Storytellers of STEMM: Hilary Glenn-Bertoniere (Episode 17)

Episode #17 was released today, and is available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Breaker, and RadioPublic.

Earth Week begins now!!! Ep 17 features Hilary Glenn-Bertoniere, a salmon fisheries scientist in California, and she tells us her fisheries story - from CA, to AK, to LA, and back! 🌎🌍🌏 #fisheries #storytellersofSTEMM #womeninSTEMM #fisharecool https://t.co/mhn22xjIp8

— Rachel Villani (@flyingcypress) April 20, 2020

Episode 17 features Hilary Glenn-Bertoniere who is a salmon fisheries scientist in California, and has worked all over the world. She tells the story of how she got into fisheries to begin with, about being a fisheries observer in Alaska, studying red snapper at LSU, and moving back to her home state of California to work on endangered salmon restoration.

I always share lots of links and information on my Twitter (@flyingcypress) and on the Storytellers of STEMM Facebook Page, but I also will consolidate it here!

• Hilary studied red snapper for her master's work, which was completed after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Spill. Coincidentally, today is also the 10 year anniversary of the start of that incident. It was massively destructive to the environment, and we're still learning about the long term impacts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
• An article from National Geographic about the BP oil spill, 10 years later Ten years later, BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife—especially dolphins
• I also run a book club that reads a different science/conservation book every month. This month is Song for the Blue Ocean by Carl Safina. The book is split into multiple sections, and the 2nd section is all about salmon in the western US. The book wasn't timed with the podcast but it worked out so if you're interested check it out! Outdoor Conservation Book Club
• Hilary and Courtney Saari did their master's research on red snapper together, so ICYMI if you want to hear more about red snapper, check out Ep 3 with Courtney Saari! #3 - Courtney Saari
• Hilary is working on salmon restoration in California specifically in the San Joaquin River system. Salmon in the coastal western US face a lot of challenges - river dams, loss of surroundings forests which provide shade to keep water temps cooler & fallen material that provides in-water cover, siltation from erosion after logging, and grazing too close to the water that disrupts everything. So salmon restoration projects are underway all over, and Hilary specifically works in the San Joaquin system. San Joaquin River Restoration
• 2019 was the first year that the salmon returned to the river to spawn, which was a momentous occasion in the restoration of the species!! After 65 Years, Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Successfully Return to the San Joaquin River