Idaho Division of Environmental Quality
Boise, ID

• Developed and tested a multimetric index for freshwater diatoms. Defined biocriteria thresholds based on statistical properties of the index. Fore & Grafe, 2002.
• Evaluated stream habitat measures and tested their associations with human disturbance at multiple spatial scales. 
• Developed a sampling design approach for monitoring rivers designated as outstanding water resources.

US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8
Denver, CO

• Developed and tested a multimetric index for stream invertebrates. Defined biological criteria for a Superfund mining site based on statistical power analysis of replicate samples. 

US Environmental Protection Agency (TPMC, Inc.)
Washington, D.C.

• Evaluated and tested the relationships between stream habitat measures, geographic features, human disturbance and attributes of the fish and diatom communities in the Mid-Atlantic region.
  
• Created a web site to describe statistical methods commonly used in the development of monitoring protocols. 
  Go to Statistical Primer web site.

City of Bellevue, WA 

• Evaluated invertebrate, diatom, water chemistry, temperature and fish habitat monitoring data for their association with human disturbance and their statistical precision. Worked with staff to design an integrated monitoring program. View report.

Other Clients

Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, MI
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA
Siskiyou National Forest, Grants Pass, OR
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minneapolis, MN
Spokane County Conservation District, Spokane, WA
Snohomish County, Everett, WA
King County Department of Land and Water Resources, Seattle, WA
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP), University of Washington