Timmie Mandish is the Western National Fish Biologist for the NRCS where she provides technical assistance and training to 13 western states out of their West National Technology Support Center in Portland, Oregon. She has over 25 years of experience in the natural resources field primarily focusing on fisheries biology and habitat restoration, and how restoration practices can be integrated into viable solutions for working landscapes. Prior to her employment with NRCS, Timmie was a project manager and technical lead for the Bonneville Power Administration, where she worked with local stakeholders to developed tools to incorporate available research, monitoring and physical data into a GIS format for decision making. These tools helped to advance a framework for strategic implementation of habitat restoration based on current science, vetted by feasibility. In addition, she oversaw and contracted a wide variety of restoration, flow, research, & hatchery projects within agricultural communities. Timmie’s experience also includes 10 years with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service implementing restoration projects on private land finding the common ground between fish and wildlife species recovery and the management needs of the landowner.