Technical Advisors
Our Technical Advisors are experts in stream and wetland restoration, engineering, design, ecology, botany, fisheries and wildlife biology.
Our Technical Advisors provide technical advice on and reviews of wetland and stream restoration design plans, construction sequencing and costs, and monitoring protocols, among other topics.
Karin Boyd
Karin is the owner of Applied Geomorphology, Inc., and a registered professional geologist with twenty-five years of experience in river process assessment, restoration concept development, stream channel design, and permitting. Karin is a founding Director of Montana Freshwater Partners.
Tom Parker
Tom is President and Principal Ecologist of Geum Environmental Consulting, based in Hamilton, Montana. As a project manager, he focuses on riparian and floodplain restoration as part of long-term river restoration projects in Montana and Idaho. Tom provides technical input for stream and wetland mitigation projects as a member of Montana Freshwater Partners’ Technical Advisory Committee. He joined the Montana Freshwater Partners Board in 2017.
Pedro Marques
Pedro works to guide the vision & mission of the Big Hole Watershed Committee, working with the governing Board and overseeing restoration work in the Big Hole watershed. He has worked in the Big Hole watershed since 2009 and joined the Big Hole Watershed Committee as staff in 2016, becoming Executive Director in 2019. Pedro has more than 12 years of restoration and project experience in private consulting in Montana. He has been instrumental in the recovery of smelter-impacted lands in the Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area on behalf of the Natural Resource Damages Program, BHWC, and MFWP. His experience in Montana also includes stream ecology, from stream and habitat assessments to landscape-scale watershed restoration planning, project management and oversight. Pedro currently resides in Missoula, Montana with his wife and two kids.