3 RIVERS QUEST - Key Persons


Brady Porter


Bruce Dickson


James Wood

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor James Wood and graduate student Emily Huff at West Liberty University study chloride, conductivity, and temperature trends over two winters and summers within the Upper Ohio River Watershed to explore impacts of road salt application. Assistant Professor James Wood and undergraduate research student Emily Huff in the Ecology and Ecosystems Study (EES) lab at West Liberty University set out to determine if the hot, dry summer of 2020 showed significantly different water chemistry than that of 2019. To find out, they chose to focus on two water chemistry parameters, water temperature and specific conductance (SpC), at 24 sites throughout the Upper Ohio River Watershed.

John Stolz


Lisa Barreiro

Job Titles:
  • Program Staff Member
  • REACH / Database Coordinator

Melissa O'Neal

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Stanley Kabala

Job Titles:
  • Program Staff Member
  • Grant Coordinator