LATEST NEWS		PRESS RELEASES
	01-13-2010: Leadership Change Fisheries Scientist Brad Cavallo has been selected by the CFS Executive Council to be President of CFS. Founder Steve Cramer will serve as Chairman of the Board and continue serving clients in his roll as Founding Scientist. 08-19-2009: ACS Presentation CFS President, Steve Cramer, presented "Framework for Estimating Exposure of ESA-listed Salmon to Pesticides" at the American Chemical Society National Exposition in Washington, D.C. 08-01-2009: CFS:DROPBOX Cramer Fish Sciences announces the deployment of a new web-based file transmission service called CFS:DROPBOX. More info... 07-06-2009: Kay Holzweissig Cramer Fish Sciences is proud to welcome Administrative Assistant Kay Holzweissig to the Gresham team. More info... 06-01-2009: Mark Teply, M.S. Quantitative Ecologist Mark Teply is the latest addition to the Cramer Fish Sciences scientific team, based in our Olympia, Washington office. More info... 04-28-2009: New web site Cramer Fish Sciences launches an exciting and informative new web site dedicated to resistance board weirs that describes their benefits and applications. Learn more... 04-17-2009: Kristopher Jones, Ph.D. Ecologist Kristopher Jones is the latest addition to the Cramer Fish Sciences scientific team, based in our Auburn, California office. More info...		January 13, 2010: Leadership Change at Cramer Fish Sciences Contact Name: Frieda Christopher, 503-491-9577, Gresham, OR Cramer Fish Sciences (CFS) is pleased to announce that the CFS Executive Council, a team of CFS senior scientists, selected Brad Cavallo as President at their annual corporate meeting on January 13, 2010. Cavallo will lead CFS from its Auburn, California office and will continue to lead his own staff and fisheries consulting projects. Before joining Cramer Fish Sciences, Brad Cavallo worked 2 years for the California Department of Fish and Game and 8 years with California Department of Water Resources where he served as lead fisheries scientist for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing of the California State Water Project. Since joining CFS, Brad has served as lead scientist for CFS operations in California and has consulted to a variety of government agencies and private sector clients. Additionally, Brad served as president of the California-Nevada chapter of the American Fisheries Society in 2007. Brad Cavallo succeeds Steve Cramer, the company founder and President for the past 22 years. Mr. Cramer will serve as Chairman of the Board for CFS, and will devote more time and greater focus as a consulting scientist to CFS clients. Q & A How might this affect the future direction of the company? CFS will continue to pursue the founding vision and ideals that have shaped the company over its 22-year history. The company will continue to be fish-centric in its focus on environmental issues, and will specialize in delivery of high-end quantitative analyses and cutting-edge methods for sampling fish and aquatic habitats. How big is CFS? Cramer Fish Sciences currently has 28 full-time employees and gross annual revenues of $3 million. It has offices in Auburn and Oakdale, California; Gresham and Coos Bay, Oregon; Moscow, Idaho, and Olympia, Washington. What does CFS do? Cramer Fish Sciences has a team of 25 fisheries biologists and ecologists along the West Coast of the U.S. that apply advanced research methods and quantitative analyses to discover solutions for sustaining fish populations in concert with other watershed uses by humans. Since it's founding in 1987, CFS has served government agencies, tribes, utilities, and varied organizations to resolve their toughest aquatic-resource issues, with a principle focus on salmonids and sturgeon. CFS has extensive experience resolving issues with fish habitat disturbances and improvements, fish passage, water use and hydro facility effects, harvest management, and fish hatcheries. CFS has developed a strong reputation for synthesizing and translating complex scientific analyses into practical and understandable solutions for scientists, managers, and lay audiences. The fundamental ambition of the company is to delight clients by understanding their needs, clarifying the scientific path to a solution, and helping them implement the solution. CFS has a 22 year history of achieving firsts in introducing new field study methods, synthesizing fisheries information across regions and full life cycles, developing new analytical methods, and creating ESA Recovery Plans. They have earned scientific credibility from a wide spectrum of natural resource regulators, developers, and conservationists alike. About Cramer Fish Sciences Cramer Fish Sciences is a group of multidisciplinary scientific professionals that provide innovative solutions for fisheries and environmental challenges, serving Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Their headquarters are in Gresham, Oregon.