About Samantha Baxter

Samantha M. Baxter is a Writer and the Managing Editor for Fondriest Environmental. She is in the process of obtaining 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

BS1 sampling platform in its deployed position. The site is powered by a solar-powered battery, connects to the WQDataLive cloud service with a cellular modem, and collects temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll, turbidity, pH, and weather parameters. The site is located between two oyster aquaculture facilities in Morro Bay, CA.
Gleaming and new, the first LoRa buoy is deployed in lower Green Bay, ready to collect valuable, real-time surface algal pigment, temperature profile, and dissolved oxygen data for its first season.
The Tijuana River Estuary monitoring station, including solar panel, logger and telemetry.
Satellite image of Hurricane Milton rapidly intensifying into a strong Category 5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on October 7, 2024
Overhead view of multiple article spreads from the 2024 Fall edition of the Environmental Monitor
Plummer WEES team member inspects an industrial cooling tower to determine how it is running.
The NexSens XB-200 data buoy deployed on the Fondriest Field Station lake.
WIZARD Buoy located on the Ohio River below R.C. Byrd Locks and Dams
LEA Staff Limnologist Maggie Welch on board buoy boat as it approaches Long Lake deployment site.
Picture of the 2015 bloom in Maumee Bay
High Definition Stream Survey motor boat in action on the Upper Delaware River in Pennsylvania.
Field crews prepare NOAA’s CURBY for temporary deployment near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on April 4, 2024. Pictured clockwise from top: Eddie Roggenstein, Shaena Rausch, and Katie Kirk.
EXO 2 stilling well setup at Lost River Rise site
Superbuoy (a CB-950) deployed on Buffalo Pound Lake on a clear day
Spring 2024 Environmental Monitor: Climate Emergencies & Natural Disasters. A gray background with various pages opened to reveal different spreads.
FOTL members Kendra Kilson, Rebekah White, and Fairfield University professor Jen Klug pose with the buoy.
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan staff- Sheena McInnes and Heather Wilson- conduct winter limnology on a Saskatchewan reservoir, Canada at -30 degrees Celsius
Photo of Mohonk Lake 75% ice covered on January 17, 2024.
Acadia NP Biological Technician Jake Van Gorder collects a water quality data profile using a YSI EXO1 sonde during a monthly lake monitoring visit.