Elijah Portugal is a Senior Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Cannabis and Instream Flow unit within the Fisheries Branch in Sacramento. He holds a BS in Fisheries Biology from Humboldt State University and an MS in Watershed Science from Utah State University. He has over 12 years’ experience working with fish habitat in fluvial environments throughout the West, including northern California. His professional and academic background is within the intersection of geomorphology, hydrology and aquatic ecology and he worked in the non-profit, academic, and private restoration sectors for 5 years before joining the Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2018. He is the Instream Flow coordinator for the Fisheries Branch and is excited to be involved in the development of CDFW’s Cannabis Program.