About me

I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Idaho (UI) in Water Resources in December 2015. At UI, I was an active member of the IGERT Sagebrush Team – an interdisciplinary research team focused on social-ecological issues in the sagebrush steppe of southern Idaho. At the start of our PhDs in August of 2011, we toured Idaho for a week, visiting with ranchers, federal and state land managers, environmentalists, and a suite of other stakeholders. One of the hydrologic issues that stood out was the question of how does juniper encroachment alter the hydrology of an area. Although my research sought to answer fundamental ecohydroogic questions, increase understanding of social-ecological interactions, etc., this question of how junipers impact water movement in the sagerush steppe was a central question of my dissertation.

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Sometimes research went well, and other days it felt like I was just sticking my head in the ground.