Stacy Woods

Research Director

Dr. Stacy Woods is a geostatistician and the research director of the UCS Food and Environment Program. She uses math and maps to advocate for a just and healthy environment for all.

Image of a stream on farm land in Iowa without conservation riparian buffers

Lynn Betts/USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

November 19, 2025

From Fields to Faucets: Fertilizer Overuse Threatens Drinking Water and Health

Stacy Woods
Research Director

aerial photo of prairie potholes--numerous small ponds spread among a landscape of flat green farm fields

Marcie Hebert/USFWS

May 6, 2025

Wetlands and Streams Face a New Threat from the Trump Administration

Stacy Woods
Research Director

black and white photo of four smokestacks viewed from far below; smoke billows up into the sky from each one

R.I. Nesmith and Associates/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

February 27, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm

Stacy Woods
Research Director

photo of two scientists in protective suits squatting over the surface of a shallow stream in order to take water samples

hedgehog94/Adobe Stock

May 1, 2024

New Maps Show Where Tyson Foods Is Polluting Water

Stacy Woods
Research Director

close-up photo of a heavy stream of greenish brown wastewater pouring out of a pipe on a swine and poultry farm

Lance Cheung/USDA

January 22, 2024

An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

Stacy Woods
Research Director

aerial photo of a section of Everglades National Park, with multiple streams winding through lush green wetlands

NPS

January 3, 2024

The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Stacy Woods
Research Director