Tracey Griffiths
Tracey has gained over 24 years of experience working in environmental roles in Cumbria since graduating in Environmental Science and specialising in Hydrology and Water Resources at Lancaster University.
The last 18 years have been with the nuclear industry, prior to this Tracey worked in a number of regulatory roles at the Environment Agency and in research for the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Tracey is a Chartered Environmentalist with a Masters in Health and Safety Law and Environmental Law.
Originally from Penrith, she has been a resident of South Cumbria since 2002. Her original role at the Environment Agency was monitoring water quality in Cumbria, Tracey now enjoys taking part in Citizen Science opportunities, such as volunteering for the Big Windermere Survey, Riverfly Monitoring, trials for Lakefly Monitoring, plus supporting the Duddon River Association.
As a new member of the Board she is determined to be involved in driving tangible improvements by continuing to raise the profile of the FBA, ensuring that the FBA’s key focus is to understand and protect freshwater environments. Tracey aims to further encourage a Citizen Science approach to education and engagement at a local, national, and international scale, whilst also ensuring there remains a platform for members and Fellows to have the opportunity to share and discuss academic research and records. She strongly believes in a facts based approach for any messaging from FBA to ensure the association can act as a trusted advocate for freshwater.
Tracey is currently the Environmental Permitting & Process Manager at Sellafield Ltd plus she is leading on Natural Capital and Biodiversity Net Gain for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Tracey is a Trustee of the South Cumbria Rivers Trust, the Independent Chair of the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre Advisory Group and a member of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) North West Steering Group.
