Join Us at AFS in Reno Next Week
My up-close view of integration on fish and wildlife projects
I’m looking forward to attending the American Fisheries Society & the Wildlife Society - Joint Conference next week in Reno, NV and connecting with colleagues, peers, clients, and friends. Because noteworthy achievement as environmental scientists and engineers inspires us to work collectively, this year’s annual meeting will be a remarkably galvanizing and relevant week.
Cardno will have a significant presence at the conference and we’ll be sharing stories about our on-the-ground activities and experiences and talking with you about aquatic and landscape science, strategic planning, and ecosystem restoration and protection. We will also explore new and ongoing collaborations that evaluate and address complex ecosystem relationships, predator, prey and invasive species management, and we’ll showcase our expert watershed, river, floodplain, and engineering design models.
Making a difference in the West
Our Natural Resources team unites peers from offices in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho; Reno, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. Each office has a reputation for specialties they employ on an exceptional range of projects, and together we form integrated working groups to tackle large and small environmental challenges. Our Cardno partners across the U.S., and abroad, provide outstanding value, experience, and broad perspectives across all of our disciplines.
These multifaceted teams include experts in aquatic sciences, fish and wildlife biology, environmental permitting and planning, restoration, archaeology, and river, lake, stream and ocean ecology. They are practiced at engaging stakeholders at all levels, providing innovative solutions, and delivering successful programs.
Rebuilding high-value habitats
The collaborative work of our scientists and engineers has been responsible for restoring a range of habitats across the West. It includes this project for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation along the Trinity River, this endangered species planning project in the Santa Ynez River, and this estuary restoration in Washington State (see the accompanying video).
Meanwhile, our environmental planners build long-range plans for the future and conduct assessments and monitoring efforts each day. This is all done while engaging members of the scientific community and other stakeholders proactively and throughout the process.
One company, many minds
Like many of our teaming and partner firms, Cardno has bright and inspired individuals at every level of the company. Learning about what we do as professionals has helped me support state-of-the-art approaches and link our considerable capacity to the most pressing issues challenging our clients. We serve as trusted advisors to federal, state, tribal, and local governments, and to private industry, every day.
In short, we know how to work together as cohesive teams, solve problems, and move projects forward.
I’m proud to play a part in that process and will be sharing more details on other projects we support around the country. I hope to see all of you at the conference next week.
Stop by and see our team, including some of our biologists who will be presenting posters including Understanding Rainbow Trout Life History Strategies and Habitat on the Kaweah River and Striped Bass Predation on South-Central California Coast Steelhead in the Carmel River. Our staff will also be moderating several sessions throughout the conference. We’re at booth 415.