About Us

Jeff is the owner of Paradox Natural Resources, and a senior ecologist with certifications as an Aquatic Scientist and as a Professional Forester. Before starting Paradox NR, he served as a senior executive and chief scientist for private companies, and as a principal scientist for consulting firms conducting work on oil and gas, fish and wildlife restoration, mining, forestry, water resources, and site assessment and remediation. Jeff has particular experience as an aquatic ecologist working on issues affecting salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and commercial shellfish populations. He also has considerable work experience in project permitting, SEPA and NEPA studies, environmental assessment and compliance, and construction monitoring. His work at Paradox NR has included numerous projects involving fish and shellfish aquaculture, marine and freshwater research, and extensive development of approaches to reduce or eliminate project impacts on aquatic habitat and fish populations. Much of Jeff’s career has been spent on permitting large and controversial projects related to marine aquaculture, shoreline development, in-water construction, mining, and forestry.

Lori is the co-owner of Paradox Natural Resources. She has been involved for over 35 years in graphic design, scientific illustration, and development of figures and maps for scientific research and analysis. Lori has extensive experience in management and marketing for both business and educational groups. Her wide variety of work has included brochures, newsletters, advertising, website design, tradeshow graphics and installation, instructional media, technical manuals and illustrative graphics. Lori’s work at Paradox NR has involved a variety of graphics efforts associated with the company’s client projects and reports. She has also been extensively involved in field studies, data analysis, and report writing related to shellfish aquaculture and intertidal research. 

Kim has an extensive history of work for almost 40 years in the fields of fisheries, shellfish aquaculture, invertebrate studies, and plant sciences. For most of this time he worked as an Extension Professor based in Pacific County where he coordinated and conducted dozens of research projects, educational training, and consulting to benefit shellfish aquaculture, and cranberry agriculture, both economically important businesses in the region. His work with Paradox NR has included Rhodamine WT dye studies in Willapa Bay to determine potential environmental effects of chemical treatments of commercial shellfish beds, and evaluation of several chemical controls for burrowing shrimp. Kim has worked on a variety of marine and estuarine species including Dungeness crab, Spartina, eelgrass, oysters and clams, green sturgeon, migratory shorebirds and waterfowl, and intertidal vegetation. In the past 10 years much of his work has focused on mechanical and chemical approaches to control burrowing shrimp, Japanese eelgrass, and other invasive species in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.

David has over 17 years of professional and technical experience in marine biology and fisheries sampling, taxonomy, and studies of plant and animal population dynamics. For the last 7 years he has been Executive Director and Project Coordinator for the Willapa-Grays Harbor Oysters Growers Association. In that role he has participated in numerous research projects on shellfish aquaculture, and helped develop Integrated Pest Management plans, public outreach and education programs, and briefing papers on key issues for the shellfish industry in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. His work with Paradox NR includes Rhodamine WT dye studies, development of an Integrated Pest Management Plan for commercial shellfish, and evaluation of chemical controls for burrowing shrimp. David has a strong history of operating boats, hover-boats and aircraft (both manned and unmanned), and frequently works in the field on projects with Paradox NR and other companies.

For the past 21 years Brian has managed and participated in studies catered toward evaluating the toxic effects of waters, sediments, and soils to receptor organisms. He directs a team of technical staff that conduct a wide range of standardized and project-specific toxicology test methodologies to meet agency requirements and the specific needs of his clients. Brian’s work with Paradox NR involves laboratory toxicity testing of a variety of chemical agents to determine their toxicity to aquatic organisms. Brian is an expert in toxicological evaluations of water and sediment from marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. He has extensive experience in evaluations of the toxicity of dredged materials, Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIE), and contaminant and non-contaminant stressors, and development of toxicity-testing protocols. Brian is also experienced in field collection of sediments and biological samples, data analysis, and statistical testing.