The Farallon Institute is a nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to the understanding and preservation of healthy marine ecosystems. Our research provides the scientific basis for ecosystem-based management and policy reforms. We specialize in evaluating and translating existing government data sets that are not well integrated into the management process. Many of the environmental challenges we tackle are bigger than our individual stakeholder groups, who may be constrained by political mandates or lack the resources to conduct in-depth analyses in a timely manner. We have the freedom and agility to quickly act on problems as they develop, and are adept at bringing the academic and theoretical aspects of science together with the practical and managerial needs of conservation agencies, government management groups, the fisheries industry, and local communities.
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As an Ecology graduate student at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab (BML) I studied nearshore coastal ecosystems, with a focus on oyster-aquaculture interactions and effects of climate change on seagrass ecosystem services, advised by Susan Williams. Prior to that I studied marine seaweed ecology, biodiversity, and ecosystem function with Mike Graham at CSU’s Moss Landing Marine Labs, while managing the long-term seaweed biodiversity monitoring program hosted on BML’s rocky intertidal benches.
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I practice the art of work/life balance each week for #BeachThursday when I adventure with my son and friends to Sonoma and Marin County beaches. Highlights of these trips include: swimming with bat rays over eelgrass beds, surfing, discovering fossil sand dollars, kayaking, digging. lots.of.digging, freedom to explore, abandoned fishing boats, beach bbqs, and reminiscing about my Oregon childhood while cold-water swimming. I met my husband while living in New York City; in California he studies and advocates for language revitalization of Californian American Indian languages and has worked with several tribes including Pomo, Miwok, and Mutsun.
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