Jarod has been a biologist with Reclamation since 2010. Since 2012, he has been involved with various projects under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program. On the San Joaquin River, he participated in inventory and monitoring surveys to identify fish species presence/absence in all five reaches of the Restoration Area, helped with adult Chinook salmon trap and haul efforts to move adult salmon from Reach 5 to spawning areas in Reach 1, and contributed to fall-run and spring-run juvenile Chinook salmon monitoring efforts and efficiency evaluations using panel weirs and rotary screw traps. His other notable work outside the San Joaquin includes evaluating side channel enhancement efforts for juvenile salmon production on the Methow River, Washington, evaluating larval fish entrainment at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility and survey efforts to describe side channel connection and potential fish stranding during river flow reductions on the Yakima River in Washington.