NorthernStar Natural Gas is a U.S.-owned and -managed company focused on the development of domestic LNG terminal projects. The company is committed to poviding a safe, affordable and environmentally superior solution to the growing need for additional natural gas supplies on the U.S. West Coast. We combine our business aspirations with a bold commitment to improve the communities where we live and work by generating new jobs and economic opportunities, supporting better education for our children and leaving a lasting legacy of environmental excellence in all that we undertake. NorthernStar Natural Gas is currently developing the Bradwood Landing Project on the banks of the Columbia River in northwest Oregon, approximately 30 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. Bradwood Landing will increase the supply of safe, clean natural gas for residents and businesses in Oregon and Washington, helping to hold down monthly utility bills and making energy more affordable. For more information about our Environmental Commitment, please visit HERE. Above the Gold Sponsorship, NorthernStar is supporting Kelley Jorgensen on the Symposium Committee, underwriting the presence of our student volunteers, and contributing prizes for the Klingeman Scholarship fundraiser on Tuesday night.

URS Corporation (URS) is a premier engineering, environmental, planning, and program and construction management firm that offers a global presence with national resources, regional knowledge and local expertise. Our integrated approach to project delivery depends on a staff of professional physical and biological scientists and engineers who have a passion for problem-solving. URS provides the full range of services necessary for the successful delivery of sustainable, context-sensitive solutions to support the varied needs of our clients and the entire life cycle of our projects. URS provides habitat restoration services from 14 offices serving the northwest in Oregon, Washington, northern California, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Above the Gold Sponsorship, URS is providing reusable lunch bags to support the goal of a more sustainable Northwest Stream Restoration Design Symposium. URS also supports Anne MacDonald's participation as an Officer and Sustaining Director on the Board of River Restoration Northwest.

Anchor Environmental is a nationally recognized environmental and engineering consulting firm that specializes in water resources. Since 1997 we have helped clients develop strategies and solve problems related to aquatic, shoreline and surface water resources. We specialize in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design, with expertise in stormwater, rivers and streams, fish passage, irrigation, dams, and floodplain management. Featured services also include waterfront redevelopment, dredging, sediment cleanup, habitat restoration, and site restoration. Anchor Environmental also supports Simon Page as the Washington Director on the Board of River Restoration Northwest.

The City of Portland's, Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) provides Portland residents with Clean River programs including water quality protection, wastewater collection and treatment, and sewer installation. Environmental Services has 450 employees. Five working groups operate under the Office of the Director - Planning, Industrial Waste, Engineering Services, Wastewater, and Business Services. BES supports Holly Walla on the Board of Directors of River Restoration Northwest.

GeoEngineers founded in 1980 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, is an integrated earth science and technology firm with 15 offices throughout the nation. GeoEngineers specializes in crafting unique environmental, ecological and geotechnical solutions for the water and natural resource, transportation, energy, federal, and development sectors. We help our water and natural resources clients achieve their objectives by offering expertise in the following services: Fluvial Geomorphology and River Engineering - habitat rehabilitation, scour analyses, engineered logjams, erosion, and sediment transport; Groundwater - water supply, water rights, water quality, wellhead protection, construction dewatering, and modeling; Ecological - fisheries, wetlands, nearshore and marine, wildlife, riparian corridors, and habitat restoration; Geology - geomorphology, geologic hazards, slope stability, erosion. Our scientific and engineering professionals provide a full spectrum of environmental consulting services, from biological and ecological expertise through hazardous waste and water resources. Enhancing these core capabilities, the firm's services also extend to land use planning, permitting, geotechnical engineering, and GIS and geospatial expertise.

Inter-Fluve, Inc.: A leader in restoration of aquatic resources, Inter-Fluve provides innovative solutions for stream, wetland, and aquatic habitat restoration by integrating natural science and engineering approaches to design and implementation. Inter-Fluve's solutions emulate the aesthetic and biological values of natural systems, while ensuring long-term stability through geomorphic characterization, hydraulic modeling, and engineering. Their design and implementation service areas include river restoration, enhancement, and relocation; bank stabilization; dam removal; pond and wetland creation; flood control; fish passage; and emergency spill remediation. Interfluve supports the participation of Greg Koonce on the Board of Directors of River Restoration Northwest.

