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Jessica Strickland
River Restoration and Assessment Assistant, AmeriCorps Member
Department: Conservation
Area of Focus: Jessica works to assess watershed health, with a focus on hydrological and biological analysis of freshwater systems.
Background: Jessica Strickland joined American Rivers in 2011. Prior to that, Jessica spent the greater part of 2010 in southern Mexico looking at the ecological impacts of invasive fish in freshwater streams. She also worked as an aquatic ecologist in Texas, where she quantified the impacts of reservoirs on aquatic habitat.
Education: B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology from Louisiana State University;
M.S. in Aquatic Resources from Texas State University
Favorite River: Guadalupe River
Blog Posts By This Author
Saving Sierra Nevada Rivers from Misguided Dam Proposals
August 29, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Water Supply, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Rivers
The South Sutter Water District recently proposed the 350-ft Garden Bar dam on the Bear River approximately 45 miles northeast of Sacramento California. Garden Bar Reservoir would permanently flood approximately 2,500 acres in the lower Bear River, 900 of which are permanently protected public open space.
Read more »American Rivers’ Meadow Work Featured at Conference
August 29, 2011 | Floods & Floodplains, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Rivers, Water Supply
American Rivers’ Sierra Nevada meadow assessment and restoration work was featured at the 96th annual Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) national meeting held this year in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 people gathered at the conference to share strategies to promote “Earth Stewardship: Preserving and enhancing earth’s life-support systems”.
Read more »Fish and Wildlife Service urges removal of Martis Dam on Truckee River
July 8, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & Floodplains, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Rivers
Potential removal of Martis Creek Dam, located near Lake Tahoe on a tributary to the Truckee River, has drawn the attention of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). While the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) is currently evaluating options for what to do about Martis Creek Dam, considered one of the 10 most dangerous dams in the county, the USFWS urged for dam removal so that Martis Creek can flow freely and provide habitat for threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout.
Read more »The Consequences of Controlling a River Course
May 8, 2011 | Floods & Floodplains, Restoring Rivers
The spring flooding that has caused the Army Corps to dynamite the Bird's Point Levee near Cairo, Illinois is moving downstream. Next week the Army Corp of Engineers may open the Morganza Spillway if the mighty Mississippi continues to rise.
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432 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
Phone: 530-478-0206
Fax: 530-478-5849
