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ELI Faculty and Staff
Peter Paquet, Ph.D.
Program Director, Watershed
Management Professional Program
503-725-5223
ppaquet@pdx.edu
Dr. Peter Paquet is the director of the Watershed Management Professional
Program. He is also the Resident Fish and Wildlife Division Manager
of the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Council, a regional
agency overseeing the Columbia River watershed hydroelectric system.
Peter has been on the Council staff since 1983. Initially he was responsible
for the water budget and Council dealings with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. He was lead staffer in the development of protected areas
and is currently taking the lead in wildlife mitigation planning. He
came to the Council from the Oregon Department of Energy where he served
as an environmental specialist. Before that, Peter worked for NASA and
taught biology at the University of Santa Clara in California.
Peter has undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology and a Ph.D.
in environmental science and natural resources from Portland State University.
He is the author or co-author of numerous articles including "Adaptive
Strategies for the Management of Ecosystems: The Columbia River Experience"
published by the American Fisheries Society and "Ecosystem-Based
Selection of Wildlife Species for Comparing Future Landscape Alternatives
in the Columbia River Basin" published by The Wildlife Society.
In January 2000, Dr. Paquet represented PSU and the Watershed Management
Professional Program as an advisor to the G.A.P. Project on the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers in Turkey and led subsequent training sessions
in Turkey in 2001. In addition to his role as the WMPP Director, Dr.
Paquet teaches courses in the program.
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