Laurel Genzoli

Ríos to Rivers USA Board Member

Laurel is an aquatic ecologist and river enthusiast from coastal Oregon. After receiving a BS in Environmental Studies from Southern Oregon University, Laurel pursued work as a seasonal field biologist and environmental educator. In that capacity, she spent her spring seasons on natural history hikes with elementary students and her summers surveying understory plants in the Cascade Mountains, chasing passerine birds from Southern Oregon to Arizona, floating rivers to collect water quality data, and guiding sea kayaking adventures in Washington state’s San Juan Islands. In 2011, Laurel moved to Wyoming to pursue her MS at the University of Wyoming, where her studies linked ecosystem function to water quality in California’s Klamath River. Since the completion of her MS degree, Laurel has led university-level field courses in Patagonia and Montana and she continues to work as an aquatic ecologist on the Klamath River.