Big Muddy Speaker Series presents:

Brittany Harried is the Coordinator for the Resource Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) Program at the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). The RAM Program is a long-term, statewide monitoring program that was founded in the early 2000's and is used to assess the health of Missouri's wadeable streams. This program collects data related to water quality, physical habitat, fish communities, and macroinvertebrate communities which can then be used to calculate health metrics for the streams.  Prior to starting at MDC, Brittany was a post doctoral researcher at the University of Missouri where she assessed the thermal ecology of rare stream fish in Missouri and conducted stream surveys to assess populations of bluestripe darters, a species of conservation concern that is endemic to Missouri. Brittany completed her PhD in 2021 from the University of North Texas where she studied functional traits in stream fish and how we can use these traits to predict species responses to changes in their environment. She also has a Masters of Science degree in Biology and a Bachelors of Science degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. During her graduate degrees, Brittany also taught lab courses in biology, fish diversity and ecology, community ecology, and environmental science.