Susan Licher is a water resource professional that has worked to protect and conserve water in many parts of the United States. She received her M.S. from Missouri State University and has worked for the USGS and a private consulting firm. Throughout her education and schooling she has focused solely upon water resources and is currently moving her primary means of protection and conservation from science and planning to education. Licher finds helping people protect and conserve our most vital resource both rewarding and challenging, with each new place a unique experiment.