Daniel J Sobota

Dan Sabota is a Senior Water Quality Analyst for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality who develops watershed restoration plans and leads the agency’s Harmful Algal Bloom Coordination Team. He grew up in northern Virginia outside of Washington, DC and moved west in the early 2000s to study stream ecology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. Dan has worked on issues related to nutrient pollution, dynamics of large wood in streams, and harmful algal blooms at local, regional, and national scales. In his spare time, Dan enjoys fly fishing, gardening, and exploring the Pacific Northwest.