Michael Liquori – Principal, Sound Watershed
Michael is the Founding Principal for Sound Watershed with expertise in the intersection of ecology, earth and water sciences. His scientific objectivity, open dialog and curious nature offers a compelling model for leading collaboration. He has over 25 years experience in California, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Colorado.
Michael has specific expertise in policy, regulation and best practices for the mitigation, restoration and enhancement of rivers, streams, wetlands and watersheds. He build strongly science-based agreements and is served by his experience leading studies affecting forests, urban issues, and watershed management. He was a primary author of Washington State’s Forest & Fish Law and California’s Anadromous Salmonid Protection Rules, among others. He authored a USFS Stream Restoration Implementation Guidebook for the San Dimas National Labs. And he has participated on and chaired 14+ multi-stakeholder governing bodies charged with managing public and private lands. Overall, Michael has led 320+ projects and 410+ technical proposals.
Michael understands the balance between nature and management. He excels at facilitating communication clearly across disciplines and backgrounds, which supports his ability to mediate resolution to contentious issues. He creatively integrates multi-disciplinary scientific principles to address land-use management and policy issues. He has developed sustainable management strategies at site, watershed, regional, and statewide scales. He has led management projects in watershed analysis, habitat conservation planning, monitoring and adaptive management systems. He commonly negotiates “out-of-the-box” win-win solutions with varied interests.
Michael is also a highly regarded executive coach and small business advisor.
Michael is the Founding Principal for Sound Watershed with expertise in the intersection of ecology, earth and water sciences. His scientific objectivity, open dialog and curious nature offers a compelling model for leading collaboration. He has over 25 years experience in California, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Colorado.
Michael has specific expertise in policy, regulation and best practices for the mitigation, restoration and enhancement of rivers, streams, wetlands and watersheds. He build strongly science-based agreements and is served by his experience leading studies affecting forests, urban issues, and watershed management. He was a primary author of Washington State’s Forest & Fish Law and California’s Anadromous Salmonid Protection Rules, among others. He authored a USFS Stream Restoration Implementation Guidebook for the San Dimas National Labs. And he has participated on and chaired 14+ multi-stakeholder governing bodies charged with managing public and private lands. Overall, Michael has led 320+ projects and 410+ technical proposals.
Michael understands the balance between nature and management. He excels at facilitating communication clearly across disciplines and backgrounds, which supports his ability to mediate resolution to contentious issues. He creatively integrates multi-disciplinary scientific principles to address land-use management and policy issues. He has developed sustainable management strategies at site, watershed, regional, and statewide scales. He has led management projects in watershed analysis, habitat conservation planning, monitoring and adaptive management systems. He commonly negotiates “out-of-the-box” win-win solutions with varied interests.
Michael is also a highly regarded executive coach and small business advisor.
