Peter Mcbride Email & Phone Number

As the State Wildlife Biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Washington State, my role is to develop and improve conservation practices consistent with NRCS’s resource conservation goals, and assist field staff in guiding the successful implementation of those practices while working with private agricultural, ranching, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I worked in the Northwest Branch of the Division of Hydropower Licensing, in FERC's Office of Energy Projects, where I provided terrestrial resources expertise in the process of evaluating and licensing non-federal hydroelectric projects. This work was conducted in interdisciplinary teams, within which I provided technical support in the areas of wildlife.

Rota, Commonwealth Of The Northern Marianas Islands

My work in the Mariana Islands supported the recovery of 40 federally-listed species in the archipelago, primarily the 26 listed vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant species on the island of Rota. Threatened and endangered species there include bats (both flying foxes and cave-dwelling microbats), forest birds, sea turtles, a skink, tree snails, insects.

Bellingham, Washington Area

As an invited instructor at Western, I designed and taught an undergraduate course in field techniques for the study and assessment of terrestrial vertebrates and their habitats. The primary emphases of this course were methods for characterization of habitat and its selection; wildlife capture and marking; telemetry; and population estimation, diversity.

Laconner, Washington

My work at Swinomish focused on supporting the Tribe in realizing their full treaty hunting rights, both on and off-Reservation, as well as promoting science-based management of all wildlife resources of interest to the Tribe. As conveyed by the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community retains the right to hunt and gather not.

Sedro-Woolley, Washington

As the Northwest Region Biologist for the State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), my role was to support the Department in successful implementation of DNR's 1997 State Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan--first within the framework of the Department's 1992 Forest Resource Plan, then later under their 2006 Policy for Sustainable Forests. My work.

Sedro-Woolley, Washington

Implemented interim marbled murrelet conservation strategy under the Washington State Department of Natural Resource (DNR)’s State Lands Habitat Conservation Plan, directly involving approximately 50,000 out of 387,000 acres of state-managed forest lands across five counties in northwest Washington (primarily Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish.

Mount Vernon, Washington

Developed and populated habitat database (MS Access) for the Salmon & Steelhead Habitat Inventory & Assessment Project, including fish distribution, barrier, hydromodification, and riparian parameters. Mapped detailed stream segmentation throughout the Nooksack, Skagit, Stillaguamish, and Snohomish River watersheds (Water Resource Inventory Areas 1, 3, 4.

Master Of Science (Ms), Terrestrial Ecology

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biology, General