Michael Berry

Mike is the Environmental Services Section Chief at Department of Water Resources and has degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife Management with a minor in Geology. He has worked in watersheds from Big Sur to the Smith River and has over 30 years of fisheries and restoration experience combined with CDFW and DWR. He has supervised many programs including CDFW’s Northern Region wild trout and salmon monitoring programs. He has been involved in all aspects of restoration projects including planning, permitting, budgeting, baseline studies, implementation and post project monitoring. He’s had agency lead roles in land use violation investigation, prosecution, and remediation, and land acquisition. Mike’s been involved in multi-entity teams performing restoration on large streams such as the Carmel River, Clear Creek, Trinity River and Sacramento River, as well as smaller streams such as Hat Creek, upper Sacramento River, Mill Creek and Deer Creek. He has also worked on fish passage and screening projects and several meadow restoration efforts.