Tylee M. Dodge Griego is a second-year graduate student in the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico.  The Water Resources Program is an interdisciplinary program and Ms. Griego’s focus is Hydroscience.  Ms. Griego graduated with honors from the University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus with an Associates of Applied Science in General Studies in 2015 and an Associates of Science in General Science in 2016.  She graduated cum laude in 2018 from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Science in Earth & Planetary Sciences.

 

Ms. Griego is originally from a small town in Maine, near Portland. Ms. Griego comes from a long line of farmers, engineers, and educators.  She is especially interested in the link between water and agriculture, and in finding ways to help farmers adapt to the changing climate, changing weather patterns, and variable water availability.  She is also interested in contaminant transport and water quality issues.

 

New Mexico has been Ms. Griego’s home since 2010 when she moved to Valencia County with her family.  She enjoys the more rural setting of the county with its many farms. 

 

Ms. Griego works for the University of New Mexico as a graduate assistant/teaching assistant for the Water Resources Program.  She also works for the University of New Mexico on a project funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Center as a research assistant with David Gutzler, PhD, of the Earth & Planetary Science Department, and with John Fleck, Director of the Water Resources Program, Economics Department.  She is researching how the changing climate has affected agriculture and water use focusing on agriculture in the Middle Rio Grande over the last two decades.  Ms. Griego hopes to help farmers find ways to continue the long cultural tradition of farming in the Middle Rio Grande Valley while ensuring high water quality and adequate supply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Summer Field Camp, Class of 2018

University of New Mexico