Brian Lindenlaub serves as the Discipline Service Lead (DSL) for Clean Water Act (CWA) and Mining at Trinity’s Tucson, AZ office. He has been specializing in environmental permitting and compliance since 1994, focusing on large-scale development projects throughout the southwestern U.S. He has acted as the senior project manager or principal in charge for a number of CWA Section 404 permitting efforts (both nationwide and individual permits) and has considerable experience with all aspects of that permitting process: alternatives analyses, Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) compliance, National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”) compliance, National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) documentation, and development of compensatory mitigation projects. Brian’s regulatory experience also includes the preparation of several applications for Certificates of Environmental Compliance and the support of applicants through the hearing and approval process.

Brian earned B.S. degrees in both Geological Engineering and Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Missouri system.

Adam founded Ecofish with a vision of delivering effective, scientifically defensible environmental services to clients in government and industry. Seeing the need to build and operate more environmentally sustainable projects, he began with the hydroelectric sector, helping this industry fulfill the promise of clean energy in the province of BC by developing guidelines and innovative investigative techniques. Using his 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, beginning as a fisheries technician on the remote rivers of BC, to his current role as president of an international team, Adam helps clients build and operate better projects.

Adam is a leader in the hydroelectric sector in BC. In a worldwide survey on behalf of the Canadian Electrical Association, he published an assessment of the effectiveness of flow releases from hydroelectric projects. He led a BC Hydro effort to evaluate the instream flow issue across its entire 12,000 MW system and he developed the guidelines on instream flow assessment in BC. Working with Ecofish partner Todd Hatfield, Adam created the standard approach to flow setting, assessment, and monitoring for the province that has gained international recognition. These guidelines have been applied to dozens of new hydroelectric facilities in BC to avoid impacts to fish habitat. A decade of monitoring has confirmed their effectiveness.

More recently, Adam led the development of the national protocols for monitoring the effects of hydroelectric projects on aquatic habitats on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. This now serves as the national protocol for monitoring the effects of new and upgraded hydroelectric projects. He currently consults on fish passage and flow management, providing strategic, assessment, and expert advice for major utilities such as BC Hydro, Brookfield Renewable Energy, and Innergex Renewable Energy, as well as on projects in Peru, Brazil, and China.

Pierre Stecko, M.Sc., EP, R.P.Bio serves as a Principal Scientist and a Managing Principal of Trinity Consultants Canada, formerly known as Minnow Environmental. Pierre was a founding partner of Minnow Environmental and has 23 years of environmental consulting experience. Pierre has managed more than 200 aquatic environmental assessment projects, primarily for the mining industry, and is intimately familiar with associated regulatory and technical requirements. Pierre also supports other Minnow project managers as a technical advisor and senior reviewer. His technical areas of expertise include the aquatic bioavailability and toxicology of metals, aquatic chemistry, aquatic biology, and sediment geochemistry.

Pierre has assisted clients in regulatory consulting and permitting (including with the federal Fisheries Act, the British Columbia Environmental Management Act, the Ontario Environmental Protection Act, the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Act, and the Yukon Waters Act), environmental monitoring program design and implementation (including baseline studies and Environmental Effects Monitoring), aquatic environmental assessment, aquatic environmental impact assessment, metal bioavailability and toxicological evaluations, water quality objective development, adaptive management plan development, water and sediment quality evaluations, periphyton community evaluations, benthic invertebrate community evaluations, fish surveys, and fish habitat compensation programs. Pierre has extensive experience working as a technical expert within multidisciplinary teams, delivering strategic advice to clients, providing expert opinion at meetings and hearings, delivering clear and effective presentations to a variety of stakeholders (technical audiences, regulatory communities, public, First Nations), and delivering technically sound, clear, and insightful interpretive reports to clients.

Pierre holds a Bachelor of Science degree (University of British Columbia) with a focus on Aquatic Biology/Ecology and a Master of Science degree (Simon Fraser University) with a focus on Aquatic Toxicology and Geochemistry. Pierre is a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) in the province of British Columbia (as a Registered Professional Biologist [R.P.Bio.]), and a Certified Environmental Professional (EP) through ECO Canada (water quality, fisheries and wildlife). Pierre is also a certified Project Manager under the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) and is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Kim Connors, M.Sc., R.P.Bio. serves as a Principal Fisheries Biologist for Trinity Consultants Canada, formerly Minnow Aquatic Environmental Services, and has more than 21 years of environmental consulting experience. Kim manages a group of aquatic scientists and supports other project managers as a technical advisor and technical reviewer. Her areas of expertise include aquatic biology, aquatic environmental assessment, ecology, fish health and population evaluation, and fish habitat characterization, particularly serving industries within the natural resource sector.

Kim has applied her expertise to regulatory consulting and permitting, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring program design and implementation (including baseline studies and Environmental Effects Monitoring), adaptive management plan development, water and sediment quality evaluations, benthic invertebrate community evaluations, fish surveys, fish habitat assessment, and compensation (offsetting plans).

She is well versed with the various acts, regulations, and policies applied to aquatic environments within Canada and has successfully completed projects involving Fisheries Act authorizations and supported Schedule 2 amendments, provincial permit acquisitions, environmental baseline and environmental impact studies, and the development of long-term monitoring programs. Kim has extensive experience providing input/reports and delivering clear and effective presentations to variety of stakeholders (technical audiences, regulatory communities, public, First Nations) including First Nations consultation, and experience working on large multidisciplinary teams for environmental assessments.

Kim holds a B.Sc. (Biology and Ecology) and a M.Sc. (Fisheries Biology and Physiology) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is also a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) in the province of British Columbia (as a Registered Professional Biologist [R.P.Bio]).