Location
Groningen, The Netherlands
Event Website
http://fishpassage.umass.edu
Start Date
23-6-2015 8:50 AM
End Date
23-6-2015 9:35 AM
Description
Ms. Wildman is a practicing fisheries engineer who established and runs the New England Regional Office for Princeton Hydro focusing on ecological restoration consulting for aquatic systems and dam removal. Ms. Wildman received her bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and her Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, and integrates both engineering and a deep understanding of river science into her restoration work. Her expertise and passion centers on the restoration of rivers through the re-establishment of natural functions and aquatic connectivity. She is considered one of the foremost experts on barrier removal and alternative fish passage techniques and regularly lectures instructs and publishes on these topics, including assisting with the instruction of courses for the University of Wisconsin and Yale University. Ms. Wildman is President for the Bioengineering Section (BES) of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), is extremely active in her field and has a very impressive CV.
Plenary Speaker: The Evolution of Pro-Active Dam Removal in the US Over the Last Quarter Century
Groningen, The Netherlands
Ms. Wildman is a practicing fisheries engineer who established and runs the New England Regional Office for Princeton Hydro focusing on ecological restoration consulting for aquatic systems and dam removal. Ms. Wildman received her bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and her Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, and integrates both engineering and a deep understanding of river science into her restoration work. Her expertise and passion centers on the restoration of rivers through the re-establishment of natural functions and aquatic connectivity. She is considered one of the foremost experts on barrier removal and alternative fish passage techniques and regularly lectures instructs and publishes on these topics, including assisting with the instruction of courses for the University of Wisconsin and Yale University. Ms. Wildman is President for the Bioengineering Section (BES) of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), is extremely active in her field and has a very impressive CV.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2015/June23/2