“A love of fish and the aquatic environment is the cornerstone of my passion for ecological science; a passion shared by so many of my colleagues at Kleinschmidt. It’s truly a please to be surrounded with so many talented people working toward the common overarching goal of helping our clients overcome challenges in the markets we serve.”

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Bryan Apell has over 20 years of hydropower-specific experience and is a Senior Fisheries Ecologist and Kleinschmidt Certified Project Manager. He specializes in fisheries and aquatic science, managing and serving as technical lead in many large-scale projects emphasizing fish passage design and effectiveness. He brings nearly two decades of experience working on fish passage issues employing various technologies including radio, PIT and acoustic telemetry, and hydroacoustics (DIDSON, ARIS, split-beam, and Multibeam sonar). In addition to fish passage, he regularly serves as principal investigator for FERC licensing proceedings, conducting and/or overseeing a wide variety of studies such as aquatic habitat characterizations; in-stream flow; water quality and turbidity, fish assemblage, fish passage and protection, and fish monitoring, macroinvertebrates; wetlands; and hydrology. He also conducts biological and acoustic monitoring of in-water construction activities such as pile driving and demolition (hoe ramming and explosives). He scopes and develops standard operating procedures as well as sampling systems design and fabrication for both impingement and entrainment (hydro and 316a&b) studies and implements these procedures. 

Bryan holds a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and is an active member of the American Fisheries Society.