Trinity River Restoration Program -
Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management
Team Staff Biographies
By Doug Schluesner,
Executive Director, Trinity River Restoration Program
The Trinity River Restoration Program recently held an open house to celebrate the completion of its new office, located at 1313 South Main Street (next to Tops Market), and the arrival of several new employees. We are providing the following series of short biographies and photos as a handy reference, and encourage you to stop by and meet the staff in person. The new telephone number for the office is 530-623-1800.
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Doug Schleusner, Executive Director
Doug received his Masters degree in regional planning from the University of Massachusetts, and his Bachelors of landscape architecture from the University of Idaho. He comes to the Restoration Program from the National Headquarters of the USDA Forest Service, where he was a program manager on the forest and rangelands staff. His 25-year career in land use planning and recreation management with the Forest Service included assignments in Southeast Alaska, northern California, and northern New Mexico. |
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Ed Solbos, Branch Chief, Implementation
Ed has a wealth of practical engineering experience that spans 25 years and many western states. He comes to the Restoration Program from the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation, where he was Regional Engineer for the past six years. Prior to that time, Ed was Area Manager for the Lahontan Basin in Carson City, NV for four years and Project Manager for the Trinity River Basin Field Office in Weaverville from 1986 to 1991. Ed received his Bachelors degree in civil engineering from Brown University in Providence, RI. His intimate knowledge of the Trinity River, the local communities, and past restoration activities will be extremely valuable to the current program. |
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Brandt Gutermuth, Environmental Specialist, Implementation
Brandt is an aquatic biologist and comes to the Restoration Program from the Weaverville Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, where he gained valuable experience as the Trinity River project coordinator for the past two years. Prior to that he held positions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon and Utah Departments of Wildlife, and a private consulting firm. Brandt received his Masters degree in fisheries management from the University of Washington and his Bachelors in aquatic biology from the University of Michigan. |
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Daryl Peterson, Branch Chief, Monitoring & Analysis
Daryl is a riparian ecologist and comes to the Restoration Program from The Nature Conservancy’s Sacramento River Project, where he worked for the past seven years. He received his Masters degree in biology, with an emphasis in river restoration, from California State University, Chico, and his Bachelors in biology from Whittier College. His interest and experience in ecological modeling within the Sacramento River system will have great application to the Trinity River Restoration Program. |
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Glenn Yosioka, Fish Biologist, Monitoring and Analysis
Glenn comes to the Restoration Program from the California Department of Fish and Game, where he was a fisheries biologist for the Northern California - North Coast Region. He received his Masters degree in wildland resource science, with an emphasis in riparian restoration, from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Bachelors degree in fisheries biology from the University of California, Davis. His many years of anadromous fisheries experience in northern California with Fish and Game and several private consulting firms will be very valuable to the program. |
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Robert Sullivan, Wildlife Biologist, Monitoring and Analysis
Bob received his PhD in biology from the University of New Mexico, and Masters degrees in wildlife management and biology from Humboldt State University. He comes to the Restoration Program from the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, where he was senior wildlife ecologist for the past four years. Bob brings a wide variety of experience to the program, having held positions as Endangered Species Specialist at the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University, Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Biology at Texas A&M University, and senior curator of vertebrate zoology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. |
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Andreas Krause, Hydraulic Engineer, Monitoring and Analysis
Andreas received his Masters degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Davis, and his Bachelors degree in the same subject from Northern Arizona University. He comes to the Restoration Program from the consulting firm CH2M Hill in Redding, CA where he was a project engineer and technical specialist in hydrology, hydraulics, fluvial geomorphology, and river restoration. Prior to that, Andreas worked as a hydrologist for the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources in Arizona. |
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Deanna Jackson, Secretary to the Executive Director and Office Administrative Assistant
Deanna comes to the Restoration Program from the Northern California Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation where she worked as a fiscal technician for the past six years. Prior to that, Deanna worked in the original Reclamation project office in Weaverville from 1989 to 1996, where she filled many support roles as office automation assistant. A Trinity High School graduate, her familiarity with the area, people, and Trinity River issues will be a valuable asset to the program. |
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