After graduation, Lowell stayed in Trinidad for a few years and ran the first private kayaking company there, North Coast Adventures. After leaving Trinidad, he worked as an environmental consultant in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, doing stormwater monitoring, sampling, and stream restoration on Caltrans, PG&E, and privately funded projects. Lowell moved to Folsom in 2019 and now works as a Senior Environmental Scientist for the Regional Water Quality Control Board for the State. There, he supervises two compliance and enforcement units, making sure construction and industrial sites are doing the right thing and not harming our most precious resource, water. He oversees about 2,600 permitted sites across most of the 22 counties and still gets into the field regularly with his teams. He says he really loves working for the Water Board, it's a very challenging but fulfilling job...and his company loves Humboldt Grads! They hire Environmental Scientists (Geography grads are especially welcome!), Geologists, Engineers, and anyone with a science background. He would love to hear from my old classmates or anyone else from the Geography Department - Cheers!