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Sotoyome RCD Newsletter
Summer/Fall 2009
Sotoyome RCD Welcomes New Staff
Front row: Amy Richards, Valerie Sherron, Maria Potter, Sierra Cantor
Back row: Greg Fisher, Trisha Meisler and Kara Heckert
Valerie Sherron joined the RCD in April of 2008 as Project Coordinator and has been involved in nearly every facet of the workings of the RCD since, from managing contracts and coordinating permits to providing assistance with our stream monitoring, restoration, and high school bioassessment education programs. Prior to her working at the RCD, Valerie's work experience included analyzing complex water quality data sets, creating maps using ArcView GIS and performing water quality sampling and habitat assessments. Valerie was born and raised in Sonoma County and graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in Biology in 2008.
Trisha Meisler has been working as Development Coordinator since May 2008 and is collaborating with RCD staff to identify and acquire funding to support the RCD's programs. Trisha brings with her a background in both ecological research and natural resources management. While earning her M.A. in Biology at Sonoma State University, Trisha immersed herself in the ecological issues surrounding the impacts of feral pigs in California grasslands. Following graduate school, Trisha has worked as a botanical consultant and as a technical writer.
Maria Potter recently joined the staff at the RCD and brings skills in GIS, CAD drafting, and stream monitoring to her new position as Project Assistant. Her work experience includes landscape maintenance and design, sustainable agriculture, and riparian restoration planning as well as a recent GIS internship project involving fish habitat in the Russian River watershed. Maria will be working with staff on many projects beginning with weed management on prop-erties in the Santa Rosa plain, and project assistance for the Russian River Giant Reed (Arundo donax) removal program and the RCD's Watershed Monitoring and Assessment Program. In May, she graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in Environmental Studies and Planning.
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