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Products

Client / Nature of Professional Services	Representative Professional Products
FEDERAL AGENCIES
U.S Fish & Wildlife Service / Fisheries restoration planning	Long Range Plan for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Fishery Restoration Program
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation / Watershed data integration, analysis	Trinity River KRIS project
U.S Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service / Fish population surveys	Historical And Current Presence And Absence Of Coho Salmon in the Northern CA Portion of the SONCC ESU
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ Coastal Ocean Program science guidance	Watershed Restoration: A Guide for Citizen Involvement in California
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery to Support Salmon Restoration in a Large Pacific Coast Watershed
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office / Investigate the impact of endocrine disrupting compounds on the growth and development of Atlantic salmon and sturgeon.	Investigation of the Impacts of Common Endocrine Disrupting Compounds on Multiple Early Life Stage of Endangered Atlantic Salmon and Shortnose Sturgeon and Threatened Atlantic Sturgeon Differential life-stage response to common endocrine disruptors in two endangered species, Atlantic salmon and shortnose sturgeon (PowerPoint)
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Central Valley Office	Develop An Alternative Technique to Quantify the Incidental Take of Listed Anadromous Fishes at the Federal and State Water Export Facilities in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary
U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S Coast Guard, Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, Oakland, CA	Evaluate Alternative Antenna Locations, Communications Area Master Station Pacific, Marin County, California, for the Purpose of Protecting Wetlands, Myrtle’s Silverspot Butterfly Habitat and Special Status Plants (2009)
U.S Department of Agriculture, U.S Forest Service, Six Rivers National Forest, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California	Update Assessment of Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Population on Six Rivers National Forest Lands (2010-11)
U.S Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Redwood National and State Parks, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California	Perform a Thematic Accuracy Assessment of the Vegetation Classes Used in the Redwood National and State Parks Vegetation Inventory Program (2012)
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Central Valley Office	Prepare Cost Estimates for Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan Actions (2011)
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Central Valley Office	Provide Spatial Representation of Fisheries and Watershed Data in Relation to Pacific Salmon Recovery Planning (2010)
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest and Northwest Regional Offices	Develop Pilot West Coast Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan Implementation Tracking System (2010-2011)
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
Klamath Basin Tribal Water Quality Work Group / Provide water quality science support services	Formal comments concerning Klamath River hydroelectric project licensing and water quality restoration plans (TMDLs)Creation of a website to support Work Group efforts
Blue Lake Rancheria / Provide water quality science advisory services	Water Quality Sampling and Analysis Plan Quality Assurance Project Plan for Water Quality Sampling and Analysis
Quartz Valley Indian Reservation / Provide water quality science advisory services	Reservation water quality monitoring plan
Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe / Provide water quality science advisory services	Nutrient criteria, water quality control plan
Karuk Tribe of California / Water quality data management support services	Capture, integration, assessment of Klamath River water quality data
Resighini Reservation / Water quality standards consultation	2006 review, update, Rancheria water quality ordinance, standards
Yurok Tribal Council / Water quality data collection and assessment	Klamath River Nitrogen Loading and Retention Dynamics, 1996-2004
STATE AGENCIES
Resources Agency of California / Watershed analysis advisory services	Watershed condition data analysis and integration services, North Coast Watershed Assessment Program
California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection / Program evaluation	Assessing the Effectiveness of California's Forest Practice Rules in Protecting Water Quality
Department of Fish & Game / Landowner survey, watershed data analysis	Private-Lands Aquatic Resource Monitoring Activities in Coastal Watersheds
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / Watershed analysis, data management services	Garcia River KRIS Project
Department of Fish and Game. / Fish habitat monitoring	Monitoring the use by fish of the Napa-Sonoma Marsh Wildlife Area, 1996
California Advisory Committee on Salmon & Steelhead Trout / Statewide salmon restoration planning	Restoring the Balance, Annual Rpt of the California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
County of Marin, Department of Public Works / Watershed analysis, data management training	East Marin-Sonoma KRIS Project, 2006 update
Sonoma County Water Agency / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Russian River KRIS Project (Draft)
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District / Stream restoration project evaluation	Tomki Creek Restoration Project, Final Reports, Phases 1 and 2
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California / Salmon habitat restoration planning	Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Plan
Port of San Francisco / Consultants during the development of the Long Term Management Strategy and for related dredged material disposal issues (negotiations with NMFS)	Quick Facts: Long Term Management Strategy
Trinity County Resource Conservation District / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	South Fork Trinity River data complements to Klamath-Trinity River KRIS project
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations / Fisheries restoration plan review	Fisheries restoration plan review
Institute for Fisheries Resources / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Assessment of salmon habitat potential, Butte Creek, between Butte Head Dam and Centerville Diversion
Redwood Community Action Agency / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Humboldt Bay KRIS Project
Mattole Restoration Council and Mattole Salmon Group/ Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Mattole River KRIS Project
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Sheepscot River KRIS Project
Battle Creek Watershed Conservancy / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Battle Creek KRIS Project
Kootenai River Network / Fisheries and watershed condition analysis	Kootenai River KRIS Project
The Bay Institute / Fisheries and water quality data assessment	Recommendations re SWRCB' implementation program, water quality objectives, San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary
California Sports Fishing Protection Alliance / Expert witness services, water rights proceedings	Relationship between streamflow, chinook salmon production, Mokelumne River
Tomales Bay Association / Expert witness services, water rights proceedings	Relationship between streamflow, opossum shrimp habitat and coho salmon growth and survival, Lagunitas Creek
Save San Francisco Bay Association / Expert witness services, water rights proceedings
Urban Creeks Council of California / Fish habitat restoration planning	Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan
Clean Water Network (National Audubon Society, et al.) / Technical writing, publication production	Fisheries, Wetlands and Jobs -- The Value of Wetlands to America’s Fisheries
Urban Creeks Council of California /fish population, stream habitat, and water quality monitoring	Final Monitoring Report for the Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan, Phase 2
BUSINESS
Schmidbauer Lumber Company, Eureka, California / Public timber sales analysis	Analysis of public land timber sales patterns and practices
MCM Construction, Inc., North Highlands, California / Environmental monitoring	Marine mammal monitoring, Highway 1 Noyo River bridge replacement project
Navigant Consulting, Inc., Chicago, Il. / NEPA/CEQA compliance documentation	Fisheries components, Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project Draft EIS/EIR
PacifiCorp, Portland, OR / River basin environmental information capture	Klamath Hydroelectric Project Annotated Bibliography of Aquatics and Wildlife