Pete Bisson leads an aquatic research team at the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station in Olympia, Washington.  He worked as an aquatic biologist for the Weyerhaeuser Company for 21 years prior to joining the Forest Service in 1995.  His research has included stream habitats and food webs, riparian zone management, and a variety of conservation issues related to aquatic ecosystems.  He holds affiliate faculty appointments at the University of Washington, Oregon State University, and the University of Idaho, and has served on two National Academy of Sciences committees: one on Pacific salmon and the other on watershed management.  Pete is currently vice-chair of the Independent Scientific Review Panel for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which provides guidance to fish and wildlife recovery in the Columbia River Basin.