Water Resources

John J. Berger is an energy and environmental policy specialist and a senior research fellow at the Pacific Institute. His 11 books include Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth and Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis, which won the 2015 International Book Award for Science. His journalistic work has appeared in Scientific American, The Nation, The Progressive, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications.

Dr. Nancy Steele focuses her work on the protection and conservation of land and water, striving always to have a direct positive impact on nature and humanity. She is a professional executive manager who has founded and led nonprofits and served on boards of directors. Endlessly curious, she applies a scientists mind to answering questions that result in turning data into actionable knowledge resulting in good policies and practices.

Sarina is associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida where she teaches courses in environmental engineering, biological processes and air quality. Her research interests include all aspects...

For her graduate work at the University of Rhode Island, Joanne studied the effects of habitat size and isolation of southern Rhode Island peatlands on occupancy by the bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixanthe). Her work with the Rhode...

Patrick McCarthy is the Water Policy Officer at the Thornburg Foundation. Trained as a conservation ecologist, he has worked for the last thirty years at the intersection of ecological science, water governance, and community-based...

Daniel is currently the Executive Director of the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, an organization that restores an urban and agricultural watershed in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area by engaging more than 1,300 volunteers each year...

David received an MS degree in Hydrology and Hydrogeology from the University of Nevada, Reno where he studied watershed nutrient cycling processes affecting the pollution of Lake Tahoe. He recently completed a doctoral program focusing on...

Christine and her husband John Gardiner run a small watershed consulting service called WaterCycle Inc. They've provided watershed assessments, stormwater planning and urban/ habitat enhancement since 2000. They combine John's civil...

Krys Stave is Associate professor of Environmental Studies at UNLV. She uses a systems perspective in her research and teaching to promote sustainable environmental management, increase community understanding of environmental issues, and...