About Samantha Baxter

Samantha M. Baxter is a Writer and the Managing Editor for Fondriest Environmental. She received B.A. degrees in Integrated Language Arts Education and Political Science at Wright State University. She was hired as an intern in the spring of 2022 and has continued to work as a writer and editor for the Environmental Monitor, FishSens Magazine and other Fondriest Environmental pages. As a writer, Samantha works with researchers from across the country to craft stories that highlight their work and its impacts. As an editor, Samantha works with graphic designers, fellow writers, and various environmental professionals to create unique content for Fondriest Environmental. Samantha enjoys swimming, running, reading and playing video games in her free time.

Articles By Samantha Baxter

Ohio EPA intern, Rachel Obler, collects inorganic water chemistry samples from Whetstone Creek near Mount Gilead, OH for the 2024 Upper Scioto River and Olentangy River watershed survey.
Collage of articles from the Environmental Monitor Fall 2025 edition.
Jacob Winters and Sara Richard mapping logger placement in Turtle Creek.
Data buoy PH-01 deployed on Pleasant Hill Lake.
Cowan Creek monitoring site, equipped with Geolux non-contact flow sensor and EXO2 sonde, telemetered via NexSens X3. The site is located at the Cowan Elementary School. Educators use the data to monitor conditions in the stream via the WQDataLive public portal and teach components of the water cycle.
One of the Hanson Weather and Water Quality stations at W&J’s Abernathy Field Station.
Student measuring algal concentrations in Grand Lake St. Marys using an AlgaeTorch in January 2023
Successful deployment of the West End – Compass Port (WE-CP) buoy approximately ~9 miles south of Katrina Cut, Dauphin Island, AL in the Mississippi Bight.
Hydrologic Technician Matthew Bach making a discharge measurement using an acoustic velocimeter at the Ashwaubenon Creek near Little Rapids, WI.
Elk County Conservation District Watershed Technician, Micaela, is rinsing the sonde to remove any silt buildup prior to cleaning and calibration.
Meduxnekeag River drought conditions along tribal lands.
Processing Crayfish Waccamaw River, North Carolina.
Maine Department of Environmental Protection's Healthy Beaches Program staff train and certify Coastal Rivers' volunteers to take samples for bacterial analysis at swim beaches throughout the summer.
A Panther Buoy deployed in Nicolet Bay (Green Bay) near Peninsula State Park in Wisconsin.
Rodrigo Villalpando-Vizcaino student Jefferson Minton (center) and staff Saddam Hossain (right). Describing and sampling sediment samples extracted with sonic drilling.
Darryl Sirleaf (NBC, left), Rich Balouskus (RIDEM Principal Marine Biologist, middle), Pat Brown (RIDEM Chafee Captain, right). Installing acoustic receiver on North Prudence Buoy in Narragansett Bay during buoy deployment (2022).
Jan Paul, Penobscot Nation citizen, rinsing bottle before collecting sample.
Several sampling locations are adjacent to schools, allowing for direct partnership with K-12 teachers and students to participate in water monitoring.
Researchers at the University of Georgia's River Basin Center seining for fish in the Etowah River, GA.