Knight Piesold is an international company of consulting engineers and environmental scientists providing services to public and private sector clients in the water, power, environmental, mining, transportation and industrial sectors. The Knight Piésold Group was founded in 1921 and has grown in the number of staff and diversity of expertise. The total company's staff resources currently numbers approximately 450 people and we specialize in providing high-quality, cost effective and innovative solutions to meet our Clients' needs. Expertise is offered in the disciplines of hydrology and open channel hydraulics, aquatic biology and instream flow requirements, geomorphology and terrain hazard assessment, environmental studies and impact assessments, as well as civil, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, construction supervision and project management services.

Pacific Bridge and Construction, Inc. offers a patented pre-cast concrete bridging system designed with flexibility to fit site specific needs in providing unobstructed fish passage. The interlocking design is versatile with abutment and wing wall layout. The reduced road closure time lowers installation costs, and the entire bridge can be placed without the use of a crane. Pacific Bridge's goal is to provide a bridge alternative near or below the price of a metal arch or box.

PBS Engineering and Environmental is an environmental consulting firm that was formed in Portland in 1982, and has grown to a staff of more than 85 scientists, hydrologists, ecologists, biologists, geologists and engineers. PBS manages a wide range of natural resources issues, including stream restoration, fish passage and other projects for clients throughout the Pacific Northwest. We develop strategies that are responsive to our clients' site development and permitting needs. Strategies for project implementation integrate these needs with constraints such as timelines, available budget, resource issues and requirements for regulatory compliance. PBS supports the participation of Frank Groznik as an Officer and Sustaining Director on the Board of River Restoration Northwest.

River Design Group, Incorporated (RDG) provides river restoration, hydraulic engineering, and water quality planning services to clients across the intermountain west. With offices in Whitefish, Montana and Corvallis, Oregon, RDG employs a diverse team with expertise in the natural sciences and engineering to effectively assess existing river corridor conditions, complete restoration designs, and implement construction projects. RDG works closely with agencies, non-governmental organizations, Native American tribes, and private landowners to develop sound solutions for aquatic resources restoration.

VIGIL-AGRIMIS, INC. is a firm of DESIGN PROFESSIONALS specializing in planning, analysis, and design of water and natural resources projects. Since forming in 1999, they have become leaders in providing restoration design services in the Western United States (particularly in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska). They have used their multidisciplinary teams of engineers, landscape architects, and environmental scientists to successfully complete assignments on hundreds of waterways and wetlands. Their field-based practice results in everyone from principals to junior staff spending substantial amounts of time in the field observing the functions of natural systems. These field observations, coupled with detailed office analysis, result in real-world solutions and designs for their clients. Vigil-Agrimis also supports the participation of Ken Vigil as the Oregon Director on the Board of River Restoration Northwest.

Washington Department of Ecology partners with communities throughout the state to support healthy watersheds and promote statewide environmental interest. The agency supports stream restoration in many ways including: providing technical assistance and policy assistance for hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, riparian ecology and wetlands science, managing conservation volunteer work crews, funding planning and restoration efforts, and helping to develop aquatic habitat guidelines. Ecology also supports the participation of Doug Pineo as a Sustaining Director on the Board of River Restoration Northwest.

Washington State Department of Transportation is dedicated to protecting all of our aquatic resources. WSDOT addresses problems such as bridge scour, bank erosion, salmon habitat impacts, and avulsion, through a cooperative approach that includes reach and site assessment and bioengineered solutions. Similar methods are employed to address the most environmentally sensitive methods to ensure that new infrastructure - bridges, roads, ferry docks, etc. - are built in ways that minimize environmental impacts and accommodate natural geomorphic processes.

WEST Consultants, Inc. is a small business firm, founded in 1988, that provides public and private clients with specialized water resource engineering consulting services. WEST Consultants offers these services to clients on a local, national, and international basis from five offices located in Oregon, Washington, California, and Arizona. Over the past 18 years, WEST Consultants has developed a reputation for providing excellent technical services on time and within budget. Our extremely capable staff is experienced in employing traditional methodologies, applied research, and state-of-the-art technology to address complex water resource issues. The personnel of WEST Consultants are recognized specialists in hydrology, hydraulics, sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology, and water quality. WEST Consultants recently enhanced its water resource engineering services with the acquisition of River Measurement, LLC, a firm specializing in hydrologic data collection and hydrographic surveys. Our new River Measurement Division services include: surface water flow measurement, water quality sampling, suspended and bed material sediment sampling, design and construction of flow and water quality monitoring stations, installation of instrumentation for collection, storage, and telemetry of monitoring data, scour monitoring, operation and maintenance of monitoring stations, and data processing.

AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. is one of North America's leading scientific and engineering services companies, with over 160 offices and a staff of over 3,000. Over the last 30 years, AMEC's Pacific Northwest offices have completed thousands of successful projects, large and small, for commercial, industrial and governmental clients. We specialize in: Wetlands Management: assessment, delineation, project planning, and construction; Natural Resource Assessment and Permitting: endangered species assessment, mitigation/restoration design and implementation; Environmental Cleanup: full-service solutions for short- and long-term problems; Water Resources: flood control, municipal stormwater management and design, hydraulic structures, water supply, river engineering, mine water reclamation; Geotechnical: testing, design, construction supervision, monitoring. AMEC-Putting our clients' needs foremost with local familiarity and national capability.

CONTECH Bridge Solutions Inc. provides a comprehensive array of plate, precast, and truss structures, with the best-known brands available worldwide. CONTECH bridges, vehicular and pedestrian, fit a wide variety of applications, spanning distances from five feet to 250 feet and more. These bridge names include CONTECH Structural Plate, the CON/SPAN® Bridge System, the BEBO® Arch System, Steadfast Bridges, and Continental® Bridge. The quality of every CONTECH bridge is matched by the cost and time savings that come from modular, prefabricated designs, rapid installation, and extensive technical support. More than 65,000 CONTECH bridge installations are on the map worldwide.

Otak, Inc is an internationally-recognized Northwest planning, architecture, engineering, and water resources firm of over 475 professionals, with local offices in Kirkland, Seattle, Vancouver, and Yakima, Washington, as well as Lake Oswego, Bend, Corvallis, Gearhart, and Manzanita, Oregon. Our Water and Natural Resources Group of over 40 specialists is one of the largest and most diverse in the northwest, providing the full range of technical studies and applied designs needed to successfully guide our client's projects through all phases of planning, design, construction, and operation. We specialize in watershed mapping and modeling; assessing natural stream and habitat functions to craft resource management guidance; and providing compensatory mitigation design and construction oversight for aquatic resources. We design and build with natural systems, emphasizing low impact development approaches to achieve realistic, and cost-effective sustainable designs. Otak's recent acquisition of Sheldon & Associates further broadened our biological, habitat, permitting, wetland, geomorphic, and site assessment and mitigation capabilities. Please visit our web site or feel free to give us a call at 425-822-4446 to explore new projects and partnering opportunities.

PBS&J is an employee-owned firm of 3,900 employees that provides consulting services in water resources, environmental science, community planning and redevelopment and engineering. While well-known as one of the nation's most successful pure engineering firms (ranked by Engineering News-Record 22nd on the list of the nation's top engineering consulting firms) PBS&J also takes great pride in our staff of over 800 natural resource and water resources professionals. The firm, with offices in Oregon, Washington, and Montana is widely regarded as a leader in the effort to integrate natural function into engineering designs. We have a long list of successful projects ranging in size from small-stream bank stabilization to program management for ecosystem restoration projects such as the Everglades Restoration Project. Our staff in the Northwest includes professionals in the following fields: Fisheries biology, Fluvial geomorphology, Sediment transport, Large-scale ecosystem restoration, Flood hydraulics, Wetland Mitigation, Culvert hydraulics, Natural channel design, Streambank stabilization, and Post-fire watershed analysis.

RIVERMorph® is a software development company specializing in stream restoration related software. The RIVERMorph software program is able to process geomorphic data and assists with the assessment, monitoring and design of streams using natural channel design techniques. The program stores all data in a database, which is easily retrieved during the design process and features a state-of-the-art graphical user interface. Please stop by our booth to register to win a free copy of the Pocket RIVERMorph software.

Tetra Tech, Inc. is a full service, multidisciplinary engineering firm with key staff specializing in hydraulic engineering, hydrology, civil and structural engineering, geomorphology, biology, water quality, environmental restoration, planning and economics. They provide engineering and biological services for government and private clients including riparian, wetland, lake, river and reservoir restoration, sediment transport, geomorphology, flood control, stormwater management, and watershed studies. Their goal is investing, planning, designing, and implementing projects that are naturally sustainable and require only minimal long-term maintenance.

