Noah Garrison

Noah Garrison is the Environmental Science Practicum Director at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He oversees the three-quarter, client-based capstone program for all senior-year students in the Environmental Science B.S. degree program. Noah also teaches courses at IoES — including Introduction to Environmental Science, Environmental Politics and Governance, and Leadership in Water Management. His research focuses on water use and supply issues in the Colorado River Basin and Western United States, including on sustainable solutions for addressing the impacts of climate change, drought, and overallocation of resources, and has been covered by the Los Angeles Times, Arizona Republic, ABC News, Politco, and the Associated Press, among other media outlets.

He previously worked as a staff attorney in the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where he focused on legal, policy, and technical issues related to: urban runoff and stormwater; green infrastructure and its relationship to water supply, energy use, and climate change; regulation and enforcement under the federal Clean Water Act; groundwater supply and management; and impacts of dams and other flow diversion projects on river systems.

Noah is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, with a specialization in Public Interest Law and Policy, and also holds a M.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of California at Santa Barbara.