STEPHEN B. BAUER
Water Resource Consultant/Fisheries Biologist

Steve Bauer has extensive experience in watershed monitoring, evaluation, and project management. Mr. Bauer worked in various positions with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in evaluating the impact of timber harvests, irrigation return flows, dryland runoff, and livestock grazing. He was a team leader in developing the Idaho Nonpoint Source Pollution Program and revisions of the Silvicultural and Agricultural Water Quality Pollution Abatement Programs. He coauthored a water quality/habitat monitoring guide for evaluation of grazing impacts in western states for the Environmental Protection Agency.

 
Education Professional Affiliations

M.S. Zoology 1975, University of Idaho
B.S. Biology 1972, University of Missouri

American Fisheries Society
American Water Resources Association
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute

Additional Training
Certifications

Experimental Design and Multivariate Statistics, 1995
Boise State University
Two Semesters Masters Public Administration, 1992
Boise State University
Applied Fluvial Geomophology, 1993
Rosgen Wildland Hydrology
Intorduction to ArcView, 1997
Boise State University

Certified Fisheries Scientist
American Fisheries Society
SCUBA Certified

Specific Expertise:

Water Quality

  • Water quality monitoring design and planning
  • Water quality sampling, data analysis, and interpretation
  • Automated monitoring/remote sensing
  • Fisheries habitat evaluation
  • Technical support for TMDL development

Watershed Restoration

  • Watershed evaluation team leadership
  • Water quality evaluation for watershed analysis teams
  • Watershed restoration planning, permitting, and implementation
  • BMP and restoration activity evaluation

Environmental Compliance and Regulations

  • Clean Water Act regulatory requirements
  • State environmental standards
  • Endangered Species Act, Section 7 compliance
  • Public Lands Management

Project Experience:

  • Environmental and monitoring coordinator for Red River salmon restoration project, BPA.
  • Aquatic ecologist - water quality and fisheries habitat requirements for the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Project, EPA.
  • Monitoring protocols document for evaluation of grazing management on water quality, EPA.
  • Watershed assessment - sediment and phosphorus evaluation in a forested watershed, Boise Cascade.
  • Watershed assessment - mining and heavy metal impacts, Payette N.F.

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