Lydia Beardsley

• Ensure adherence to Virginia Solid Waste Management Regulations and specific transfer station facility permit
• Inspect closed landfill well heads for changes or damage
• Facilitated and increased recycling operations by communicating with various local businesses on best practice
• Coordinate with various haulers for timely and efficient removal of a variety of recyclables including e-waste, white goods, paper products, and plastic
• Organize community outreach and education with litter cleanups, guides, and collaboration with local media
• 100+ operating hours on backhoes, forklifts, and skid steers
• Daily operation of larger automatic transmission trucks including Kenworth T-300 and Ford E-350

• Use of proper hygiene procedures to adhere to high food safety and quality standards.
• Safe use of large machinery including automatic seeder, transplanter and harvester.
• Collaborates directly with senior quality control supervisors to implement transplant and harvest standards.
• Cooperated as part of a team to complete daily volume
  

• Short and long-term planning towards a large goal
• Cooperation with partner in challenging conditions
• Endurance carrying loads in challenging conditions
• Wilderness trip planning skills

• Safe physical labor in a warehouse setting
• Fast paced, goal-oriented work environment

Water sampling

• Experience calibrating and using Myron Water Quality Instruments to determine general water properties
• Use of ODNR sampling procedures for data recording, packaging samples for shipping, and chain of custody paperwork
• Entering final data in online databases and physically filing data sheets

Biological Sampling

• Assisted watershed professionals with electro-fishing sampling
• Collected macroinvertebrates using kick-net procedure at environmentally recovering sites

Environmental and Stream Restoration

• Measurement of elevation benchmarks using a transit laser level
• Collection of stream parameter data such as elevation of the thalweg and sinuosity using longitudinal profiles to determine if erosion mitigation is performing adequately
• Removal of invasive species such as garlic mustard and honeysuckle

Event Organization

• Gathered information and contacted over 100 elected officials for invitation to a tour of completed restoration projects
• Planned and executed environmental educational programming covering many natural science topics for a variety of audiences