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Liam Schenk

Liam Schenk is a Science Advisor at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center.

Liam has been a hydrologist with the Oregon Water Science center since 2011, with prior work as a hydrologic technician and hydrologist at the USGS Arkansas Water Science Center from 2008-2011.  Liam manages, conducts, and collaborates on water quality and hydrologic studies in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies and tribal organizations.

Liam is currently the project manager for the Klamath regional Integrated Water Availability Assessment (IWAA), which includes managing research teams examining controls on water availability in the upper Klamath basin, and the geomorphic response to the largest dam removal in U.S. history on the Klamath River. He also manages the monitoring network for the Klamath dam removals, as part of a cooperative agreement with the Karuk Tribe of California.

Liam has conducted a variety of studies in both fluvial and lentic environments on water quality, sediment and nutrient transport, sediment fingerprinting, sediment transport during deep reservoir drawdowns and dam removal, and mercury in surface waters.  He has worked on projects across Oregon, including in the Upper Willamette, Deschutes, Malheur, and Klamath basins and has worked internationally for the USGS Office of International Programs on the Río Coca project in Ecuador. 

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