Bethany has supported Stillwater since 2018, including water quality monitoring, recreation studies, wildlife surveys, vegetation monitoring, and aquatic invertebrate assessments. Bethany graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2013 with a BA in Environmental Studies and a minor in Education. They have an intrinsic connection to the natural world and love spending time in diverse ecosystems of the Western US. Bethany spent the last decade connecting youth to local habitats, training teachers in science, and engaging in vernal pool conservation at the environmental education nonprofit Sacramento Splash where they were an educator and program manager. Their role combines their love for facilitating positive and safe experiences for groups in the outdoors with their passion for observing ecosystems, animal behaviors and effects of human systems on the environment.

Education: B.A. Environmental Science 
Permits Held: Scientific Collecting Permit, CDFW