Mission
Statement
Blue Leaf strives to provide professional expertise in
fisheries studies, with the goal of understanding and finding project
solutions for our clients.
What is Blue Leaf?
Blue Leaf Environmental is a consulting firm that specializes
in a variety of environmental services from fisheries administration
support services and feasibility studies to large-scale survival studies.
Our staff has expertise in the challenges of fish passage of numerous
anadromous and catadromous fishes, through hands on behavioral studies
conducted throughout the U.S. and worldwide on a variety of species.
Who are we?
Blue Leaf is a unique group of highly skilled scientists and
database engineers with supporting technical and administrative staff
that specialize in applied fisheries science. Our staff has expertise
in biotelemetry studies using simple mark and recapture to advanced
hydroacoustic techniques, which include their presence/absense, 2-D,and 3-D
fine scale movement and DIDSON sonar. Blue Leaf's researchers
have advanced degrees from leading colleges and universities across
the United States, with many of us involved in activities on national
and international professional societies along with regional committees
that are shaping fisheries management that include:
Professional
Societies:
The American Fisheries Society
- Washington-British Columbia, Oregon, and Idaho Chapters
- Bioengineering Section
The Wildlife Society, Washington Chapter
World Sturgeon Conservation Society
North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society
Regional Committees:
Columbia Basin JSATS (Juvenile Salmon Acoustic
Telemetry System) User Group
Pacific Lamprey Best Management Practices Working Group
Priest Rapids Bypass Design Team for Grant County Public Utility District
Inland Avian Predation Working Group for Grant County Public Utility
District
Northwest Power Conservation Council Fish Tagging Forum