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
Clean Water Losses – State and Federal Protections Declining
November 21, 2011 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Water Supply
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.
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