Austin Garner

Natural Resource Specialist

Austin Garner is a passionate aquatic ecologist. He attended Utah State University for his Bachelors in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Masters in Watershed Ecology. Austin’s favorite pastime is interacting with the unique fishes of the Great Basin, all living relics of the region’s deep geologic story. Prior to enter in the natural resource’s world, Austin served in the US Army. Austin worked for a summer the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to prevent the spread of invasive Dreissenid mussels, and worked for five years with the USU Quantitative Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology Lab to understand how to Utah Lake ecosystem and the threatened June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) has been responding to restoration efforts. Austin is eager to push forward the conservation and restoration of Northern Nevada’s native aquatic species, including threaten Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus henshawi).