Mendy Harlow, Habitat Biologist

360-275-9722

Mendy@hcseg.org

Mendy manages two of HCSEG’s salmon projects, the Dewatto River Nutrification Research Project, and the Union and Tahuya River Summer Chum Restoration Project. For the first project, she is responsible for adult spawner surveys, smolt trap installation and daily checks, benthic macroinvertebrate training for summer interns, and nutrient dispersal. For the second project, she is responsible for the collection of otolith, DNA and scale samples on the Union and Tahuya Rivers as well as working with WDFW staff to collect brood stock. Mendy manages the database for both of these projects. In addition to these salmon related projects, she also manages HCSEG’s Knotweed Control and Riparian Restoration Project and the Quilcene Water Quality Monitoring Project. She coordinates knotweed surveys, provides technical support for grant applications and is a licensed aquatic pesticide applicator. She brings together weekly fresh and marine water sampling in Quilcene Bay in conjunction with HCSEG’s habitat restoration projects. Mendy holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Wildlife, Watershed and Rangeland Resources with an emphasis on Wildlife Biology from The University of Arizona.