Oregon Sea Grant

• Sam is leading a two-year, NOAA-funded regional research and outreach project to combat aquatic invasive species on the West Coast. The team, including other West Coast Sea Grant programs and additional partners across the region, is working to develp better methods for predicting and managing the risks of aquatic invaders and understanding the economic value of early detection and rapid response.  Learn more about this national research project.
• He is the Broader Impacts Team Leader for a $4.4 million National Science Foundation project, Willamette Water 2100, anticipating water scarcity and informing integrative water system response in the Pacific Northwest.
• Working with teachers, science curriculum developers, science supply houses and other professionals, Sam is guiding the development, testing, refinement and sharing of marine invasive species educational materials for k-12 classrooms to minimize the role of schools as pathways for invasive species.
• Leading a first-of-its-kind course for graduate and undergraduate students, Extension Approaches to Bioinvasions and Invasive Species, designed to help students recognize how Extension approaches can help analyze and solve problems.
• Partnered with print and broadcast media on the award-winning 2008 statewide public education program, "Stop the Silent Invasion."

Learn more: Education helps stem the tide of invaders (OSU Extension)