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

San José State researchers deploy Doppler radar at the Dixie Fire in Northern California.
A volunteer lowers a Secchi disc to measure the water clarity of the lake.
The East Greenland coastline from the site at 71°N where the VBB system was deployed.
Shepherd samples for bacteria as part of the Creeks Division’s biweekly sampling protocol on Arroyo Burro Creek at Cliff Drive.
A sunshade in the Tema canoe basin.
A boat carrying juvenile oysters for planting in the Manokin River.
Inland Fisheries Research Unit staff sampling Blue and Flathead Catfish populations on the Ohio River using low-frequency electrofishing.
Instrumentation at one of the 1st-order tributary sites (Saddleback Mountain) within the Lamprey River watershed. On river right is a PVC pipe housing a S::CAN spectrolyser. In the foreground, a HOBO pressure transducer and staff gauge are housed in PVC.
UNR graduate student Dre Presswood carrying out the Blaszczak Lab s::can spectrolyser from an upper watershed location at the end of the 2024 field season. While the outlet of the watershed is monitored year-round, many upper watershed locations are inaccessible during the middle of the winter.
Emily Larrimore responding to a customer request reporting scum on the lake.
Idaho DEQ and USFS employees working together on late summer sediment monitoring in the main channel of the South Fork Clearwater River.
Undergraduate Auldyn Faulk ensures one of the Speir Lab’s s::can spectro::lysers is secure and clean during a routine maintenance visit.
ODNR Fairport Staff retrieving a bottom trawl. (Credit; ODNR)
The CORMP crew utilizes UNCW’s RV Seahawk to perform maintenance on a MET/OCE buoy off Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Trout Lake Research Station scientists sit on an ice covered lake and conduct water and ice measurement.
The Hermit’s Peak - Calf Canyon Fire, as pictured from Angel Fire, NM.
University of Florida summer undergraduate researcher Morgan Gallagher collects a water sample from a stream restoration project in Gainesville, FL as part of her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Urban Ecosystem Ecology Lab.
Luke Travis collecting sediment samples from the Cowlitz River near Castle Rock, WA, during a training.
Fish care by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at a fishing tournament.
Technician installing the FloWater Refill Station.