Natural Resources Program
Text Box: This website is provided for informational purposes only. The college reserves the right to make changes in content at any time without notice. Please send your questions to rlehr@ghc.edu. Privacy Notice Equal Opportunity Employer

The Natural Resources Program at Grays Harbor College is comprised of a diverse group of faculty and staff.  All faculty and staff in the Natural Resources program are actively involved a variety of teaching, outreach, research and service projects.

 

 

Joel Green, Ph.D.

Fisheries and Water Resources

 

Phone: 360-538-4177

 

Email: jgreen2r@ghc.edu

 

Website:

 

Office: 318 C

 

Research Interests:  My research interests are broadly related to the assessment and restoration aquatic ecosystem health.  In particular, my current projects are related to long-term monitoring of water quality in the Chehalis River Basin; restoration of salmonid habitat in Alder Creek in western Washington State; long-term monitoring of water quality in the Cojimies estuary in northern Ecuador; and assessing the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on aquatic ecosystem health.

 

Courses Taught: Marine Biology, Fish Biology, Intro and Advanced Aquaculture, Fisheries Management, Ecosystem Assessment, Water Quality Analysis, Stream Ecology.

Narendran Kodandapani, Ph.D.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

 

Phone: 360-538-4174

 

Email: nkodanda@ghc.edu

 

Website: http://www.ghc.edu/faculty/kodandapani/

 

Office: 318 A

 

Research Interests: My research interests are related to mapping, monitoring, and assessment of land use land cover change.  I am also interested in studying the drivers and effects of land use land cover change for the environment.  I apply a number of spatial data analysis methods and image processing techniques to assess the spatial pattern of environmental phenomena.  My current research sites include the Chehalis river basin in the Pacific Northwest and the Western Ghats in India. 

 

Courses Taught: Principles of GIS I and II, Cartography and Applications of GIS in Natural Resources

Mary Alshire

Manager, John M. Smith Aquaculture Center

 

Phone: 360-538-4183

 

Email: malshire@ghc.edu

 

Website: http://ghc.ctc.edu/nr/hatchery/

 

Office: 1701 A

 

Current Projects:  My ongoing projects are primarily related to implementing Best Management Practices in the John M. Smith Aquaculture Center and developing species culture techniques for the educational curriculum.

Lorena Marchant

Watershed Outreach Specialist, Coastal Resources Learning Center

 

Phone: 360-538-4179

 

Email: lmarchan@ghc.edu

 

Website:

 

Office: 318 B

 

Current Projects:  My focus is on providing environmental educational 

programs throughout the Grays Harbor College service district (Grays Harbor and Pacific counties). I work with students, teachers and community volunteers to implement classroom and field-based activities that highlight the relationship between healthy communities and a healthy environment.  Recent programs I have collaborated to implement have been the Alder Creek Day Camp, the Summer Watershed Leadership Program and the E3 Coastal Region Environmental Education Summit.

Staff

Faculty