Associated Earth Sciences, Inc.
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APRIL HIGHLIGHT!
Katie Promoted to Project Water Resources Scientist!
Katie joined AESI five years ago as admin support and technical editing in our Mount Vernon office. Over the past three years, she has been an integral part of the Hydro group and a key member of our water rights team. Through her dedication and hard work, Katie has become an expert in water rights and now serves as the primary point of contact and project manager for 20 different water rights projects including some of our largest irrigation water rights clients as they face the impending adjudication in the Nooksack Basin. Given the challenging and uncertain future that these clients face, they look to Katie to provide sound strategies to manage their water rights and prepare for an adjudication that may take 30 years or more to complete. Recently, Katie has successfully developed one of Skagit County's largest irrigators as a new AESI client. Additionally, her dedication to the topic and natural leadership have made Katie the go to person for all things water rights related.
In addition to her water rights work, Katie manages many of our north-end quarterly, semi-annual, annual, and bi-annual water resources monitoring projects.
Congratulations, Katie, on your well deserved promotion!
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Joe Natale
Project Geophysicist
Department: Geophysics
AESI Staff since 2023
Joe Natale joined the AESI team last March and has since hit the ground running, helping us launch our new geophysics department. Joe has a background in Geophysical Engineering from Montana Tech and has worked in various roles spanning from Colorado to Alaska. Joe’s current specialties include seismic refraction, shear wave velocity studies, seismic ambient noise analyses including microtremor array measurements and horizontal to vertical spectral ratio soundings, and electrical resistivity methods.
Through non-invasive geophysical investigations, Joe provides information essential for geologic and hydrogeologic characterization including the assessments of groundwater and earth material distributions. In 2024, Joe hopes to implement new geophysical and analytical methods to better characterize subtle stratigraphic changes in the upper 100 feet as well as to model deep features such as buried bedrock valleys that may control groundwater flow.
In his free time, Joe enjoys organic gardening, mineral collecting, and fishing. Although just a hobby now, one day he hopes to own a small farm and share his love of gardening with others.
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