Fisheries Section Leader/Senior Fisheries Biologist
Mr. Albrecht has more than 12 years of experience working on aquatic systems and analyzing ecological inter-relationships among lake and stream organisms. He currently serves as BIO-WEST’s Fisheries and Aquatics Section manager and is the lead fisheries biologist/aquatic ecologist for several projects, including studies of the endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) on Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona. His efforts have helped identify additional research and monitoring activities necessary to address data gaps in critical life history stages of endangered fish species including the razorback sucker, Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda), woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus), bonytail chub (Gila elegans), and other endemic and native species. Mr. Albrecht has also provided technical expertise and management for a biological inventory project that is evaluating potential habitat alterations associated with groundwater pumping on spring-adapted species (fish, amphibians, springsnails, and aquatic macroinvertebrates) in east/central Nevada and western Utah; performed comprehensive reviews and updated species profiling of the razorback sucker, flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis), and bonytail chub; helped develop and test a method for prioritizing restoration sites along the lower Colorado River; managed all field collections, analysis, and reporting for a multiyear monitoring and research effort on the lower Virgin River fish community; developed and initiated monitoring and research efforts on the Muddy River fish and macroinvertebrate community; and provided technical expertise pertaining to efforts to monitor, acclimate, and quantitatively explore the effectiveness of Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) augmentation efforts on the San Juan River. He serves as Western Resource Advocates and The Nature Conservancy’s representative on the Upper Colorado River Recovery Program’s Biology Committee. Also, Mr. Albrecht serves as a San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program Biology Committee alternate representative for the Jicarilla Apache Nation. He has conducted fisheries community research in various capacities on a variety of warm- and cold-water species, as well as modeled fish communities with bioenergetics software. Mr. Albrecht is an adept researcher and field investigator who is able to translate field data into practical, meaningful, and quantitative results. He received his B.S. in fisheries and wildlife and M.S. in aquatic ecology from Utah State University. | Skills & Qualifications
Fish identification and collection techniques Has worked with a number of endemic and endangered species Macroinvertebrate identification and collection techniques Strong study design background Effective and efficient in providing data analysis, writing, and oral presentations PADI-certified open water diver since 2005 Familiar with various statistical software packages and techniques Knowledge of Bioenergetics software Unique ability to translate field data into meaningful and practical results Expert at leading teams as well as being an effective member of a research/project team Developing, maintaining, and working with agency officials Knowledge and expertise of sonic tag implantation and surgical techniques Knowledge and expertise in conducting population estimates of rare, sensitive, and endangered fish species Knowledge and expertise in nonlethally aging rare, endemic, and endangered fish species
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