Mike Gagner has 35 years of experience specializing in planning, designing, implementing, and managing aquatic ecology projects, habitat assessments, and instream flow studies. He is experienced in fish ecology (anadromous and resident species), habitat assessments and suitability criteria development, endangered species evaluations, and assessments of flow regulation impacts on aquatic habitat throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Mike has collected field data, completed analysis, presented results, and developed reports for projects related to river and stream channel morphology and hydraulics, aquatic ecology, instream flow needs, microhabitat use and preference, fish passage assessment, water quality sampling, and long-term ecological monitoring. He is currently providing litigation support and expert testimony for a large water rights adjudication project in north-central Idaho.  As a successful Project Manager, he has directed a diverse collection of project teams with technical staff and subconsultants. This experience has allowed him to develop the skills and tools needed to effectively and efficiently develop technical solutions to address the concerns of clients, agencies, and stakeholders.

Mike has a B.S. in Natural Science from Lewis-Clark State College.