Product Development
Acting as project manager, I lead and organize the collaboration between science, policy, and program experts with our graphic design and public relations teams in communications planning. We work together to conceive, write, design, review, and distribute visual communication products for public education and outreach like brochures, ArcGIS storymaps, Reports to Congress, or handouts to congressional members and policy makers.
I also develop language, copy edit, and provide art direction for these projects.
Storymap: 2023 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary
Each year, NOAA Fisheries' West Coast Region collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements along the U.S. West Coast. The 2023 Summary also includes an interactive map and highlights related to response training, specific entanglement cases, and significant management actions that occurred.
NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Salmon Recovery Strategy
Under the Endangered Species Act, we are responsible for pulling threatened and endangered salmon back from the brink of extinction and returning them to sustainable levels.
Salmon contribute to our culture, feed our families, and support jobs in the fishing fleet and beyond. They support recreation and give back to our ecosystem by providing nutrients to other animals, forests, rivers, and oceans.
Chief Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe.
The Original Salmon Stewards
The original habitat of California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon is also the ancestral home of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. The Winnemem Wintu Tribe know themselves as the Middle Water People of the McCloud River. Their culture and lifeway is dependent and intertwined with their relatives the Nur, the Central Valley salmon, that is thousands of years old.
Storymap: West Coast Salmon Murals: Salmon Stewardship through Public Art
For thousands of years, salmon have played a vital role in cultures and economies around the world.
How can we inspire conservation and stewardship when the odds seem insurmountable? Art is one powerful tool in our conservation toolbox. Through our Science in Studio program, NOAA Fisheries worked with ecomuralist Esteban Camacho Steffensen to put a spotlight on the magnetism and plight of Pacific salmon.
Two Southern Resident killer whales. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Species in the Spotlight: Priority Actions 2021-2025, Southern Resident Killer Whale
The Species in the Spotlight initiative is a concerted agency-wide effort to spotlight and save marine species most at-risk of extinction in the near future. This plan focuses on priority actions needed in 2021-2025 for the Southern Resident killer whale.
Report to Congress: 2021 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary
Each year, NOAA Fisheries collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements. The 2021 U.S. West Coast reports, and other relevant information and developments are included in this summary.
Storymap: Reopening Areas for Groundfish Fishing After 20 Years
NOAA Fisheries has published regulation changes that will open fishing areas that have been closed for over 20 years. These areas were originally closed in the early 2000s to protect several species of overfished rockfish. With the rebuilt status of almost all these groundfish species, these closures can slowly be opened and allow fishermen greater access to catch healthy fish stocks.
Central Valley Steelhead Brochure
Before dams and levees altered and blocked Central Valley streams and rivers, 81 independent CCV steelhead populations lived throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins and high into the cold waters of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now, the species is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
I'm Counting on You! Salmon Brochure About Issues Affecting Salmon and How You Can Help
Learn about the threats facing salmon and what you can do to help.
Large Whale Entanglement Photo Documentation Checklist
By reducing the number of large whale entanglements and minimizing the likelihood of large whales becoming entangled in fishing gear, NOAA Fisheries can continue to promote the recovery and conservation of healthy whale populations along the U.S. West Coast.
Green Sturgeon Brochure
Public community outreach brochure about the endangered North American Green Sturgeon
How the Mitchell Act Supports Fisheries Factsheet
Congress passed the Mitchell Act in 1938 to advance the conservation of salmon and steelhead fishery resources in the Columbia River Basin. Mitchell Act funding has supported the establishment, operation, and maintenance of hatchery facilities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Infographic: Sunflower Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Pandemic
Causes, impacts, triggers and research on Sea Star Wasting Syndrome in Pacific Ocean waters.
Infographic: Sunflower Sea Stars are Important for Maintaining a Healthy Marine Ecosystem
Without sunflower sea stars, and other urchin predators, the community shifts from species-rich kelp forests to urchin barrens.
Spook-tacular Ocean-themed Pumpkin Carving Stencils
Pick your favorite jack-o’-lantern stencil inspired by the ocean, our NOAA Fisheries mission, and research on the West Coast.
Don’t forget to share your fa-boo-lous pumpkin masterpiece on social media! Tag us on Facebook or Instagram @noaafisherieswestcoast and we’ll feature your creation!