Bianca Streif has lived along Salmon Creek for about 17 years, the first 12 in Hockinson and more recently in Felida, overlooking the Salmon Creek Parkway. She has been involved in the community for many years and has led a variety of educational events to increase awareness of the Salmon Creek watershed. Bianca works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as the Aquatic Projects Coordinator in Portland, Oregon. She has extensive regional experience in fish habitat and stream restoration issues. Bianca is active in many fish conservation efforts throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2009, she received an award by the American Fisheries Society for improving the conservation of fishery resources by promoting the development of fisheries professionals at an international scale.
Jeff is the Environmental Resources Manager for Clark Public Utilities. Hehas been with the Utility for 13 years and manages the Utilities' Salmon Creek Watershed Restoration Program which has restored 15 miles of streams and planted over 700,000 trees. He has 15 years experience restoring streams in SW Washington. He is a past recipient of Vancouver-Clark Parks Evergreen Award for volunteer contributions to Parks. He has also been recognized by Clark County with it's Sammy Award for volunteer and professional contributions to salmon recovery in Clark County. He is on the Board and helped found NatureScaping 15 years ago. He also volunteers for the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group and the regional Watershed Planning Unit. He is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Clark County.
Steve Fountain grew up on Oregon’s McKenzie River and moved back to the Pacific Northwest in 2007 to live and work in the Salmon Creek watershed. He teaches early American, Native American, and environmental history at Washington State University Vancouver and is in the early stages of research for a book on southwest Washington’s land use history. He has presented on early North American exploration and exotic, invasive, and reintroduced species to dozens of schools, universities, tribes, and professional organizations. Since coming to Vancouver, he has also begun a project to get WSU students out of the classroom to explore the history and restoration of Salmon Creek and its tributaries. Steve has a B.S. from Western Oregon University, an M.A. from the University of Nebraska, and a 2007 Ph.D. from the University of California - Davis, where he was the Jackson Fellow in Environmental History at Department of History, Washington State University Vancouver.
David graduated from the March 2006 WSU Clark County Extension Water Steward class and through the end of 2009 has volunteered over 650 hours in outreach and restoration activities. David has owns and operates the local software company Mekos Corporation and has lived overlooking Salmon Creek in the Felida area since 1975. He is a citizen board member of the Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership. David is a charter member of the Salmon Creeks Lions Club and has served on a number of computer related advisory councils over the years. And, he is passionately awaiting the return of salmon, steelhead, and sea run cutthroat trout in high numbers to Salmon Creek.
Michael has been a professional river guide in Idaho and Alaska and has a deep passion for clean water, environmental protection and fish habitat. Michael works for WhiteWave Foods as the Western Regional Manager and is proud to work for an organization that reflects his values of sustainability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Michael has lived in Vancouver and along the banks of Salmon Creek for the past 13 years with his wife and two girls ages 5 and 9. Michael is a 1990 graduate of the University of Oregon and holds an MBA from George Fox University. Michael is also an avid fly fisherman.
Ben has been a fisheries biologist with the Federal government for over 30 years, 16 of which have dealt with evaluating and overseeing projects that modify or restore aquatic habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Ben also served 7 years as chairman of a Ducks Unlimited Chapter in Southern California raising money for creation of wetland habitat. He is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a degree in Fisheries Biology with post-graduate work at San Diego State University in aquatic ecology.
Maury is a freelance writer in Vancouver. Maury has assumed the responsbility to research and produce our quarterly newsletter as well as other publications used in our outreach efforts.
Randall has been a member of the board of directors of the Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge since 2002. Randall has worked on numerous habitat restoration and enhancement projects, including ones with Fish First, Friends of the East Fork, and Clark Public Utilities. His project leadership on a habitat restoration project at Pleasant Valley Park led to him and his wife, Mary Kay, receiving a Certificate of Merit from the Clark County Commissioners in 2004. As part of his work at Pleasant Valley Park, Randall has mentored two Eagle Scout candidates. As a member of the Pleasant Highlands Neighborhood Association (PHNA), he is providing guidance on the environmental aspects of the Clark County Urban Growth Boundary expansion process. His involvement with PHNA has led to appointment as a member of the Clark County Habitat Conservation Ordinance stake holder's group.
Barclay owns an environmental consulting company and is an avid outdoorsman. He volunteers with the USDA Forest Service, Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Northwest Wild Fish Rescue, Clark County Watershed Steward Program and the SCWC. He has his Masters Degree in Environmental Science and is writing his PhD thesis as a natural resource management major at Oregon State University.