OUR TEAM

This Month's Staff Highlight:

We are so excited to announce the addition of two new team members. Welcome to the
San Diego River Park team, Scott and Rachel!

Scott Morton is new to the San Diego area and excited to join the River Park
Foundation as a restoration and research field coordinator. He earned a master's
degree from Colorado State University where he studied the effects of climate warming
on stream and river food webs.

As a previous research manager with USGS-Aquatic Systems and coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Amphibian Project, Scott has conducted most of his field research in high elevation montane streams, as high up as 14,000 feet near the top of Longs Peak, CO. He is an avid hiker, and also enjoys snowboarding and cycling. Scott is very excited to be joining a group of dedicated environmental stewards working in the San Diego River watershed.

Rachel received her bachelors in Zoology from Oregon State University in 2014 and up
until recently worked as a Wildlife Care Specialist with a focus on primates in various
Zoological Institutions across the country since 2013. She's worked on conservation
projects all across the globe, including surveying wildlife corridors in Kenya, to tracking
newly released Yucatan Black Howler Monkeys in Belize.

Her passions and interests include all things sustainability and conservation management of our local ecosystems. She's excited and grateful to be joining the team at the SDRPF on the clean river crew to help in moving towards creating a healthier San Diego River.

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