Dee Medlicott joined the Westcountry Rivers Trust in February 2005 as one of the newly appointed Scientific Advisors. Dee has a mixed farming background including a Pedigree Channel Island dairy herd. She attended the University of Hertfordshire where she graduated with BSc Hons in Ecology & Agricultural Biology.

Dee has a special interest in ecology and botany, and runs several local wildlife groups. She is currently involved in wildflower recording and Otter monitoring in the River Inny catchment.

In her spare time Dee enjoys all countryside pursuits, as well as being a bit of a show-off on a surfboard!