Justin Barker

Watershed Scientist

Justin is a broad-based natural resource professional who has emphasized environmental aspects from environmental field research to data analysis to written and oral presentations in his career.

As both a scientist and writer, he has gained experience in a wide range of environmental areas over his tenure with an emphasis on data analysis planning and permitting, FERC licensing and relicensing, wetland determinations and permitting, fisheries surveys, water quality collection and analysis, threatened and endangered species surveys, bathymetry, modeling, and technical writing.

Justin has managed the fish data collection on the Madison River in Montana, Henry's Fork River in Idaho, Row and Deschutes Rivers in Oregon, and the San Juan River in New Mexico and Utah from 2000-2012.

He has over 3,000 hours of boat electrofishing experience. Additionally, he has over 1,000 hours of experience with backpack electrofishing throughout western rivers and streams.

When Justin isn’t working, he enjoys boating in Bear Lake and traveling.