FWR Ecoresource Consultants is a consulting and contracting business specializing in protection, restoration and enhancement of aquatic habitats, riparian zones and other environmentally sensitive areas. Most work is near aquatic habitats in or near Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. FWR is providing our musical entertainment for the Tuesday night festivities, and supporting the participation of Clayton Anderson on the Symposium Organizing Committee.

GeoDataScape has more than 25 years of experience using geographic information systems (GIS), internet mapping solutions (IMS), and three-dimensional (3D) terrain visualization and simulation technology in a wide range of applications and disciplines. Specialized skills and state-of-the-art technology place us at the forefront of our industry, providing our customers with faster results that look better and cost less. GeoDataScape provides webmaster and maintenance services for the RRNW website.

The Idaho State office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service supports Rob Sampson as Idaho Director of River Restoration Northwest.

M. Miles and Associates Ltd., a Victoria BC based firm specializing in fluvial geomorphology, supports Mike Miles as a Sustaining Director of River Restoration Northwest.

OWEB is a state agency led by a policy oversight board. Together, they promote and fund voluntary actions that strive to enhance Oregon's watersheds. The Board fosters the collaboration of citizens, agencies, and local interests. OWEB's programs support Oregon's efforts to restore salmon runs, improve water quality, and strengthen ecosystems that are critical to healthy watersheds and sustainable communities. OWEB administers a grant program funded from the Oregon Lottery as a result of a citizen initiative in 1998. The grant program supports voluntary efforts by Oregonians seeking to create and maintain healthy watersheds. To accomplish this OWEB: funds projects that restore, maintain, and enhance the state's watersheds; supports the capacity of local watershed-based citizen groups to carry out a variety of restoration projects; promotes citizen understanding of watershed needs and restoration ideas; provides technical skills to citizens working to restore urban and rural watersheds; monitors the effectiveness of investments in watershed restoration. OWEB provided scholarships for Oregon Watershed Council representatives to attend the 2007 conference.

The Santa Rosa Area office of the National Marine Fisheries Service supports Brian Cluer as California Director of River Restoration Northwest.

THI RiverWorks, Inc. is a private company devoted to developing revolutionary database systems, innovative software, and uniquely-efficient field tools to facilitate the widespread use of sustainable river restoration technologies. First in handheld river technology, RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System™ (RRAS™) is both powerful and easy-to-use. RRAS™ allows you to collect loads of data, including thousands of GPS data points, digital photos and field measurements, complete with real-time data verification. This versatile tool supports a wide spectrum of processes, parameters and protocols plus accepts probes and data loggers for scientifically-backed assessments, monitoring, inventory, inspections and reconnaissance. RRAS™ is currently in use nationwide by government agencies like the EPA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; private companies like CH2M HILL and Carter & Burgess; universities like Texas State University; and non-profit organizations like Trout Unlimited and The Watershed Institute. THI RiverWorks is contributing a RRAS unit to raffle off in support of the Klingeman Scholarship Fund.

The Northwest Division US Army Corps of Engineers supports Bern Klatte as an Officer, Sustaining Director, and Membership Committee Chair of River Restoration Northwest. The District is also providing projection equipment for the Symposium.

US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office has a mission of working cooperatively with others to protect, restore, and enhance natural habitats, supporting fish, wildlife, and plants for the continuing benefit of the American people. Their responsibilities include: protecting and recovering animals and plants that are in danger of extinction, assessing the effects of contaminants on fish and wildlife and responding to oil, chemical or pesticide spills, reaching out to partners and others with educational events and materials, addressing the impacts of development and other projects and activities on fish and wildlife through restoration activities, and providing expert biological advice to other agencies, non-government organizations and businesses. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office is providing projection equipment for the Symposium. USFWS also supports Elaine Mayer as the Alaska Director of River Restoration Northwest, and supports Janine Castro as a Sustaining Director of River Restoration Northwest and Chair of the Symposium Committee.

Walking Man Brewery and Public House is providing beverages for the River Restoration Northwest Members Meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

Water Resources Publications, LLC located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, is a leading publisher and distributor of water resources books, related publications, and computer software, worldwide, since 1971. They are the current publishers of the two most recent Gravel Bed Rivers series of symposia proceedings (IV and V), and have contributed several copies of GBR-IV and other publications for our meal give-aways.