"I always advocate a collaborative approach to fish and water resource problem solving."
As a biologist and policy analyst, Ian's experience has led him to believe
that long term solutions require candid dialog and cooperation between all
the major players. This approach prevents drawn out battling and improves the
flow of creative ideas.
"My role as a scientist and project
leader for CFS is to ensure that our projects exemplify high quality science and satisfy our clients and
all the stakeholder entities interested in the project's outcome."
Responsibilities: Project leadership and management,
communicating complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences,
biological investigation and problems solving, analysis, report compilation, and meeting
facilitation.
Experience: Ian has been responsible for spearheading numerous
projects throughout his career, encompassing topics such as fish population
dynamics modeling, instream flow and salmonid carrying capacity assessment,
stream habitat evaluation, entrainment and migration survival, Biological
Effects Analysis, and fish toxicology. Ian's primary areas of expertise include
quantitative assessments of water operations effects on fish populations and
steelhead population dynamics.
"In my opinion Ian's presentation was the best we have had since the TRT (Puget Sound Steelhead Technical Recovery Team) formed. It was thought provoking and had lots of good synthesis information that we could adopt."
George Pess
Fisheries Scientist
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Background: "I've been a biologist all my life and
my passion for our natural resources never wanes." Even as a youngster
Ian knew he was called to work in the environmental sciences field, but the
focus of his passions did not become evident until college. While a collegiate
student athlete, Ian spent several summers as a commercial fisherman for Sockeye
salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska. "It was there that I began to appreciate the
complexities of the struggle between resource users and resource managers."
Later, Ian would pursue a graduate degree in
fisheries science and put his practical and academic experience to work for
Cramer Fish Sciences.
Ian brings a unique blend of science and personal flare to the CFS team. His natural
communication skills and ability to work well with people improves the transfer of
knowledge from the CFS analytical team to our clients and their constituents.
Personal: In addition to fishing, hiking, and the typical
Pacific Northwest activities, Ian enjoys boardsports of all kinds.
"My current obsession is kiteboarding, but I've been a longtime
surfer and snowboarder as well."
Cramer Fish Sciences' proximity to
the Columbia River Gorge, the Oregon Coast and Mount Hood is ideal for
the pursuit of wind, wave and downhill bliss. When Oregon weather doesn't produce
the necessary conditions for boardsport fun, Ian often travels to Hawaii
and South America, ever in pursuit of the outdoor experience.
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