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Nick Brinton has a diverse background in fisheries biology and project management. Nick began their career as a Fisheries Technician with the U.S. Forest Service in 2012, where they conducted electrofishing and seine surveys for population analysis and habitat assessment. Nick then joined California Trout as a Fisheries Technician, working on the removal of invasive species to enhance conditions for Lahontan cutthroat trout. In 2013, Nick became a Project Biologist at QK (formerly Quad Knopf), where they monitored and excavated burrows for various protected species during the construction of a power line. Since 2014, Nick has been working at WRA, Inc. as an Associate Fisheries Biologist, specializing in managing and implementing fisheries projects, consulting on permits, and conducting assessments for various fish species and special-status taxa.
Nick Brinton pursued their education journey, starting at California State University-San Bernardino from 2000 to 2004. Here, they completed a Bachelor's degree in History.
Later, from 2009 to 2012, Nick attended the University of California, Davis, where they obtained another Bachelor's degree. This time, their field of study was Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology.
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WRA is an environmental consultancy that’s making a net positive impact. As a tenacious team of planners, engineers, and scientists, we believe in leaving the lands we love better than we found them. We partner with public agencies, non-profits, and private entities on multidiscipline projects in a variety of markets. From planning and design, through entitlement and post-construction, we have your back. Our clients lean on us to navigate them through tricky projects and achieve benefits for both the natural environment and local communities. From our roots in wetland research and supporting our first clients in the Bay Area following the inception of the federal Clean Water Act, we have more than 40 years of experience in California's diverse ecoregions. This gives us an understanding of the unique habitats throughout the state and the growing needs of local communities. While our roots are in California, we have supported clients in nearly 30 states and counting. WRA is proud to be an employee-owned, certified small business (SB-PW ref. #13333) with 100 team members working from four offices in California, and a growing distributed workforce throughout the West.