Ashley is a physical scientist for the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center in Helena, Montana where she investigates water quality dynamics and its effects on the biological structure of streams and lakes.
She began her career with the USGS in 2016 as a pathway’s student in Austin, TX working in the lab analyzing glyphosate samples for the Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RSQA) and studying groundwater quality as a part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA). After graduating with her MS, she took a position as a physical scientist with the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center in Ruston, LA. For the next several years she investigated groundwater use, availability, and water quality as a part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Regional Availability Study and the Integrated Water Availability Assessment of the Chicot Aquifer System in southwestern Louisiana.
Education and Certifications
M.S. Environmental Management and Sustainability, St. Edwards University – Austin, TX
Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK
A.S. Biology, Northern Oklahoma College – Stillwater, OK
Science and Products
Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Long-Term Surface-Water Monitoring in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
Groundwater Quality Data of the Chicot aquifer system
Chicot Aquifer System Extent in Southwestern Louisiana, October 2020
Stream habitat relations of the Yellowcheek Darter (Etheostoma moorei) among four forks of the Little Red River in Arkansas
Science and Products
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Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Lead Researcher: Travis Schmidt Project Manager: Melissa Schaar Water-Quality Field Lead: Chad ReeseLong-Term Surface-Water Monitoring in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has collected water-quality samples from selected stream sites upstream from Missoula since 1985. - Data
Groundwater Quality Data of the Chicot aquifer system
This dataset contains digitized groundwater quality data from 435 wells that are screened in the Chicot aquifer system. Reported values of interest included specific conductance, total dissolved solids, and chloride (Cl) concentration; other parameters and major/trace element concentrations were included if reported. Values listed as "NA" or "-9999" represent data that was not reported in the physChicot Aquifer System Extent in Southwestern Louisiana, October 2020
The Chicot aquifer system underlies an area of approximately 9,500 mi2 in southwestern Louisiana and is located within the Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province. The region includes all or parts of 15 parishes -- Vernon, Rapides, Evangeline, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, St. Landry, Lafayette, St. Martin, Cameron, Iberia, Vermilion, and St. Mary. The Chicot aquifer sysStream habitat relations of the Yellowcheek Darter (Etheostoma moorei) among four forks of the Little Red River in Arkansas
The Yellowcheek darter (YCD), Nothonotus moorei (Robison and Buchanan 2020), is endemic to the headwater tributaries (a.k.a. ‘forks’) of Little Red River system (South Fork, SF; Middle Fork, MF; Archey Fork, AF; and Beech Fork, BF) in north central Arkansas. Large portions of critical stream habitat in each stream fork were inundated in 1964 with the construction of Greers Ferry Dam, and the YCD i - Multimedia