Fisheries Investigations and Habitat Assessments
Blum Environmental Consultants staff has conducted over 100 fisheries investigations in the United States, Canada, and overseas during the past 30 years as project managers and principal scientists with experience ranging from species inventories to complex fish passage, radio telemetry and entrainment studies. We assist our clients in developing fisheries investigations that meet their needs and goals, while addressing the regulatory agency’s objectives in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
Services
Project scoping
Agency consultation
Habitat and species assessment
Habitat restoration
Species inventories
Growth and age analysis
Species population composition, distribution and abundance surveys
Electro-shocking surveys
Species interaction analysis
Creel surveys
- Fish trapping and sampling
- Radio-telemetry studies
- Project-related impact analysis
- Endangered species consultation
- Mitigation plan development
- Habitat quantification
- Agency and tribal negotiations
- Hydroacoustic investigations
Partial List of Projects and Clients
Box Canyon Trout Habitat Restoration Plan
Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Newport, Washington
Lake Creek Entrainment, Instream Flow, and Population Assessment Studies
Energy Northwest
Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project
Packwood, WA
Rocky Reach Fish Population and Habitat Assessment/Creel Survey
Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project
Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington
Choropampa Fish and Aquatic Investigations, Jequetepeque and San Juan Rivers
Minera Yanacocha Gold Mine
Newmont Gold Company, Cajamarca, Peru