Commission Staff

Brian Cochrane is the Habitat and Monitoring Coordinator for the Commission. He graduated from UC Davis with a Wildlife and Fisheries bachelor’s degree and has since worked in the natural resources field for Idaho Fish and Game, private consultants in California, Idaho DEQ, US Army Yakima Training Center, and Yakima County’s Flood Control and Stormwater programs. Brian brings his habitat monitoring and restoration experience to the CREP program, coordinates salmon restoration efforts, database management, GIS, and stormwater activities and is the VSP Technical Panel representative for the Commission. In addition to homesteading and tinkering with race car projects, Brian enjoys playing music, snowshoeing, and kayaking.