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Fin-Up Habitat Consultants, Inc. is a full-service aquatic assessment, design, and management consulting firm specializing in cold water lake and stream habitat enhancement and restoration. Founded in September 2004, and located in the small Front Range community of Manitou Springs, Fin-Up, Inc. provides aquatic assessment services, including habitat mapping/inventory, hydrologic and water quality analysis, and restoration planning, design, and permit processing. Fin-Up, Inc. has designed and implemented numerous high
profile stream restoration projects in the Arkansas and South Platte River
basins in the last four years, including the US Forest Service's "Trees
for Trout" Centennial Project in Elevenmile
Canyon along the South Platte River, and most recently, the Colorado Division
of Wildlife Greenback Cutthroat Pool Habitat Enhancement Project on the South
Prong of Hayden Creek near Salida, CO. Fin-Up, Inc. clients include mix of private
citizens, as well as Governmental Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations. Currently, the Company has active projects
within three major watersheds in The owner and founder of Fin-Up Habitat Consultants, Inc.,
Pete Gallagher, has over 17 years of experience in stream assessment and
aquatic habitat enhancement. A former US
Forest Service aquatic specialist, Pete spent thirteen years on the Pike
& San Isabel National Forests in southeastern During the Hayman Fire in 2002, Pete served as a resource
officer for the South Zone of the fire, and was the fisheries representative
on the Burned Area Emergency Rehab (BEAR) team following the fire. During his term on the Hayman BEAR team,
Pete brought together the partners that would eventually create the
"Trees for Trout" Initiative in the |
