416-Fire that occcurred in 2018 between Durango and Silverton, Colorado. 

Operated as a subcontractor for the EPA to partake in research focused on understanding the hydrologic complex of the Bonita Peak Mining District using water quality analysis, groundwater tracing, bulkhead test closures, stream gauging, groundwater well sampling, and year round maintenance and monitoring.

Executed a multi-day research initiative involving vegetation surveys in the high alpine outside of Lake City, Colorado to contribute to long-term climate change monitoring.