Kimberly Clements

Background

About Kimberly Clements

Over the last 20 years, I have been working as a fisheries biologist in river, coastal, and marine ecosystems with experience in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean regions. My interests are in habitat protection, conservation, and restoration, environmental science and policy, sustainable fisheries, species recovery, climate change and coastal resiliency, ocean and atmospheric research, aquatic ecosystem mapping and modeling, natural disaster relief, community education and outreach, and preservation of traditional fishing cultures. WORK HISTORY: Regulatory/Policy: Endangered Species Act Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management (MSA) Clean Water Act Rivers and Harbors Act Marine Mammal Protection Act National Environmental Policy Act Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act WIIN Act Restoration Programs: Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Programs San Joaquin River Restoration Program Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project Collaboration/Teams: NOAA Habitat Blue Print Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Strategy NOAA Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Team Regional Sediment Management and Beneficial Use of Dredge Material - GOM and CA ESA Recovery Central Valley Region, California ESA Scientific Research Habitat Conservation Plans/Safe Harbor Agreements NMFS West Coast Region EFH Team Fisheries Research/Monitoring: Telemetry Studies Fish Passage Habitat utilization Groundfish Survey Mapping/Modeling: Habitat valuation/community modeling H&H modeling 3D aquatic ecosystem modeling Fisheries life cycle modeling GIS Mapping