Aquatic Ecologist

Dr. Nick Gayeski

Bio

Nick earned a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Washington in 1975 and received his PhD in Systems Ecology from the University of Montana in 2015. Nick’s Ph.D. research focused on estimating the historic abundance of adult salmon and steelhead populations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries using commercial catch data, and estimating the production of juvenile salmon that supported those historic populations using life history models and estimates of the amount of spawning and rearing habitats available to those populations. The results of Nick’s ongoing research in this area contributes to countering the “shifting baseline” syndrome that contributes to under-estimating the levels of abundance that many currently depressed salmon and steelhead populations are still capable of attaining. From 1999 to 2005 he was an active participant in a joint U.S./Russian scientific research and conservation initiative focused on steelhead populations on the west coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. Much of Nick’s current work for WFC centers on the evaluation of ESA recovery plans and the evaluation of threats to salmon and steelhead posed by hatchery and harvest practices, and on the development of sustainable alternatives to current policies and practices that harm wild salmon and their ecosystems.

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Staff

Emma Helverson

Emma Helverson

Executive Director

Kurt Beardslee

Kurt Beardslee

Director of Special Projects

Jamie Glasgow

Jamie Glasgow

Director of Science and Research

Micah Wait

Micah Wait

Director of Conservation

Dr. Nick Gayeski

Dr. Nick Gayeski

Aquatic Ecologist

Mary Lou White

Mary Lou White

Projects Manager/Field Biologist

Adrian Tuohy

Adrian Tuohy

Biologist

Aaron Jorgenson

Aaron Jorgenson

Biologist

Conrad Gowell

Conrad Gowell

Biologist

Colleen McGee

Colleen McGee

Biologist

Doug Hennick

Doug Hennick

Aquatic Ecologist

Frank Staller

Frank Staller

Field Technician

Blake Joplin

Blake Joplin

Field Biologist

Joe Verelli

Joe Verelli

Field Technician

Tina Green

Tina Green

Bookkeeper

Arny Stonkus

Arny Stonkus

Chief Engineer/Ecologist

Bobbi Bevacqua

Bobbi Bevacqua

Field Technician

Devin Swanson

Software Engineer/ IT

Board Members

Graham MacKenzie

Graham MacKenzie

Board President

Hugh H. Lewis

Hugh H. Lewis

Board Secretary/Treasurer

Vance Jennings

Vance Jennings

Board Member

Candace Beardslee

Candace Beardslee

Board member

Dr. Stephen Conroy

Dr. Stephen Conroy

Boardmember

Dr. John R. Skalski

Dr. John R. Skalski

Board member

Dr. Jack Stanford

Dr. Jack Stanford

Board member

Jim Lichatowich

Jim Lichatowich

Board member

Dr. Richard N. Williams

Dr. Richard N. Williams

Board member