WHO WE ARE

Michael Briggs, B.S.

GIS Analyst
B.S. Wildlife Resources
Phone: (888) 224-1224

 

Boise, Idaho

Michael is a GIS Analyst with experience in GIS analysis and salmonid monitoring and surveying. He is experienced with salmonid carcass and redd surveys, rotary screw trapping, PIT tagging, electrofishing, weir operation, mammalian surveys, and avian surveys. Michael also has experience with the esophageal implantation of acoustic tags and monitoring the migration of O. mykiss and O. tshawytscha using telemetry equipment in the Clearwater River, Idaho. He has piloted sUAS to compile aerial footage of Idaho’s forests, mountains, rivers, and streams. Michael has served as a fisheries technician Idaho Department of Fish and Game where he installed and operated a rotary screw trap and several weirs to monitor remote populations of O. mykiss and O. tshawytscha in the Red River and Crooked River, Idaho utilizing PIT tagging for mark-and-recapture studies. He is adept at handling and tagging salmonid species and has experience operating drift boats and other watercraft. Michael has experience in data collection, compilation, and analysis using GIS.