John Muhlfeld manages RDG's hydrology services and is RDG's president. In 12 years of professional experience, John has managed over 60 watershed related projects throughout western Montana, Idaho and Oregon while an employee with state and federal agencies, private consulting firms, and now as a principal in RDG. John supervises RDG's restoration projects and ensures quality control and assurances for clients. John is involved with all project phases including initial field assessment, field data collection plan development and implementation, conceptual and final restoration design, report completion, and construction oversight. He is regularly asked to present at regional conferences concerning restoration practices. John is a member of the American Water Resources Association, American Fisheries Society (National and Montana chapters) and has completed the suite of stream restoration classes offered by Wildland Hydrology, Inc.

Matt Daniels, PE holds responsible charge of RDG's engineering works. Matt has over 13 years of experience practicing hydraulic engineering and has participated in design and construction of over 40 river restoration and flood control projects. He has successfully integrated traditional engineering techniques with natural channel design methods to deliver projects that are developed with engineering standards while considering design criteria developed from multi-disciplinary team members. Matt participates in all stages of RDG's projects including conceptual design, feasibility analysis, final design and construction management.

Matt has established an engineering record with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah and Nevada. Currently, Matt is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Andy Belski, PLS maintains responsible charge for RDG's surveying and mapping services. Andy has over 10 years of experience in applied surveying and computer aided design. Andy is RDG's vice president and is an integral member of the RDG restoration team. Andy's expertise in land survey, GPS, LiDAR data conversion, remote sensing techniques (e.g. AutoCAD, 'Digital Imaging Made Easy' (DIME) software), and time-trend aerial imagery production contribute to the assessment and design process. Andy is licensed to practice land surveying in Montana and Idaho, and is a current member of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ASCM).

Andy directs RDG's topographic and hydrographic surveys, performs data calculations, and takes part in design tasks for RDG's restoration planning.

Troy Brandt manages RDG's Portland, Oregon office and completes existing river corridor condition assessments, survey data collection, and data analysis and designs for RDG's restoration planning. Troy has worked extensively on projects in western Montana as well as the Upper Klamath Basin in southern Oregon. Troy's application of natural channel design principles in numerous stream restoration projects make him uniquely qualified for pairing fisheries' requirements with restoration treatments. Troy participates in all levels of restoration projects including data collection, data analysis, design, construction oversight, and monitoring. Troy is a member of the national, Montana, and Oregon chapters of the American Fisheries Society. Troy has completed the stream restoration suite of classes offered by Wildland Hydrology, Inc.

Jonathan Ferree , is in charge of RDG's project monitoring and helps direct RDG's field data collection. Jonathan's experience in hydrologic analysis, channel surveys, and data analysis and modeling are instrumental in completing data collection efforts. Jonathan's familiarity with USGS stream gaging techniques, discharge analyses, and water quality sampling protocols are key components to RDG's field data collection techniques. In addition to his field skills, Jonathan assists in remote sensing analysis. Following completion of his Masters degree in Fluvial Geomorphology from the University of Wyoming, Jonathan was employed by the US Forest Service prior to being a private contractor and then joining RDG. Jonathan has completed the first two courses of the stream restoration suite of classes offered by Wildland Hydrology, Inc.

Scott Wright, PE is Senior Water Resources Engineer for River Design Group in the Corvallis, Oregon office. Scott has over 14 years of private and public sector water resources experience and has been the engineer of record and project manager for numerous stream, river, and wetland restoration projects totaling over $4 million. Scott's skills include field assessment, hydraulic modeling, restoration design, and project implementation. His expertise has focused on restoration, fish passage projects, fish passage barrier assessments, large-scale in-stream structures, and river structures throughout the Willamette Valley. Scott formerly served as an Area Engineer for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and is thoroughly familiar with agency practice standards and trained in government contracting requirements. Scott was a committee member that reviewed and updated the nationwide fish passage practice standards for NRCS. Scott continues to be a guest lecturer and instructor for river mechanics and restoration classes at Oregon State University and Portland State University.

