Company Principal/Watershed Sciences Section Leader/Senior Hydrologist
Mr. Olsen has 29 years of professional experience in watershed sciences and has worked on more than 200 large- and small-scale studies throughout the western United States. Mr. Olsen’s expertise is associated with the fields of fluvial geomorphology, stream hydrology, and riparian ecology. He has managed many stream restoration and rehabilitation projects, instream flow projects, hydraulic modeling, sediment transport and channel condition studies, water-quality studies, and ecological inventories. Additionally, Mr. Olsen has experience managing large-scale multidisciplinary projects that emphasize ecosystem restoration and/or species recovery, and has participated in numerous National Environmental Policy Act projects as a water resource specialist. He has completed his coursework for a PhD from Utah State University and holds an MS in forestry (forest hydrology) and a BS in resource conservation (watershed management) from the University of Montana.
Skills & Qualifications
Project management
Ecosystem restoration
Endangered species recovery
Stream channel assessment and floodplain design
Riparian zone management
Hydrographic data collection
Hydraulic modeling (trained by the American Society of Civil Engineers in the use of HEC-RAS)
Hydrologic analysis
Sediment transport monitoring and modeling
Streamflow recommendations in regulated rivers
Water-quality investigations
Nonpoint source water pollution control
Erosion and sediment control effectiveness monitoring
