Education

  • Ph.D. Biology; Saint Louis University 
  • M.S. Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Iowa State University
  • B.S. Biology; Missouri State University

Work Experience

National Great Rivers Research and Education Center | Alton, IL | April 2020 – Present
  •  Illinois RiverWatch Director & Stream Ecologist

Missouri Botanical Garden | St. Louis, MO | February 2009 – July 2016
  • Restoration Ecologist at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center (LREC)
  • Prepare and implement water monitoring plans and reports for an urban stream
  • Manage and monitor native plant communities in prairie and woodland habitats
  • Mentor interns and provide guidance on individual research projects
 
Deer Creek Consulting, LLC | St. Louis, MO | November 2006 – February 2009
  • Owner / Environmental Scientist
  • Prepared and carried out water quality monitoring plan for an urban stream
  • Gathered data for the revision of “The Directory of Missouri Foundations”
  • Performed wetland evaluations and floristic quality assessments
  • Peer reviewed technical websites and documents for U.S. EPA
 
Zambrana Engineering, Inc. | St. Louis, MO | September 2005 – November 2006
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Completed tree surveys for the Illinois Department of Transportation
  • Performed wetland delineations and wetland mitigation plan review
  • Edited stressor identification case study for U.S. EPA publication

Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Des Moines, IA | April 2004 – September 2005
  • Environmental Specialist for the TMDL & Water Quality Assessment Section
  • Developed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for impaired waters
  • Used EPA stressor identification to determine causes of biological impairments
  • Communicated with stakeholders in impaired watersheds regarding TMDLs, pollution sources, pollution prevention, and land use practices

Publications

  • Haake, D.M., S. Krchma, C.W. Meyners, R. Virag.  (2022)  Impacts of urbanization on chloride and stream invertebrates: a 10-year citizen science field study of road salt in stormwater runoff. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, . https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4594
  • ​Haake, D.M., J.H. Knouft. (2019) Comparison of contributions to chloride in urban stormwater from winter brine and rock salt application. Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 11888-11895. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02864
  • Niu, S.Q., D.M. Haake, J.H. Knouft. (2019)  Gut content biomass of stream fishes: associations with streamflow velocity, population density, and prey abundance at two spatial scales. Hydrobiologia, 826, 85-97.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3719-4
  • Haake, D.  (2018)  Reducing Road Salt Use in St. Louis County. Pamphlet for public education.  https://dhaake.weebly.com/uploads/7/9/6/8/79687258/salt_publication_rev.pdf
  • Reid, J.L., S. Acha, R.E. Becknell, F. Domene, A. Figueiredo, D. Haake, W.T. Huang, I. Loza, B. Mashburn, J.I. Moreira, K. Pilgram-Kloppe, E. Young. (2017)  Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Restoration Ecology, 25, 844-845.  https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12592
  • Haake, D.  (2014)  Rain Gardens.  Stream Team Academy Fact Sheet #24. http://mostreamteam.org/assets/factsheet24.pdf
  • Haake, D., T. Wilton, K. Krier, T. Isenhart, J. Paul, A. Stewart, S.M. Cormier. (2010)  Stressor Identification in an Agricultural Watershed: Little Floyd River, Iowa. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Cincinnati, OH. EPA/600/R-08/131.  https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/caddis/recordisplay.cfm?deid=200374
  • Haake, D.M., T. Wilton, K. Krier, A.J. Stewart, S.M. Cormier. (2010)  Causal assessment of biological impairment in the Little Floyd River, Iowa, USA.  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 16(1), 116-148.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10807030903459544
  • Haake, D.M. (2003)  Land use effects on soil microbial carbon and nitrogen in riparian zones of northeast Missouri (Masters Thesis, Iowa State University).

