Winsome is a Freshwater Ecologist with over ten years of experience working in consultancy. Winsome has expertise in assessing impacts of a wide variety of anthropogenic activities on freshwater ecology and water quality. State of environment monitoring (SOE), aquatic habitat restoration and inanga spawning surveys are also key skills.
She has a strong understanding of environmental principals, data analysis (using excel, R, and TimeTrends), and providing practical solutions for environmental issues. Winsome is an experienced electric fishing operator and has fished a wide variety of freshwater habitats throughout New Zealand.