Clark Watry came to Cramer Fish Sciences in 2007 and serves as Program
Manager for the California Field Office in Oakdale.
Responsibilities: Clark works closely with staff scientists and
consultants to assist with the development and implementation of project work
plans in support of program goals and objectives. He coordinates restoration
monitoring activities for projects in the Central Valley and is the Project
Manager for juvenile salmonid out-migration monitoring projects in the lower
Stanislaus and Merced rivers. He is also a regular member and contributor to
the Central Valley Juvenile Monitoring Project Work Team.
Projects/Services: Mr. Watry has wide-ranging professional
experience with a background grounded in fish ecology and resource management.
He has conducted and managed projects that included biological sampling,
habitat enhancement project implementation, effectiveness monitoring, and
habitat inventories. In addition to his diverse background, his extensive
database development and management skills, coupled with a functional
proficiency with GIS applications including spatial analysis, help make
him a well-rounded and disciplined scientist.
Clark brings to the Cramer team an intimate working knowledge of resistance
board weir design and construction, installation, and operation from his
work in Alaska. He also designed and implemented a telemetry study for his
Master's research and has mastered surgical tag implantation techniques.
Further, he has well-developed relationships with public, private, tribal
and university entities in the Midwest, intermountain West, and Alaska.
Background: Clark earned a Master of Science in Fishery
Resources and Management from the University of Idaho in 2005, and completed
a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in
1998 with an emphasis on Fisheries Biology and Management.
Mr. Watry has been an author in a number of publications related to bull trout,
weir operation, and fisheries biological surveys and regularly presents
research at professional conferences and meetings.
Personal: "I have a particular passion for native charr,
so I think this distinguishes me from most fish squeezers."
Clark values family time and sharing his son's enjoyment while exploring the
Sierras, rod in-hand. An avid fly fisherman, other hobbies include: whitewater
kayaking and rafting, backcountry snowboarding and snowshoeing, mountain biking,
backpacking, and hunting. |
