Peter M. Stevens Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Provide population status assessment, modeling and forecasting to Fish Division and Districts. Develop and advise Fish Division and Districts on harvest management strategies and techniques. Lead, support and develop quantitative fisheries analysis techniques statewide.

Clackamas, Oregon, United States

Clackamas, Oregon

Portland, Oregon Area

I provide personnel management, business-process improvement and organizational leadership to the Science Staff in our corporate headquarters in Gresham, Oregon. This includes two Senior Biologists, a Biometrician, two Biological Technicians and a Science Writer. I ensure effective work-planning and workload balancing within the Gresham office and interface with counter-parts in other regions to balance workload across the company and draw on company-wide resources. I am also responsible for recruitment and performance facilitation of existing science staff. Finally, I contribute to business development through prospecting, scientific presentations and client relationship management. I continue to provide project management and quantitative technical analysis and review on a variety of projects including:- Lower Snake River Lamprey Passage Assessment at four USACE hydropower projects- Fish Surface Collector Efficacy for outmigrating salmonid smolts on lower Columbia River tributaries- Adult trap efficiency for migrating adult salmonids on lower Columbia River tributariesencompassing radio and acoustic telemetry, fish behavior and movement and fish passage structure effectiveness. In the last year, I have also contributed as a project manager and/or technical analyst to mark-recapture assessments of outmigrating smolts, NEPA processes, stream habitat assessment and modeling and stream restoration planning for Federal and Tribal clients as well as Industry and Utilitites.

Gresham, Oregon

I focus on bringing science-driven, quantitatively-validated solutions to fisheries management, restoration and conservation. I strive to provide pragmatic, real-world solutions to applied fisheries issues that appropriately balance the competing needs of aquatic ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. I am an effective communicator with a strong desire to make complex science and management decision-making accessible to lay audiences. My knowledge and experience in thinking and integrating across multiple spatial and temporal scales, interdisciplinary focus and willingness to find and apply the correct tool for the challenge at hand allows me to contribute to a variety of projects. I have significant quantitative skills including data processing and storage, mark-recapture modeling, spatial analysis and modeling, stock assessment and thermal, hydrologic and habitat modeling using a variety of software platforms such as STELLA, ArcGIS, program MARK and R. I also have experience in reproducible research and dynamic reporting. Finally, I have significant experience designing, implementing and managing complex, dynamic field sampling and monitoring operations. Some of the projects Peter has or is contributing to at Cramer Fish Sciences include:• Project management and quantitative, spatial analysis of Pacific Lamprey passage through four hydropower projects on the Lower Snake River, WA.• Assessment of grazing impacts on ESA-listed Steelhead and Chinook Salmon in the John Day Watershed. • Analyzing the efficacy of fish surface collectors for downstream passage of out-migrating smolts on Columbia River Tributaries.• Habitat carrying capacity modeling for spring Chinook salmon on the Feather River, CA

Manage commercial, sport and recreational fisheries in Wisconsin's territorial waters in Lake Superior and tributaries including:• Coordinate and conduct applied fisheries research and direct management activities in Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior and all tributaries for species including Chinook (King) and Coho (silver) salmon, Steelhead and Lake trout.• Supervision of 2 full-time Fish Biologists, 1 Research Vessel Captain, 3 full-time Fisheries Technicians and 6 seasonal, limited-term employees stationed in two separate offices.• Ensure effective work plan implementation including commercial and recreational fisheries monitoring, creel surveys, fisheries population monitoring and management according to annual work schedule and within allocated budgets.• Responsible for biennial work planning and budgeting for Lake Superior Fisheries Unit.• Promote effective collaboration with external cooperators including local sportsman's clubs and conservation groups, municipal governments, other state, federal and tribal agencies.• Represent WDNR on inter-agency committees, at public meetings and in State/Tribal negotiations.

• Author and data analyst on annual population report for Hudson River Striped bass incorporating mark-recapture population estimation, size-at-age, condition and diet information into an integrated assessment of population health.• Manage data collection, processing and descriptive analysis for tri-axial thermal surveys to demonstrate Clean Water Act Section 316(a) standards compliance for nuclear power plants on Hudson River, Lake Ontario, Susquehanna River, New York• Review, data analysis and authoring the fisheries sections, of annual river-wide and American shad-specific monitoring reports for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (Connecticut River, VT)• Perform subject specific analysis and reporting including length-frequency, condition factor and electrofishing gear comparison analysis and reporting to demonstrate Clean Water Act Section 316(b) Phase II compliance for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.• Prepare fisheries research, monitoring and permitting documents in support of power-generating utilities throughout New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Provide environmental compliance, regulatory and permitting services to clients in the hydropower industry focusing primairly on aquatic and fisheries resources including:• Design and execute fisheries, aquatic macroinvertebrate and aquatic habitat surveys in support of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower licensing• Consult and coordinate with State and Federal agencies including New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack Park Agency and US Fish and Wildlife Service on study design and execution• Author licensing documents including Pre-application Documents and Study plans.• Assist in the planning and execution of water quality surveys

• Develop and calibrate hydrologic model for assessing tributary and littoral fish habitat and candidate lakes for restoration of brook trout populations in the Adirondack Mountains, NY • Assess lotic and lentic fish communities using visual and snorkel surveys, backpack electrofishing, non-lethal gill netting and trap netting and visual redd surveys• Identify groundwater flux using shoreline surveys, piezometers and thermal assessments• Analyze and synthesize physical, chemical, biological and hydrological data for presentation of oral and written reports to professional organizations and agencies

• Provided field management and oversite for Natural Channel Design stream restorations incorporating mechanical alterations, bank stabilization, erosion control, planting, seeding and invasive species management• Supervised wetland, woodland and prairie restoration projects • Supervised crews of three to fifteen permanent and seasonal employees and temporary labor• Prepared and submitted “as-built” plans, work directives, status reports and financial records

• Trained and supervised inter-agency team assigned to perform habitat suitability monitoring for Lynx canadensis; received an official commendation for work on this project• Monitored riparian zones for proper functioning condition and Federal threatened and sensitive plant species • Analyze, present and report on field data using GPS Pathfinder 2.0, ArcView GIS 3.2a and 3.3 and the Microsoft Office Suite

Master Of Science In Natural Resources, Fisheries And Aquatic Ecology

Activities and Societies: NSF/IGERT Program in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity, Department of Natural Resources.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa: 2003, Outdoor Recreation Club (ORC): 2000-2003

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