Emily Harrison

Emily received her MLA from Colorado State University in May of 2015. Her focus academically was primarily in water sensitive urban design that fosters economic and recreational opportunities. She is inspired by the challenges brought in adapting to climate change within the built environment while respectfully caring for our water resources. Specifically related to this topic she has completed courses in hydrology, restoration ecology, green roof design, plant physiology, and marine ecology. Emily earned her bachelors degree in Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2010. Before graduation she traveled to Mahahual Mexico for a 6 month diving internship that partnered with a local non-profit to monitor the Meso-American Barrier Reef. Upon returning to the U.S., she worked with the Paiute Tribe in northern Nevada to treat an ecologically sensitive wetland area for noxious weeds, and followed up that work as a project manager for a NRCS grant installing ponds to promote wildlife on a private ranch in northern California. Later in 2010 she began working for the USGS Canyonlands Research Station as a biological technician. Canyonlnads Research Station is a biological lab whose projects examine the impacts of climate change on cryptobiotic soils and the plant community of the Western Colorado Plateau. She remained at the Lab until 2013 when she began her studies in the graduate program for Landscape Architecture at CSU. Emily's goal is to thoughtfully apply the knowlege she has learned in her carreer as a biologist to the built environment.