Daniel Nylen
Sierra Rivers Program Assistant

Department: Conservation

Area of Focus: Daniel works to design, plan, and implement monitoring and restoration activities aimed at protecting and restoring mountain meadows and stream ecosystems in the western Sierra Nevada foothills.

Background: Daniel joined American Rivers in 2009. Prior to that he was taking graduate classes in environmental studies at the Evergreen State College and interning as a Natural Resources Technician at the Thurston Conservation District in Olympia, Washington.

Education: B.A. in Biology with a Minor in Earth Science from University of California-Santa Cruz

Favorite River: Tuolumne River