About Sam Norton

Sam Norton is an Environmental Journalist for Fondriest Environmental. He began freelancing with Fondriest in 2023 before moving into his current position in 2025, and enjoys learning about environmental research across the country. As a journalist, he writes articles for the Environmental Monitor, FishSens, and Lake Scientist magazines, creates video content, and works on social media. He graduated from Miami University with a degree in Biology, an Environmental Science co-major, and a Journalism minor. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, rock climbing, watching soccer, and planning his next adventure.

Articles By Sam Norton

Eelgrass monitoring- this time looking at how they impact the nitrogen concentration of water by monitoring dissolved nitrogen and eelgrass cover.
Janiak deploying a YSI EXO2 at the doc outside of the MarineGEO station.
Beach seining for juvenile sockeye salmon in Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.
Fish and Wildlife Technician Dustin Dominesey in bow and Fish and Wildlife Technician Adam Kosnick in back of boat conducting a reclamation on Murphy Lake in Adirondack Park in 2021
The Sandusky Fisheries Research Station records temperature and dissolved oxygen profiles during monthly bottom trawl surveys on Lake Erie
Solar Eclipse Viewing Event
Porters must carry the ice cores down from the drill site after the drilling is finished.
The work of University of Hawai’i employees helps inform regulatory decisions from state health and water agencies about the safety of residential drinking water.
EXO2 sonde installation in a discharge channel using a 3-point anchor system.
Moore Haven RECON station, with NexSens X2 datalogger and SP-15 power pack.
PhD candidate Nicole Berry measures water transparency using an underwater radiometer. The offshore regions of Lakes Michigan and Huron are increasing in water transparency. This may expose the early life stages of fish to damaging ultraviolet radiation.
Entering some of the riverine wetlands of the Sinnamary River that are only accessible by boat.
Eastern Hellbender
Monitoring for nitrate, DO, and conductivity in aquatic ecosystems (river).