Kate Buckman

Kate has spent the majority of her career studying marine and freshwater ecology, beginning with her undergraduate work at Smith College and moving on to receive a PhD in Biological Oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program. Kate returned to NH and spent many years at Dartmouth College as a member of the Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program studying how mercury moves through food webs and assisting with community science programs in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont before joining the Connecticut River Conservancy's staff, where she is currently the Aquatic Ecologist. Kate loves thinking and talking about the connections between people, land, water, and fish. She spends most of her free time puttering around her fields and gardens in Alstead.