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Livingston, MT – August 14, 2019 – Trout Headwaters, Inc. (THI) and American Conservation Experience (ACE), a Nonprofit Conservation Corps, are pleased to announce the selection of John Laut as the THI-EPIC Restoration Fellow for 2019. 

John graduated from Clark University in 2017 with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and a focus in Conservation Biology. He most recently worked as an invasive plant technician with the USFWS at the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge in Hadley, MA where he applied Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

“I am extremely excited to bring my natural resource management experience to THI as an ACE Fellow. THI provides industry leading services to their clients and I hope to contribute, learn, and grow as much as I can here,” John said.

The fellowship program is intended to foster creative thinking and adaptive management as well as support performance for a suite of interdisciplinary tasks. It is a collaboration of the American Conservation Experience and Trout Headwaters. 

 “We’re excited to have John assisting Trout Headwaters as an ACE-EPIC Fellow in their important watershed restoration work in the East,” said Kevin Sloan of the Emerging Professionals Internship Corps(EPIC). As the partnership between THI and ACE grows in complexity and scope, we hope to continue to offer interns and fellows opportunities to work alongside and learn from watershed restoration professionals.  In addition, these budding young professionals gain perspective on the importance of private lands restoration and the concepts of carbon sequestration and mitigation banking.  Equally as important, they learn that without environmental stewardship on public AND private lands, landscape scale conservation of natural resources is not possible.”

The Restoration Fellowship is intended for enthusiastic young professionals with a deep interest in advancing their career goals in natural resources, plant ecology, riparian/wetland ecology, ecological restoration, forestry, and/or wildlife management. 

“It’s great to welcome John to our team. I have no doubt that his contributions will be valuable in driving successful outcomes for our ecological restoration projects. In a day where the challenges to our environment may feel a bit daunting, the next generation of conservation stewards and scientists – developing professionals like John – could not be more vital,” said Michael Sprague, CEO of Trout Headwaters, Inc.

More information via http://www.usaconservation.org/

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Trout Headwaters, Inc. (THI) is an industry leader in sustainable approaches to stream, wetland and habitat restoration, renewal, and repair.  As one of the oldest professional firms in the industry they have consistently pioneered state-of-the science technologies and processes. 

Media Contacts:

Michael Sprague (406) 222-3554

Kevin Sloan, ACE-EPIC (385) 226-7939