Brandon Kulik, Senior Fisheries Biologist

Brandon H. Kulik is a Senior Fisheries Biologist with over 25 years experience studying diadromous and riverine fish resources in New England, the Midwest, and on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts. He joined Kleinschmidt in 1986. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and an M.S. in Zoology. Mr. Kulik has received special U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service training in Fish Passageways and Diversion Facilities and is certified in open water SCUBA, Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) and Physical Habitat Simulation (PHABSIM) modeling. He has conducted well over 30 IFIM studies including several that were considered landmark efforts in riverine habitat conservation. He has published and presented papers regarding habitat-based instream flow regulation, fish passage and entrainment studies, habitat protection, and riverine fish community dynamics, and served as a peer reviewer for several journals (Rivers, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, EPRI, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and the Journal of Great Lakes Research), has also provides expert witness testimony on habitat and fish passage issues.

Mr. Kulik designs and leads environmental studies pertaining to fish passage, movement, and aquatic habitat for clients throughout the northeastern U.S.Primary responsibilities include (1) study scoping, design, modeling and analysis; (2) advising clients and collaborative teams on solutions for issues; (3) managing the collection and analysis of environmental and fisheries data, (4) preparation of environmental documents required for license and permit applications and (5) biological input for engineering design and evaluation of fishways. He has led fishery studies on rivers throughout the northeast, from the Ohio and Delaware basins in Pennsylvania, the New and Kanawha rivers in West Virginia, Hudson, Mohawk, Oswego and Hoosic in New York, to the Kennebec, Penobscot, St. John, Androscoggin and St. Croix basins in New Hampshire and Maine.

Prior to Kleinschmidt, Mr. Kulik managed surveys of marine and estuarine fish, including studies of nuclear generating station fish protection systems, aquatic habitat and fish passage at existing and planned hydroelectric sites in New England and the Midwest for two other consulting firms, and Southern California Edison Company (Los Angeles, CA). His graduate work involved fish community assessments of large river ecosystems including the Ohio and Wabash rivers.

Mr. Kulik has served as president of the Atlantic International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, and serves on committees for both the chapter and parent AFS organization.

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