Water Resources

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Caden (Thomas) Hare

2009 Fellow
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...
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Cynthia Fleming Ingelfinger

2000 Fellow
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...
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Elena Traister

2008 Fellow
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...
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Cheri Sanville

1999 Fellow
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Jason Selwitz

2006 Fellow
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)...
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John Andrew

1995 Fellow
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...
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Melissa Laser

2004 Fellow
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...
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Jim Downing

2003 Fellow
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...
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Bridie McGreavy

2006 Fellow
I study relationships between water and communication and how tides, rivers, and oceans shape diverse collaborations for justice, decolonization, and resilience. I use engaged research methodologies to co-create knowledge about water and communication in the context of coastal shellfishing communities, river restoration and freshwater conservation initiatives, and large-scale science-based collaborations.
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Betsy Herbert

2001 Fellow
California native, forest protection advocate, advanced degrees in anthropology and environmental studies, published author in forest management for drinking water protection.