Dani Evenson is an interdisciplinary fishery scientist with over 15 years of experience.
She has a track record for building comprehensive fishery research programs that address
questions of interest to resource management in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Responsibilities: Dani specializes in analysis of complex fisheries datasets for management applications and policy development to determine abundance, run-timing, stock composition, forecasts, and exploitation rates. Particular interests include improving stock assessment methods, innovation in fisheries management, adaptive approaches to natural resource management, and building capacity among tribal organizations to manage natural resources.
In addition to her technical abilities, Dani is known for creative problem solving and fostering collaborative relationships among management agencies and competing resources users. She is particularly effective at bridging gaps between science and policy.
Background: Dani has an M.S. in Watershed Management from Humboldt
State University and a B.S. in Physical Geography and a minor in Geology from the
University of Oregon. Her course work included concentrations in such diverse,
yet interrelated, topics as fisheries, fluvial geomorphology, forest biology,
and natural resources management which afforded her a multi-faceted vantage
point from which to approach scientific research.
Prior to joining the Cramer Fish Sciences team, Dani directed research activities
associated with the salmon, crab, herring, whitefish, and lamprey resources of
the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Previously, she worked as a quantitative fisheries scientist for the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission focusing on mid-Columbia Chinook salmon. She has also
coordinated the Multi-Species Framework, a Columbia River basin-wide project
designed to develop a collective vision and approach for fish and wildlife recovery.
Personal:
A self-proclaimed weekend warrior, Dani prefers the vertical world. She has climbed
in the Cascades, Canadian Rockies, Alaska, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia.
Though she enjoys climbing anything alpine, she is partial to frozen waterfalls.
When the weather does not cooperate, her plan "B" might include packrafting,
skiing, bouldering, hiking, and New York Times crossword puzzles, but nothing
makes her happier than a full plate of great food. |
