USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station
USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring stationUSGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station in California's Plumas National Forest.
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Steve Ackley - Public Affairs Specialist - California Water Science Center
As a science communicator at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Steve Ackley has spent the past seven years bridging the gap between science and public understanding. Before joining the USGS, he spent over twenty years in high-tech marketing after starting his career as a high school English teacher.
Public Affairs Specialist
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Sacramento, CA
Jan 2023 - Present
Information Specialist
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Sacramento, CA
Jan 2018 - July 2022
Web/Digital Content Producer/Developer
Power Integrations, San Jose, CA
May 2008 - Jan 2018
Project Manager for Apple Education Website (consultant)
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
San Francisco State University - MA (Education)
Bethany University - BA (Communications)
USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station in California's Plumas National Forest.
USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station in California's Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
The 2014 King Fire burned 97,717 acres in the El Dorado National Forest and on private timberlands. The fires in these burn areas reduce the forest canopy, exposing snowpack to direct sunlight. This increases the rate of snowmelt and evaporation, impacting runoff and groundwater replenishment.
The 2014 King Fire burned 97,717 acres in the El Dorado National Forest and on private timberlands. The fires in these burn areas reduce the forest canopy, exposing snowpack to direct sunlight. This increases the rate of snowmelt and evaporation, impacting runoff and groundwater replenishment.
USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station in California's Plumas National Forest.
USGS team in front of Squirrel Creek monitoring station in California's Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
Lilium pardalinum, or California Tiger Lillies, found along Squirrel Creek in the Plumas National Forest.
The 2014 King Fire burned 97,717 acres in the El Dorado National Forest and on private timberlands. The fires in these burn areas reduce the forest canopy, exposing snowpack to direct sunlight. This increases the rate of snowmelt and evaporation, impacting runoff and groundwater replenishment.
The 2014 King Fire burned 97,717 acres in the El Dorado National Forest and on private timberlands. The fires in these burn areas reduce the forest canopy, exposing snowpack to direct sunlight. This increases the rate of snowmelt and evaporation, impacting runoff and groundwater replenishment.