Nicolas H. Bauer

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EXPERIENCE

Index of Field Tasks Performed and Corresponding Locations
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Fisheries Biologist

Sept 2009 - Present
University of California Cooperative Extension
Santa Rosa, California

Provide the essential management and direction needed to organize, implement and communicate results of the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program on tributary streams of the Russian River. Provide field data as feedback for the adaptive management of a captive broodstock and endangered coho salmon recovery program in the Russian River Watershed. Work cooperatively with representatives from the California Department of Fish and Game, NOAA Fisheries, Army Corps of Engineers, Sonoma County Water Agency, and other organizations through the recovery program's Monitoring and Evaluation committee to integrate and coordinate monitoring program activities with recovery program efforts.  

• Organize and facilitate operation of upstream and downstream migrant traps and spawner/redd surveys including supervision, training, scheduling and assisting three two-person field survey teams.
  
• Coordinate data collection of oversummer growth and survival and habitat characteristics, including leading snorkeling, electrofishing, and habitat typing crews, and the installation and maintenance of stream temperature and flow gauges.
  
• Coordinate field data collection tasks between partnering agencies, organizations, and volunteers.
  
• Manage databases of collected field data and generate estimates of fish abundance, survival and growth during multiple life stages.
  
• Generate and submit required reports.
  
• Provide reports to and receive input from the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program's Monitoring and Evaluation Committee.

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Fisheries Biologist

Sept 2008 - Oct 2009
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
San Luis Obispo, California

Serve as a fisheries biologist specializing in habitat restoration. Complete effectiveness monitoring evaluations, including arranging field visits, pre- and posttreatment data collection, and data entry on Fisheries Restoration Grants Program projects.

• Conducting work on improving the system and timing for collecting pre-treatment data by improving the notification process to contract manager/grantees and reducing flexibility and complication in the selection process.
• Overseeing implementation monitoring of FRGP projects, and provide training and QA/QC of data forms and data entry.
• Managing the completion of implementation monitoring evaluations with an established training system and QA/QC procedure to help contract managers become more independent, competent and punctual at implementation monitoring.
• Developing training materials, i.e. power point presentation, examples of completed forms, poster presentations.
• Field testing qualitative protocol, collaborating on protocol assessment and revision, providing relevant database development feedback.
• Reviewing and evaluating current protocols and assessing their suitability and application to FRGP projects based on field testing and recommendations.
• Assisting with data analysis of completed evaluations to facilitate assessment.
• Completing all components (forms, GPS/GIS, photos, etc.) of the effectiveness project evaluations and enter the data into the CHRPD. Agree upon suitable formats for restoration project evaluation reports or case studies.
• Assisting with the compilation of data and preparation of reports to fulfill the reporting requirements of the DFG; US ACOE, Section 404; and the NMFS, ESA, Section 10 permits.
• Assisting with the development of a standardized system to archive restoration project monitoring photographs. Collaborating with DFG and PSMFC staff to develop a database to store photo metadata and attributes, and online retrieval and viewing capabilities for selected project photographs.

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Fisheries Biologist

June 2004 - September 2008
Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed and Riverine Sciences
Arcata, California

Served as a fisheries biologist in support of a broad spectrum of projects relating to fish and wildlife; presence/absence and population studies; enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat; natural production studies; potential fish habitat and restoration studies; aquatic habitat studies; fish passage studies; PIT tagging studies; and monitoring and recovery programs for native rainbow (steelhead) and cutthroat trout, pacific salmon, tidewater goby, and other western fish species.

• Lake and reservoir trapping surveys (including gillnetting, fish trap surveys, and sonar surveys), direct observation dives in streams and reservoirs, presence/absence surveys, boat and backpack electrofishing surveys, population estimate surveys, LEAP (low elevation aerial photography) and habitat typing surveys
• Conducting spawning surveys and spawning criteria studies, fish distribution studies, rotary screw trapping, sonar surveys, baited video station, PIT tag antennas, angling, video monitoring, instream habitat mapping surveys, flow fluctuation monitoring and VAKI station monitoring
• Identifying, enumerating, measuring, collecting tissue/scale samples for DNA analysis, and PIT tagging juvenile and adult bull trout, chinook salmon, coho salmon, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, and mountain whitefish in Oregon and California as well as numerous temperate water species in California river drainages
• Maintenance and setup of adult fish weirs, PIT tag antennas, video stations, fyke nets, rotary screw traps, frame traps, etc.
• Generate written technical reports and memos in support of relicensing procedures and mitigation enhancements
• Generate statistical and graphic analyses of data
• Computer work in programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Adobe Photoshop including transferring and formatting data to and from memory cards, external hard drives and other media
• Report writing and preparation; document scanning, filing, copying, faxing, data and photo manipulation

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Scientific Aid

August 2001-November 2003
California Department of Fish and Game
Arcata, California

• Electro-fishing, seine netting, dip netting, handling, identifying, measuring, tagging, and collecting scales and field data on adult and juvenile salmonids and other fishes
  in the Trinity River and Klamath River drainages
• Building, maintaining, and operating of Trinity River fish weir using various construction/carpentry tools and multiple hand and power tools
• Maintenance and basic operation of electro-fishing boat and jet powered sled boats as well as 4 wheel drive vehicles with heavy trailers
• Operating seine nets, minnow traps, and other in-stream traps
• Computer use recording data, entering data, and operating Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, and other programs

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Contract Technician (Fisheries)

Summer Field Season 2003
NOAA Fisheries/NMFS
Juneau, Alaska (Auke Bay Laboratory)

Served as a contract fish technician in support of Natural Stocks Assessment projects relating to fish and wildlife presence and habitat use in estuarine environments of southeast Alaska.

• Trawl netting, seine netting, flume netting, shoreline typing, and water quality sampling in remote areas of southeast Alaska
• Identifying numerous marine/estuarine species. Recording numbers, lengths, life stages, and conditions of individual specimens
• Maintaining, operation, and recording data from a Quanta Hydro-lab water quality meter including depth, pH, temperature, D.O., conductivity, salinity, ORP, etc.
• Cleaning and repair of equipment used in field excursions including cleaning and repair of nets, cleaning and maintenance of skiff, cleaning and/or fixing boat accessories and equipment, recalibrating and cleaning instruments
• Designing and entering data into a database (Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel), as well as converting data from one program to another and updating past records into current databases

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Fisheries Biology 2004
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California

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CERTIFICATIONS AND PERMITS

• USFWS/ESA Section 10a Recovery Permit for Tidewater Goby
• California Department of Fish and Game Scientific Collecting Permit

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JOB RELATED TRAINING

• CHRPD database training in September 2008, and December 2008
• Bioengineering Workshop (Salmonid Restoration Federation), October 2008
• FRGP Implementation monitoring training in September 2008
• USFWS Tidewater Goby Recovery Permit training (Big lagoon, CA) May 2006
• Night Snorkel Safety and Bull Trout Sampling Protocol Workshop (Deschutes National Forest) July 2005
• Oregon State Boater Safety Certification (2004)

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MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of Cal-Neva and Oregon chapters of the American Fisheries Society
• Member of Cal Trout
• Member of Salmonid Restoration Federation

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