former ASsociates & field crews
Sarah LuceroField Crew 2020, Asotin, WA
Hometown: Missoula, MT Trystan BradleyField Crew 2020, Asotin, WA
Hometown: Lewiston, ID Austin DurgloField Crew 2020, Logan, UT
David JohnsonField Crew 2020, WA
Hometown: Lewiston, ID quinn jenningsRestoration Crew 2023, WA
miller Babbott-WardRestoration Crew 2023, WA
Mackenzie perryRestoration Crew 2023, WA
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Benjamin NashField Crew 2020, Asotin, WA
Hometown: Pocatello, ID Benjamin Nash has a great deal of experience performing inventory and monitoring both as a botany and wildlife technician. He holds a degree in biology from Boise State University and is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in wildlife management. Ben is passionate about riparian habitat restoration and enjoys fishing, backpacking, and night sky photography.
Robyn HolmesMonitoring Crew Lead and Coordinator 2023, Asotin, WA
Patrick sweeneyRestoration Crew Lead 2023, OR
Shannon FilbeyRestoration Crew Lead 2023, WA
olivia fajardoRestoration Assistant Crew Lead 2023, OR
Nathan Rutledge-gormanRestoration Assistant Crew Lead 2023, WA
ally dunkeldRestoration Assistant Crew Lead 2023, WA
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former Field CrewsOur Field Crews may work with us one season or many seasons and often move on to careers in Natural Resources.
brendan flynnMonitoring Crew 2023, Asotin, WA
Evan BarnesMonitoring Crew 2023, Asotin, WA
lily spoonerRestoration Crew 2023, Bishop, CA
jack smithRestoration Crew 2023, Bishop, CA
annalise thorpeRestoration Crew 2023, Bishop, CA
mike roseRestoration Crew 2023, OR
kevin KingRestoration Crew 2023, OR
jordan beaverRestoration Crew 2023, OR
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Elijah was our first Anabranch employee and really helped us make the transition from restoration experiments to professionally delivered projects for our clients. Elijah is a fluvial geomorphologist. His background is in fisheries biology and stream habitat assessment, but during the course of his Masters research his focus broadened to understanding the role of long-term, watershed-wide geomorphic processes on stream habitat. Elijah earned a BS in Fisheries Biology (Magna cum laude) in 2008 from Humboldt State University. He later earned an MS in Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes, from the Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University. Elijah and his family left Utah in 2016 to return closer to his hometown in California. Elijah Portugal went to work for the Natural Resources Services Division of Redwood Community Action Agency, a non-profit organization based in Northern California. He is a Projects Coordinator/Fluvial Geomorphologist working on a variety of process-based river and estuarine restoration projects primarily related to increasing the quality and quantity of salmonid habitat and water quality in the redwood region of coastal Northern California. In his current capacity, he is involved in all phases of restoration including; project development, planning, design, implementation and monitoring. However, we still regularly collaborate with Elijah and consult with him on projects he helped implement while here.
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Carl now works for the US Forest Service's PIBO program. However, up until 2018, Carl was a research scientist at Utah State University and he still actively maintains an adjunct faculty appointment there. Not only is Carl a great fish squeezer (i.e. ecologist), but he also has a wealth of experience in working on cattle ranches and with grazing management schemes. Carl plays an important role in some of Anabranch's riparian restoration projects, projects that need holistic grazing management plans, and projects with a significant fish population motivation. Before joining USU in 2013, Dr. Saunders earned a PhD at Colorado State University under Kurt Fausch and completed a post-doc with Phaedra Budy at Utah State University. Carl is the complete fisheries researcher, and is just as comfortable in the field as he is developing novel statistical approaches or Mark-Recapture models to describe population demographics. We now enlist Carl's expertise as needed. Carl, his wife Erica, and their two daughters live in Providence, UT, where they enjoy taking their hand made drift boat out on regional rivers, hunting throughout the central Rocky Mountains, and working in their garden.
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Reid was one of our first Anabranch Associates, and was critical in developing projects with Steve Bennett and taking care of clients in Washington and Idaho. Reid has nearly a decade of experience monitoring streams and fish habitat, and much of his recent work has focused on running the Asotin Creek IMW in southeast WA. Reid received a B.S. from the University of Idaho in Fishery Resources, and a M.S. from Utah State University where he investigated the geomorphic effectiveness of stream restoration actions on the Asotin Creek IMW. A skilled fish biologist, geomorphologist, statistician, and software developer, Reid can literally do it all. Reid develops Apps for field data collection for his own clients through Ecotech Solutions and now runs his own restoration consulting firm - Sage Environmental Research. We maintain a great working relationship with Reid and he regularly subcontracts to us, and we subcontract to him. He lives in Moscow, ID and enjoys mountain and road biking, fishing, rock climbing, SCUBA, backpacking, and traveling in his camper van.
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Jake came to work as a seasonal technician with ELR after earning a B.S. in Water Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and we just couldn't let him go. Jake has since become ELR's main field lead for projects throughout the NW, and can be found on the stream almost every day of the year. In addition to being a skilled field biologist, Jake is also an accomplished surveyor and GIS analyst. Jake lives in Prineville Oregon, and when not taking care of business for ELR can be found hunting or fishing with his dog Jackson.
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Gary O'Brien is a Staff Researcher at Utah State University and the Coordinator of USU's new Restoration Consortium. Gary works as needed on projects for Anabranch on geomorphic assessment, geologic context, riverscapes planning work and technical review. Gary is also a critical liaison with the Restoration Programs at Utah State University and connects students to internship opportunities and work experience, which is required for them to earn degrees. Gary has an MS (2002) and BS (1997) in Geology from Northern Arizona University. Gary is both a geologist and a fluvial geomorphologist who, over the past 20 years, has worked on research ranging from understanding contemporary processes in modern rivers, and ancient alluvial and paludal records. In addition to varied field applications (geomorphic mapping and stratigraphic profiling, GPS and total station surveying, river navigation and airborne photography), he has overseen logistical and administrative aspects of large research projects, taught university courses and mentored students in the field. In addition to research in riverine environments, Gary has been a professional river guide on many western rivers including the Grand Canyon, and currently enjoys mountaineering, cycling, and aviation.
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Ross is now the field lead in the Asotin Creek IMW and been expanding his experience in building and maintaining PALS and BDAs. Ross worked for several years with ELR as a seasonal fisheries technician before joining them as a permanent field lead in 2016. Ross is indispensable in directing fish and habitat monitoring surveys and restoration implementation on projects throughout the northwest. Before joining ELR Ross received a B.S. in Wetland Resources at Washington State. He currently lives in Clarkston Washington with his wife Ashley, new son Riley, and dogs Mack and Luna.
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