James R. Jeffries, Hydrologic Technician & Field Office Chief

Education

B.S.

Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (1990), Earth Science Major, Member of Honorary Geography Fraternity, Gamma Theta Upsilon.

Professional Experience/Expertise

May, '90 - March, '92 : Employed by a private surveying/engineering firm.

March, '92 : Hired by USGS as an entry-level Hydrologic Technician for Potomac NAWQA.

Water quality, automatic samplers, stream gaging, and surveying.

 

Current/Recent Projects and Duties

Field Office Chief, Western MD Field Office

-Responsible for the administrative and technical execution of the hydrologic data collection program in western Maryland.
-Provide training and mentoring for other district hydrologic technicians in the district in various aspects of the job such as water quality sampling, instrumentation, and data processing.
-Participate in discipline technical reviews in other districts across the USGS.

Lead Hydrologic Technician for PODL NAWQA, 2001 study unit start-up.

ICPRB nutrient/sediment monitoring project on Conococheague Creek.
-Responsible for all field and data management activities at this autosampler site nr. Hagerstown, MD

Potomac Monitoring Project - Western Area

-Responsible for field activities on the three western sites of this QW project with Md. Dept. of Environment for TMDL constituents (nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment) monitoring for subsequent model development.
-Sideling Hill Creek nr. Bellegrove, MD (autosampler site).
-Cacapon River nr. Great Cacapon, WV (autosampler site).
-Potomac River at Shepherdstown, WV (manual sampling site).

Small stream gaging field trip and general work in support of field office operations

 

Interests/Hobbies

Spending time with wife and three sons and enjoying the outdoors