Sean Welch, P.E. recently joined RDG from his previous position as the State Hydraulic Engineer for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oregon. Sean's experience has included technology development, training and project engineering for dam safety, floodplain analysis, fish passage, and fisheries habitat rehabilitation projects. His efforts in the field of river and stream restoration are focused on project hydraulic engineering and design using hydrodynamic models and advanced terrain modeling applications. Welch's project experience includes salmon habitat rehabilitation and stream restoration design, dam removal, sediment transport analysis, fish passage design, engineered log jam applications for structural bank protection, FEMA floodplain analysis and hydraulic design of in stream structures. Welch has been responsible for engineering on numerous projects in the southwest and northwest including planning, design, permitting, and implementation. Sean has served as a Core Instructor in Portland State Universities Stream Restoration Certificate Program since it's inception and is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Mitch Price, PE recently joined RDG's Whitefish, Montana office as a Senior Project Engineer. Mitch has over 12 years experience in hydraulic and water resources engineering for private and public sector clients. Mitch will be completing his masters of science in civil engineering at Montana State University in 2006. Mitch brings to RDG considerable site assessment, hydraulic modeling, sediment transport and structure design experience. Mitch's projects have been successfully implemented throughout western Montana. As a Senior Project Engineer at RDG, Mitch will participate in all facets of river restoration design. He will also contribute to fish passage, erosion control, and bioengineering design. Mitch is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is also involved with the organization Engineers Without Borders.

Chris Smith, PE joined RDG's Corvallis, Oregon in June 2007. Prior to joining RDG, Chris was an Assistant Area Engineer with NRCS for the Lower Willamette Basin. Chris is currently completing his Masters of Science in Water Resources Engineering at Oregon State University. Chris has extensive land survey, wetland restoration design, and project construction experience from his career with NRCS. Since joining RDG, Chris has focused on fish passage projects in the Willamette Basin. Chris has also assisted other RDG clients with stream restoration designs, project construction oversight, and hydraulic analyses.

Ted Belcer, LSIT is one of RDG's survey party chiefs assigned to direct ground surveys in the field. Ted's s duties include data collection for restoration planning and field data processing. Ted operates RDG's suite of survey equipment including survey grade GPS and conventional Total Stations. Ted completed his bachelor's degree at the State University of New York and his Associates in Applied Science: Land Surveying degree at Flathead Valley Community College.

Josh Lenderman, LSI is one of RDG's survey party chiefs assigned to direct ground surveys in the field. Josh's duties include data collection for restoration planning and field data processing. Josh operates RDG's suite of survey equipment including Trimble RTK GPS and Topcon Total Stations. Josh completed his Associates in Applied Science: Land Surveying degree at Flathead Valley Community College.

Nate Wyatt is a key member of RDG's engineering staff. Nate provides engineering support for data processing, plan set development and hydraulic modeling efforts. Nate's skills in AutoDesk Land Development Desktop are instrumental for drafting restoration project design plan sets. Nate also collaborates on imagery rectification projects, site surveys, and storm water plan designs. Prior to joining RDG, Nate was a project engineer with civil engineering consulting firms in Florida. Nate completed his education at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

Russell Bartlett, LSI graduated from Oregon State University in 2007, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Engineering. Russell worked with AKS Engineering in Portland, Oregon before joining RDG. Russell will be assisting RDG with field data collection, data processing, and CAD work for river, stream and wetland restoration design projects in Oregon. Russell will be working towards his Engineering Intern licensure while working under Mr. Scott Wright, PE, RDG’s senior water resources engineer in Corvallis.

Peter Gruendike recently joined RDG from his previous position with the Aquatic and Riparian Effectiveness Monitoring Program (AREMP), a multi federal agency program aimed at assessing the status and trend of watershed condition on over 24 million acres of federal land. Working with a variety of federal and state agencies, Peter's experience has included protocol development, state and federal permitting (including threatened and endangered species), technical reporting, project design, technology research and implementation, and data collection. At RDG, Peter is responsible for field data collection for river, stream, and wetland restoration projects, creating cartographic and visual data displays in ArcGIS, data analysis, and technical report writing. Peter completed his B.S. in Environmental Sciences at the Plattsburgh State University in New York.

Chris Long has joined RDG as a full time controller. Chris brings specialized expertise in maintaining financial records, overseeing RDG's human resources' responsibilities, and analyzing RDG's business operations. With over 10 years of experience in financial planning, analysis and accounting principals GAAP, Chris has a proven capacity to improve and maximize overall business and finance function integration through effective communication and experience. In addition to her accounting expertise, RDG will also rely on Chris to assist in completing human resources tasks.