Research Fellow, iCAM
Hydrology, salinity, erosion, integrated catchment management
Phone: +61 (0)2 6125 9021
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: Natasha.Herron@anu.edu.au

Natasha Herron completed her undergraduate education at Macquarie University, Sydney, where she majored in resource and environmental management, with a focus on soil erosion and geomorphology. Her PhD, undertaken through a joint arrangement with the University of Melbourne and CSIRO Land and Water via the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, investigated the role of riparian areas on catchment hydrologic connectivity.

Upon completing her PhD, Natasha worked in both Federal and State government agencies, in such areas as water resource security, the NLWRA catchment condition assessment, recharge and runoff modelling, salinity modelling and the development of decision support tools for catchment management and property-level planning.

She moved to iCAM in 2007.

Research, Teaching & Professional Activities

Natasha is currently working on the development of decision support systems to assist with coastal lake management and the NSW Catchment Management Authorities' catchment planning and incentives funding processes, and on better representation of groundwater processes within the IHACRES rainfall-runoff model.

Selected Publications

Herron N.F., Davis, R.J., Dawes, W. and Evans, W.R. (2003) Modelling the impacts of strategic tree plantings on salt loads and flows in the Macquarie River Catchment, NSW, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 68, 37-50

Herron N.F., Davis, R.J. and Jones, R.N. (2002) The Effects of Large-Scale Afforestation and Climate Change on Water Allocation in the Macquarie River Catchment, NSW, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 65, 369-381

Herron N.F. and Wilson, C.J. (2001) A water balance approach to assessing the hydrologic buffering potential of an alluvial fan, Water Resources Research, 37(2), 341-351

Herron, N.F. and Hairsine P.B. (1998) Are riparian zones effective in reducing overland flow to streams? Predictions for a range of Australian environments. Aust Jnl Soil Res. 36(4) 683-98.

Butterworth, R., Wilson, C.J., Herron, N.F., Greene, R.S.B. and Cunningham, R.B. (2000) Geomorphic controls on the physical and hydrologic properties of soils in a confined stream valley in New South Wales, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25, 1161-1179