Grants & Awards 
(since 2016)
  • American Water Charitable Foundation Grant (2025)
  • Sun Foundation “Making Waves” Award (2025)
  • Ameren Illinois “AmerenCares” Grant (2024)
  • CUAHSI “Let's Talk About Water” Grant (2022)
  • Living Earth Collaborative Grant (2021)
  • P.E.O. Scholar Award (2019)
  • Saint Louis University Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (2017)
  • Dr. Mary Louise Adams Dissertation Fellowship (2017)
  • River des Peres Watershed Coalition River Hero Award (2017)
  • Urban Waters Small Grant (2016)
  • Webster Groves Nature Study Society Bo Koster Scholarship (2016)

Courses Taught

  • GIS in Biology (BIOL-4190/5190; 1 section), Saint Louis University; substitute instructor for 2 weeks per semester, Spring 2020 & Fall 2017
  • Advanced Ecology (BIOL-5550; 1 section), Saint Louis University; substitute instructor for 1 week (including content development), Fall 2019
  • Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (BIOL-4200; 1 section), Saint Louis University; instructor developing and providing all content, Spring 2019
  • Aquatic Ecology (BIOL-4200; 1 section), Saint Louis University; substitute instructor for 2 weeks (including content development), Spring 2019
  • General Ecology (BIOL-4750; 1 section), Saint Louis University; substitute instructor for 1 week, Fall 2018
  • Principles of Biology II Laboratory (BIOL-1265; 2 sections), Saint Louis University; instructor providing prepared content, Spring 2017

Community Involvement & Professional Memberships

  • Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (formerly Citizen Science Association; 2014-Present); Program Committee and Co-Chair of Symposium Selection Committee for 2019 conference
  • City of Webster Groves Sustainability Commission (2013-2020)
  • Community Science Collaborative of St. Louis; charter member (2022-Present)
  • Deer Creek Watershed Alliance (2009-Present); Technical Advisory Committee
  • East-West Gateway Council of Governments (2014-Present); Water Resources Committee
  • Ecological Society of America (2014-Present)
  • Gateway Cooperative Weed Management Area (2009-11)
  • Midwest Urban Conservation Network (2014-16)
  • Mississippi River Water Trail Association (2022-Present)
  • Missouri Stream Team (1996-Present)
  • National Water Quality Monitoring Council (2012-14); Volunteer Monitoring Committee
  • River Des Peres Watershed Coalition (2006-Present); Vice Chair (2013-15; 2017-2019); Chair (2009-13); Treasurer (2007-09)
  • River Network (2009-2020); Local Host Committee for 2013 River Rally; Urban Waters Learning Network
  • Society for Ecological Restoration (2010-16)
  • Stream Teams United (formerly Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition) (2008-2020); President (2014-18); Treasurer (2009-13)
  • Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (2022-Present); OREIT Chair (2023-2025)

Students Mentored
Emily Carter (2024)
Keestan Johnson (2024)
Kalifa Martin (2023)
Joshua Turner (2023)
Emma Devereaux (2022)
Betsy Papin (2022)
Nancy Nan (2021)
MaKenzy Sorsen (2021)
Kelly Ollenbittle (2020)
Rachel Brouk (2019)
Adam Gaines (2019)
Karen Hoshino (2019)
Alex Juan (2019)
Mark Tierney (2019)
Katie Cassidy (2018-19)
Maria Sakowski (2018-20)
Cathleen Yung (2018-19)
Josh Lovera (2016)
Amy Turlington (2016)
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Brandon Schack (2015)
Jennifer Thompson (2015)
Sarah Black (2014)
​Britany Bratt (2014)
​Chelsea Pretz (2014)
Anna Chott (2013)
Hannah Carpenter (2013)
Jason West (2013)
Maisie Rinne-Greer (2013)
Jessica Rudnick (2012)
Luke Wimmer (2012)
Amy Catalano (2011)
Rachael Fox (2011)
Chris Kinast (2010)
Jessica King (2010)
Abigail Carroll (2009)
Emily Lopez-Wombacher (2009)

Select Presentations & Workshops
(since 2016)
Exploring data quality in a 30-year community science dataset; submitted presentation; National Monitoring Conference; March 13, 2025.

Snowy winters, salty waters; invited/submitted presentation:
  • US EPA Region 5 Volunteer Monitoring Forum; February 19, 2025.
  • Illinois Lakes Management Association annual meeting; March5, 2024.
  • River Soundings; September 8, 2023.
  • Big Muddy Speaker Series; February 8, 2023.

Changing freshwater mussel communities in the Upper Sangamon River; submitted presentation; Society for Freshwater Science annual meeting; June 5, 2024.

Winter Chloride Watchers: working with communities to understand road salt impacts; invited presentation; Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee spring meeting; March 27, 2024.

