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Amy Merrill
PhD, Senior Riparian Ecologist
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Amy has more than 17 years of experience in the field of riparian and ecosystem ecology, restoration planning and design, and watershed management. Her expertise in riparian and wetland systems includes soil and ground water biogeochemistry, plant-soil interactions, and plant community composition in Sierra meadows and riparian systems. In addition, Amy has led/participated in multiple projects in the San Francisco-San Joaquin Delta and Sacramento River involving wetland restoration and planting design, monitoring, and implementation. She has also led and participated in projects to develop spatially explicit models of riparian and watershed processes in the Sierra Nevada and for the San Francisco-San Joaquin Delta, with a focus on the interface between hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and plant community composition. Amy also has background and experience in forest and fire ecology.