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Amy Trice
Lapham Conservation Fellow
Department: Conservation
Area of Focus: Amy is currently the Lapham Conservation Fellow. She is working on issues regarding the Clean Water Act, preserving headwater streams and flood mitigation.
Background: Amy joined American Rivers in 2011. Prior to that she worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology. Her thesis research focused on headwater stream food webs and salamanders within the Etowah River watershed of North Georgia.
Amy conducted research, taught biology and worked in policy prior to attending graduate school. She conducted research in Chile working with the government on invasive beavers and water quality issues as well as nutrient effects on small streams in North Carolina. Amy also worked for Georgia River Network and the Middle Chattahoochee Water Coalition.
Education: B.S. in Biology, certificate in Environmental Ethics from the University of Georgia. M.S. in Ecology from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia.
Favorite River: Flint River
Blog Posts By This Author
Benefits Of Green Infrastructure: Salty Is Not A Good thing.
May 2, 2012 | Clean Water, Greening Water Infrastructure
Stormwater, that annoying water that builds up on sidewalks, is more than the disturbance you have to jump over as you cross the sidewalk in an effort to avoid trench foot – it also happens to be a damaging pollutant to our streams.
Read more »Two-Headed Trout: Water Pollution Rearing Its Ugly Heads
February 29, 2012 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers, Water Supply
This week, news broke with compelling photos of the devastating effects of selenium in waterways. Mutated brown trout, sporting two heads similar to the likes of blinky a la The Simpsons, were found near polluted creeks in southern Idaho. The area of concern has been severely impacted by phosphate mines (more than 30 in operation) with toxic selenium contamination killing horses, livestock, and wildlife while also devastating stream cutthroat trout habitat.
Read more »World Wetland Day – Love your Carolina Bay!
February 2, 2012 | Clean Water, Floods & Floodplains, Small Streams & Wetlands, Water Supply
In honor of World Wetland Day, I’d like to highlight one underappreciated wetland type which happens to be a personal favorite of mine. Being a southern salamander lover, Carolina Bays have always been a fascination.
Read more »Clean Water Losses – State and Federal Protections Declining
November 21, 2011 | Clean Water, Floods & Floodplains, Small Streams & Wetlands, Protecting Rivers, Water Supply, Greening Water Infrastructure
Rivers provide drinking water for two-thirds of all Americans and yet Congress is trying to rollback protections and funding for keeping these very waters clean. Meanwhile, a recent report shows that state protections do not fill this gap.
Read more »The importance of small streams
September 15, 2011 | Small Streams & Wetlands, Water Supply, Clean Water
Small streams, otherwise referred to as headwaters, are vital habitat for many aquatic and semi-aquatic species and integral for clean water.
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