“I‘ve worked with Kelly and Rowe Excavation for decades and including my Day One in 1990 where we both were left on an island tackling a project ‘over our heads’ but then nailed it to our satisfaction. Kelly and his staff still hold the flame of collaborative aquatic restoration excellence.”

“The crew at FlyWater are top shelf aquatic excavation specialists.  I’ve had the opportunity build 3 projects with them and in South Park, CO over the last 2 years and really appreciate their skills and knowledge on and off the equipment.  Fantastic collaborators who are fast, professional and good value.”

“Simply the best applied fluvial geomorphologist in the Western US and that is not up for debate.  Karin and I share 20 years of collaboration and continue to push each other on all things nuanced in our field.”

“Mark and his EcoMetrics team are the savviest and technical on-the-ground fluvial data scientists I know.  Their hallmark is the long view – how did the measured pre-existing condition channel respond to the restoration “intervention” and did that work out?”

“I’ve collaborated with Nathan and TNC for well over a decade.  Our collaboration is born on our mutual desire to continue pushing the aquatic restoration envelope and anticipating where the field can become more innovative in the pressing conversation regarding climate change adaptation and hydrologic resiliency”.

“I’ve worked with Robert for a decade as his team pioneered private land investment-based conservation in the Western US.  Our collaboration has been broad – from property acquisition to assessing and then adding value to acquired assets through restoration.  Our businesses continue to grow with each other in tempo to changing land conservation opportunities.”

“I’ve worked closely with Carl and Court for over a decade.  Our shared vision is private land conservation and management.  Besides project collaboration we rely on each other to keep challenging ourselves to do this work with ever more creativity and passion.”

“Westcape Nursery is a rare hybrid of native plant nursery, consulting and research science.”

“I’ve worked with Briana as both an employee and consultant for over a decade.  I regularly engage her now as a wetland, stream and riparian restoration scientist on the majority of my projects.”

“Lyn is one of my go-to oracles with all things related to wetlands and particularly as one of the few people in the field who fully understands the shifting wetland regulatory environment.  Our collaboration has been ongoing for two decades.”

“GVLT hired Gillilan Associates in 2018-19 to design, permit and build a demonstration project on land owned by Gallatin Valley Botanical farms.  The project demonstrated several different floodplain and channel restoration techniques that are translatable to future projects in the Gallatin headwaters.  Their overall conservation work in the Gallatin Valley has been a phenomenal success story.”

“I regularly utilize Allied Engineering for project surveying, engineering and restoration design.  It is a full-service one-stop shop known for high quality engineering.”.

“Pat and I began our restoration careers together working in the same office and our collaboration has lasted almost 3 decades.  He is recognized as a leader in geotechnical and groundwater engineering.”

“I’ve had the pleasure working with Colorado Open Lands for over 10 years with their aquatic conservation and restoration projects.  They’ve embraced forward thinking restoration efforts that include making CO’s headwater streams more resilient to drought and floods and are highly effective securing grants and land owner commitments for this work.”

MARS is a non-profit organization pioneering regional in-lieu fee wetland mitigation banking.  Non-profit in-lieu fee wetland mitigation banking has been a pipe dream of many of us conservation professionals for decades.  MARS has the fire-power and resources to continue pioneering this value-added land conservation model.

“I regularly reach out to Trout Unlimited’ s Western Water Project Montana office when I am working with private landowners interested in water conservation and managing water rights that include the value of these as instream flow as well as agricultural benefit.  Their legal staff is amazing – their knowledge of water law and how that interfaces with conservation efforts is unparalleled.”

Chris has distinguished himself first as an aquatic resources consultant and for the last many years as an aerial photographer and mapper for a variety of clients including NGO’s, consultants, engineers and conservation interests.  Besides the technical photography he is also well known for raising aerial photography to an art form.