I am a fishery biologist with the La Crosse Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I serve as the office lead in the coordination and implementation of the National Fish Passage Program, working with a wide range of internal and external partners to remove and modify dams and other types of barriers to reconnect fragmented habitats for Service trust fish and mussel species within the Upper Mississippi River basin of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and the Red River basin in Minnesota. I am the Service representative for the Driftless Area Restoration Effort (DARE) fish habitat partnership, working with federal, state, county, NGO, and other partners to protect, restore, and enhance cold, cool, and warm water rivers and streams within the 4-state Driftless Area for brook trout and other species of concern. I am also a branch lead and supervise our office habitat team. We work with internal, external, and tribal partners on implementation of habitat projects, lake sturgeon recovery within the Red River basin, and monitor fish and mussel response to habitat projects we are involved with. I have a B.S. degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology and a M.S. degree in Fisheries Biology from Iowa State University.