Narayan Elasmar, Associate Director of Monitoring
Narayan joined the CREST Monitoring Department in 2014. In that time, he has worked on the implementation of countless juvenile salmon habitat restoration projects in the Lower Columbia River estuary. Narayan leads the monitoring department, and the overall objective is to monitor the development of tidal restoration projects undertaken by CREST or other partner organizations. In addition to effectiveness monitoring, the department conducts wetland delineations, habitat assessments, vegetation surveys, GIS mapping & analysis, and aerial & hydro drone surveys.
Narayan is the point person for Real Time Kinematic (RTK) survey equipment, drone technology, and GIS software. He is an experienced certified remote pilot using drone and RTK technology to collect data for project design, map creation, and monitoring.
Narayan’s interests have always lied in natural processes, especially aquatic ecology. His fisheries, botanical, and ecological expertise are backed by years of experience and education. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, with a focus in Marine Fisheries from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. His continuing education includes River Restoration and Wetland Delineation Certificates from the Environmental Professional Program at Portland State University. He also obtained a GIS certificate from the University of Washington. Narayan is involved in the regional Science Work Group, the Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Working Group, and the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Remote Sensing Forum.
Narayan is the point person for Real Time Kinematic (RTK) survey equipment, drone technology, and GIS software. He is an experienced certified remote pilot using drone and RTK technology to collect data for project design, map creation, and monitoring.
Narayan’s interests have always lied in natural processes, especially aquatic ecology. His fisheries, botanical, and ecological expertise are backed by years of experience and education. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, with a focus in Marine Fisheries from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. His continuing education includes River Restoration and Wetland Delineation Certificates from the Environmental Professional Program at Portland State University. He also obtained a GIS certificate from the University of Washington. Narayan is involved in the regional Science Work Group, the Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Working Group, and the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Remote Sensing Forum.
Personal ProfileNarayan’s life revolves around being outside. His wife and their daughter are constantly camping, hiking, and boating in and around the forests and estuaries of the North Oregon Coast. If you don't catch him outdoors with his family, you’ll probably find him playing soccer, remodeling his house, or on a mountain bike foraging for mushrooms. Not much riding gets achieved!
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