Reducing chloride in urban stormwater; invited presentations:
  • Madison County, Illinois, MS4 Association meeting; December 20, 2023.
  • St. Louis Regional Brining Workshop; November 1, 2023.

Case studies in community-driven science; invited/submitted presentations:
  • Missouri DNR Nonpoint Source Management Forum; August 16, 2023.
  • American Geophysical Union fall meeting; December 14, 2022.
  • Washington University's Living Earth Collaborative meeting; December 1, 2022.
  • Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting; May 18, 2022.

All Things Considered climate conversation: Winter Chloride Watch; interviewed by Melba Lara of WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate) (https://bit.ly/3YXltw4 ); December 19, 2022.

​Road salt: why and how to reduce our use; invited presentations:
  • Madison County, Illinois, MS4 Association meeting; September 11, 2019.
  • St. Clair County, Illinois, MS4 Association meeting; May 2, 2019.
  • American Society of Civil Engineers – Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), St. Louis Chapter; March 8, 2019.
  • American Public Works Association (APWA), St. Louis Chapter; January 24, 2019.

Aquatic invertebrates in Huzzah Creek at Reis Biological Station; demonstration for Saint Louis University’s Life Science Learning Community; September 7, 2019; September 9, 2017.

GIS Applications in Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; workshop at Saint Louis University, Knouft Lab; co-instructor; July 31-August 2, 2019; June 13-15, 2018; August 17-19, 2016.

GIS summer international immersion; workshop at Saint Louis University; assistant instructor; July 17-30, 2019; July 18-27, 2018.

Field evaluation of brining as a stormwater best management practice to reduce chloride pollution from road salt; presentation at the 11th National Water Quality Monitoring Conference; March 25-29, 2019.

Chloride Kickoff; hosted workshop to bring together municipal collaborators, agency partners, and Stream Team volunteers:
  • Grant’s View Public Library; November 14, 2018.
  • Kirkwood Public Library; December 4, 2017.
  • Webster Groves Public Library; November 30, 2016.

Road salt & urban streams; invited presentations:
  • East-West Gateway Council of Governments, Water Resources Committee; September 28, 2018.
  • Hinkson Creek Collaborative Adaptive Management stakeholders committee in Columbia, MO; June 26, 2018.

Brining to reduce road salt use in St. Louis County; series of public meetings/presentations as part of EPA Urban Waters grant:
  • Schroeder Park in Manchester; August 23, 2018.
  • Ferguson Public Library; August 15, 2018.
  • Webster Groves Public Library; August 1, 2018.

Road salt in streams: evaluation of regional chloride pollution and toxicity to aquatic invertebrates; poster with Jason Knouft at:
  • St. Louis Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Retreat; September 22, 2018.
  • Ecological Society of America annual meeting; August 6, 2018.

Road salt use in St. Louis; interviewed by Jean Ponzi of radio station KDHX for Earth Worms podcast (http://earthworms.kdhxtra.org/applied-eco-logic-protecting-streams-de-icing-roads-with-danelle-haake); July 31, 2018.

Brining to reduce road salt applications during winter weather events; invited speaker for workshop at Washington University; July 30, 2018.

Evaluating best management practices for reducing pollution from road salt use; presentation at Graduate Student Association Research Symposium; April 27, 2018.

Advocating for streams; presentation at Advocacy Workshop hosted by Stream Teams United in Sullivan, MO; July 22, 2017.
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GIS Applications in Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; workshop at Saint Louis University, Knouft Lab; June 13-15, 2018; August 17-19, 2016.
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Impact of road salt on stream invertebrates; demonstrations at:
  • Ferguson Farmers Market; August 19, 2017.
  • Saint Louis Earth Day Festival; April 22-23, 2017.
  • Ferguson Farmers Market; June 18, 2016.

Restoration and research opportunities in an urban ecology center; poster with Jamela Thompson at Missouri Botanical Garden 63rd Annual Fall Symposium; October 8, 2016.

Aquatic macroinvertebrates in an urban landscape: preliminary examination of volunteer-collected data; poster at:
  • Graduate Student Association Research Symposium; April 22, 2016.
  • St. Louis Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Retreat; September 26, 2015.