Sam Merrick Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, WA, US

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Bellingham

- Place-based consultant for WSDOT.- Fish passage stream restoration biologist and environmental coordinator- state, local, and federal permit planning- NEPA, SEPA, HPA, and JARPA- Inter agency coordination-GIS database integration to project planning

Bellingham, Washington

- Lead nonpoint water quality specialist- Water quality regulation under RCW 90.48- Regional GIS database lead-Headed community based social marketing campaign in Whatcom County-Modernized regulation tracking and planning process- 2x Water Quality Employee of the Month

Darrington Ranger District

-stream habitat ranking-ElectroFishing-Fish Exclusion-Performed Level II stream surveys, habitat and riparian assessments. - Independent data collection, analysis, and GIS mapping.- Native fish identification through snorkel surveys and electro-fishing.

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

-Performed Level II stream surveys, habitat and riparian assessments. - Independent data collection, analysis, and GIS mapping.- Native fish identification through snorkel surveys and electro-fishing.

Bellingham WA And Cordova AK

• Educated guests aboard the 5 chartered boats on biology, ecology, geology and native culture while traveling from Prince William Sound, AK to Bellingham, WA over 2500 nautical miles.
• Lead tours by boat and on land focusing on identification of native wildlife and plants.
• Chief blogger, trip photographer, videographer, dockhand, and cook.

Bellingham, Washington Area

• Collected data and mapping Reed Lake near Sedro Woolley WA.
• Wrote a joint report on the distribution and speciation of aquatic plants in the lake.
• Used ArcMap GIS software to create distribution maps of aquatic plants.

Mt Baker Snoqualmie National Forest

• Worked with the US Forest Service and WWU in Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA, trapping fish for population survey of Salish Sucker fish.
• Responsible for all trapping and data collection, unsupervised in remote locations.
• Spent over 40 nights setting and picking Feddes fish traps, handling and identifying fish species in wetlands and fluvial environments.
• Coordinated and scheduled field technicians.