F SMITH

I am the External Monitoring and Data Coordinator with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Watershed Planning Program. I am tasked with developing programs to support community monitoring of the Commonwealth's inland and coastal surface waters and developing approaches for assessing water quality. I made the switch to an agency work for several professional and personal reasons, but big part of my decision was to work at the forefront of conservation action. I am still research active, but I decided that my research, outreach, and education expertise in ecology could lead to measurable benefits to aquatic conservation by working for a state agency. I'm excited for what the next chapter holds in my career... "Streams are the gutters down which flow the ruin of continents" - Leopold, Wolman, and Miller 1964

Primary location: Williamsport United States