As a multimedia producer, Valerie’s work in storytelling, conservation projects, and environmental education has appeared in broadcast and online at PBS Learning Media Library, Platte Basin Timelapse, Arbor Day Foundation, and Nature Explore. She is co-author of Learning With Nature Idea Book, published by Arbor Day Foundation. Other partners include Spring Creek Prairie and Audubon Society. Valerie is an Inaugural fellow of the Center for Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania.
A Watershed in Motion
The Platte River Basin is one of the most appropriated river systems in the world. Every drop of water is spoken for, and little is free.
Terns & Plovers
It’s a story with a twist, much like the braided river where it begins. Along the lower Platte River in Nebraska, small channels of water continually split and join,