Principals
DR. NICK BOUWES
AQUATIC ECOLOGIST
Nick is a principal and co-founder of Anabranch Solutions. Nick was one of the PIs and visionaries behind the using beaver and beaver dam analogs as a restoration approach to increase production of listed salmonids.
After earning a PhD in Ecology at Utah State University, Nick went on to work as a biometrician for Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) evaluating management alternatives for salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin. Nick started Eco Logical Research in 2000, and has since been working collaboratively with state, federal, tribal agencies and NGOs to develop status and effectiveness monitoring programs and population assessments addressing NOAA and USFWS biological opinions and recovery plans for threatened species.
Nick also maintains an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University where he teaches fish habitat, fish ecology, ecohydraulic and bioenergetic modeling.