Environmental Steward, Outdoor Leader, and Climate Activist. Living and Working Across the US.

Aquatic Ecologist and field specialist with 4+ years if experience in watershed monitoring and applied GIS analysis. Skilled in water quality and flow instrumentation, aquatic community sampling, and landscape-scale data collection supporting watershed restoration initiatives for salmonids and cold-water species. I am passionate about leveraging field data into actionable ecological insights to support measurable landscape change. My curiosity is where theoretical and applied sciences meet.

  • Electrofishing Tunnel Meadow - Golden Trout Wilderness

  • Oksrukuyik Creek - Discharge

  • Toolik Lake Zooplankton Sampling

  • Toolik Lake Invertebrate Sampling

  • Oksrukuyik Creek - Surveying

  • Mt. Hough Volunteer Day

Testimonials

  • "Alec is exceptionally curious and personable as a coworker. As a friend, he is joyous, light-hearted, and a thoughtful companion."

    Josh Monroe - Aquatic Field Ecologist

  • "Alec maintains the highest standards for his work and carries out his life ethically in all regards. He is outgoing, genuine, sincere, and the kind of person anyone is happy to call a friend."

    Dr. Darla DeRuiter - Executive Director at FRIENDS OF PLUMAS WILDERNESS

  • "Alec is a charming individual with a passion for life that boils out of him. His warm and welcoming spirit are both authentic and engaging. The Outdoor Recreation Leadership program is lucky to have had his positive contributions during his time at Feather River College."

    Saylor Flett - Associate Faculty at Feather River College

  • "On top of being a very kind, genuine, and honest human being, Alec is also one of the hardest workers I’ve known. One of my favorite traits about him is his ability to maintain a beginner’s mindset: he’s always willing to learn and seek out more knowledge. Alec is a true work horse and will always go out of his way to deliver excellence in whatever he’s doing."

    Yan Gomberg - Assistant Marketing Manager

  • "Alec cares wholly and genuinely for everyone he works with. His thoughtfulness is apparent in both the beautiful work he produces and the way he conducts himself while doing it."

    Georgia Houde - Educator and Outreach Coordinator

  • "Alec's support and passion for his work made a lasting impression on me. I appriciated all the mentorship and guidance given during my time at Trout Unlimited"

    Camille Mahalak - Seasonal Americorp Member

Courageous. Tempered. Resilient.