Water Resources

With the support that she received from the Switzer Foundation, Becca recieved her Master's of Science degree in Fisheries Biology from Humboldt State University in May of 2003. She worked as a fisheries biologist for the Klamath National...

Cynthia Fleming completed her Master's Degree in the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont. Cynthia studied the effects of ranching schedules on bobolinks nesting in irrigated hayfields on The Nature Conservancy's Carpenter...

Caden Thomas Hare ("Thomas") has spent much of the last fifteen years engaged in both humanitarian and environmental grassroots activism. While living in Zambia, he co-founded DeepRoots Zambia, a volunteer-run non-profit organization...

Elena is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science in the Environmental Studies Department at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Her research focuses on stream water quality and restoration. She is currently collaborating with...

John T. Andrew is Assistant Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources, where since 2006 he has overseen the Department’s climate change activities. His previous organizational affiliations include the Stege Sanitary...

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer: Philippines, 1998-2000. Co-founder of Palawan Conservation Corps (1999). MS graduate of Cal Poly Pomona in Regenerative Studies with focus on bioenergy from algae used to enhance water quality (2007)...

Melissa was an ecologist working for the Department of Marine Resources on diadromous fish restoration. She served as the Conservation Planner for the Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat. In this role she was responsible for leading...

Jim was previously the Executive Editor of California Agriculture, the peer-reviewed journal of the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has worked in natural resource management for 20 years as a...