Experience

Manistee Conservation District

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation Technician

  • May 2021 - Present

  Technical field advisor and project supervisor for the Manistee Conservation District, promoting and expanding the District's water quality programs and services. Specifically-MiCorps/CLMP Lake and Stream Monitoring & ReportingAquatic Invasive Species Outreach CoordinatorWatershed Partnerships CoordinatorWatershed Outreach and EducationPresentationsLandowner Pond Assessments Aquatic Plant IDClean Boats Clean WatersClean, Drain, Dry InitiativeLink to career profile video: https://youtu.be/8zdQdL5kpCM



Protect Our Watersheds LLC

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  Protect our Watersheds (POW) - our mission is to connect community schools to the local watersheds in a way that creates a solid foundation of stewardship and understanding of our area's resources. POW believes that foundational social impact starts with scientific understanding and is sustained through the creation of strong community connections. Protecting our Watersheds, LLC offers a variety of water-centered educational services as well as consultation for local lake associations and environmental organizations.POW is currently partnering with TCAPS' LEAP program in two of our local elementary schools, bringing environmental concepts to life within the classroom using materials found within our local watersheds.About us- Kathryn and Chelsea created POW to combine their diverse skill set to promote freshwater science and issues in our region. They have worked for years with various local environmental agencies and spoken at multiple water-focused conferences. They’re well versed in teaching and presenting as a partnership and both have the educational and field experience to teach scientific and environmental concepts. Their social impact business Protect Our Watersheds or POW! will bring watershed science into our public school classrooms in new and innovative ways. POW has a passion for understanding the issues that impact our local watersheds and believes that early childhood enrichment programs are the foundation for creating good stewardship practices within our community. POW’s partnership with TCAPS LEAP program creates an opportunity for Traverse City parents to involve their children in STEM curriculum and activities they may wish them to have more exposure to.Update: sadly the COVID-19 pandemic brought this business venture to a close as there was no room for virtual learning experiences during the quarantine and beyond. It was a pleasure working with your students and the TCAPS/LEAP office staff, this venture will always have a special place.



The Watershed Center

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adopt-A-Stream Intern

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  In September of 2019, I was recruited by Heather Smith, Traverse City's "Baykeeper" to assist with the “Adopt-A-Stream” program. My role was to aid in the facilitation of the Fall 2019 phase. I was selected for this internship because of previous experience I’ve had coordinating and facilitating team stream sampling for the Manistee Conservation District (Spring and Fall 2018). Both organizations follow MiCorps sampling protocol, data collection, and data entry so I was familiar with how to process the results of the collection. Another aspect of the internship was aquatic macroinvertebrate identification, specifically being able to identify typical aquatic macros found in this area down to the order. I also assisted with the training of new Watershed Center volunteers, helped with equipment management and data entry on various other platforms. This internship earned me college credits toward my bachelor of science program at Grand Valley State University.



Manistee Conservation District

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Water Quality Monitoring Technician Internship

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  Self-manages data entry, sample drop off, chain of custody, scheduling and completion of water quality monitoring/aquatic plant survey for 9 lakes within the Manistee Watershed area using MiCorps protocol.Utilizes GPS to navigate to field sites and deep points in lake for accurate sampling Leads District’s annual spring/fall stream sampling event and follow up SQI aquatic macro sorting.Manages all District’s water quality monitoring data and responsible for writing various end of season reports and final grant reportsExtensive experience using hydrolab equipment such as YSI multi-parameter probe, secchi disk, and accurate sample collectionDeveloped a formal proposal to build a cheap but effective solar powered aerator to help slow eutrophication in Misty Acres (Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Borwell Preserve) farm pond- to be implemented next season.Experience identifying invasive aquatic plants and conducting plant mapping events



Long Lake Association

• Data Collection/Analyst Internship (2 years)

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  Data Collection/Analysis.Learned how to take bathymetry data collected with a Garmin GPS device and turn it into maps using GIS. Took 500 pages of raw data and reports and compiled a 50 page scientific report mapping 18 years of trends, graphs and analysis. Used Excel to create lake data spreadsheets and turned spreadsheets into graphs and trend lines.Used scientific equipment such as a YSI multi-parameter probe, secchi disk, Van Dorn bottle, chlorophyll a apparatus, ponar dredge, and Garmin GPS depth finder.Analyzed sample data to come to conclusions on the health of the lake.Presented findings to numerous organizations and events.



Mrs. Fields Famous Brands

• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Store Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Aug 2015



Quaker State

• Mexico
• Oil and Gas
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Hood Tech

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2013