Katie Andrews

Systems Architect
Technology
kandrews@tnc.org

In The Nature Conservancy’s California Chapter, Katie applies geospatial technologies to address dynamic water management and other conservation issues. Additionally she manages the development of mobile and web-based tools to improve information access for decision makers. She has nearly 20 years of experience in geographic information systems, spatial analyses, remote sensing and GPS technology.  

Before joining the Conservancy, Katie worked for the Bureau of Land Management. She has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Kansas and an M.S. in Geography from the University of Utah.

What Katie is working on now:

I’m currently working with partners on a project that pairs machine learning and remote sensing to characterize the shallow wet conditions that define great shorebird habitat. As The Nature Conservancy continues to employ dynamic strategies to ensure migrating birds have access to foraging habitat where and when they need it, the ability to monitor their habitat conditions in near real-time using remotely sensed imagery is key to our success and to scaling this work.