NORMAL, Ill., Oct. 14 -- Illinois State University issued details related to the following event:
Speaker Krista Kirkham, M.S. '05, is an aquatic ecologist at The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting ecologically important lands and waters. Sheresearchesthe effectiveness ofconstructed wetlands, cover crops,and other agriculturalconservation practicesin improving water qualityin theheadwatersof the MackinawRiverandassistswith floodplainscienceprojects along the Illinois River.Kirkhamis the North Central Regional Director for the Soil and Water Conservation Society and isa memberof the CAS Advisory Board.Kirkham earned a master's degree in conservation biologyfrom theSchool of Biological Sciencesin 200...