Hans Berge is a senior ecologist in the Science and Technical Support Section within King County’s Water and Land Resources Division. He is a certified fisheries biologist and has worked on salmon recovery projects across all watersheds in King County since 1999. Much of his work has focused on research related to habitat preferences and productivity of native fishes, but he also contributes to a wide range of projects across many aspects of aquatic ecology. His work often includes collaboration with partners from federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

Daniel Lantz has worked as an Environmental Scientist in the Science and Technical Support section within King County’s, Water and Land Resources Division since 2010. His primary focus is working on salmon recovery throughout King County, specifically Lake Sammamish kokanee, Lake Washington chinook, and various restoration monitoring projects. Before coming to King County, Daniel worked for over 11 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a fish biologist, in northern California and Washington, on a variety of fisheries projects, such as bull trout habitat selection, juvenile chinook salmon habitat selection, restoration monitoring, large river habitat surveys, culvert surveys, and urban stream classification.

Sally Abella is a senior limnologist and engineer leading the freshwater assessment group in the Science Section of the King County Water and Land Resources Division. She is involved in a wide range of projects related to water quality improvement and monitoring on lakes and streams around the county, both as a subject matter expert and as a program and project manager.

Sevin Bilir is a hydrogeologist in the King County Science and Technical Support Section on projects in need of groundwater expertise. Sevin is a licensed hydrogeologist in Washington and California, with 19 years of experience. Her current work focuses on reporting the KingStat Environmental Indicators and developing a 3D hydrogeologic computer model of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill.

Debra Bouchard has been a senior limnologist/water quality planner with the King County Science and Technical Support Section since 1999. She manages the County’s Swimming Beach Monitoring Program and co-manages the Lakes and Streams Routine Monitoring programs.

Eric Ferguson is a hydrogeologist who has been with the King County Science and Technical Support Section for 14 years. He works for internal clients, such as the Wastewater Treatment Division, Solid Waste Division, and Water and Land Resources Division on projects in need of groundwater expertise. He currently works on Vashon sustainability monitoring and other water resources projects.

Beth leDoux has worked with Water and Land Resources Division since 2003. She is a Seattle native and did her BA in environmental policy and planning at the Huxley School of the Environment at Western Washington University. She spent two years in AmeriCorps before getting her masters degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Jo Wilhelm is an ecologist in the Science Section of King County Water and Land Resources Division. Jo has primarily worked on stream and wetland monitoring, as well as assessment projects around the County, focusing on improving benthic macroinvertebrate information throughout Puget Sound.

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