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Kyle Stark
Environmental Scientist
Resilient Landscapes Program
Kyle

Areas of Expertise

Resilient Landscapes Program
Stream & Riparian Health
Habitat Assessment & Monitoring
Sediment
Sediment Science
Project monitoring

Education & Credentials

PhD

Contact Info

[email protected]

Background

After graduating from the College of William and Mary in 2013, Kyle began his career working for an environmental consulting agency working with U.S. government on remediation of superfund sites and department of defense bases. After a few exciting years up and down the East Coast, he accepted a position in the New Mexico Tech Hydrology graduate, where he earned a MSc in 2018 and Ph.D in 2022. His thesis topics focused on sediment transport in intermittently flowing streams in the desert southwest. Kyle joined SFEI in 2022 with an expertise in sediment transport and analyzing river flow datasets from around the San Francisco bay watershed.

Highlighted Work at SFEI

PUBLICATIONS

PROJECTS

NEWS & EVENTS

 

Publications

 

Pearce, SA; Stark, K. 2025. Petaluma River Watershed sediment beneficial reuse strategy. SFEI Contribution No. 1243. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Peterson, D; Stark, K; Pearce, SA; Dusterhoff, SD. 2025. Petaluma River Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 1230. San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
Sevier, E; Peterson, D; Stark, K; Whipple, A; Vaughn, LS; Pentico, R; Stella, J. 2025. Future Climate Impacts to Riparian Condition & Functions in the Petaluma River Watershed. SFEI Contribution No. 1235. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Stark, K; Peterson, D; Gilbreath, A; Sevier, E; Dusterhoff, SD. 2024. Pescadero Creek High-Flow Conditions Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1211. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Peterson, D; Stark, K; Gilbreath, A; Dusterhoff, SD. 2024. Pescadero Creek Low-Flow Conditions Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1210. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Peterson, D; Baumgarten, SA; Stark, K; Vaughn, LS; Dusterhoff, SD. 2024. Petaluma River Watershed Contemporary Riparian Condition Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 1160. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Peterson, D; Stark, K; Robins, J; Dusterhoff, SD; Harris, K. 2023. Pescadero-Butano Watershed Large Wood Monitoring Protocol. SFEI Contribution No. 1127. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Gilbreath, A; Stark, K; Pearce, SA; McKee, LJ. 2023. Suspended Sediment Loads Analysis of Four Creeks in the San Francisco Bay Area. SFEI Contribution No. 1134.
Zi, T; Peterson, D; Stark, K. 2023. Stevens Creek Reservoir – Forecast Informed Reservoir Operation (FIRO) Phase One Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1120. Prepared for SCV Water District.
Pearce, SA; Stark, K. 2023. Translating Sediment Science Into Action: Documenting Beneficial Sediment Reuse. SFEI Contribution No. 1124. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Dusterhoff, SD; Whipple, A; Baumgarten, SA; Robinson, A; Shaw, S; Stark, K; Askevold, RA. 2023. Restoration Plan for the Laguna de Santa Rosa. SFEI Contribution No. 1123. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.