Cody Fleece

Cody is an aquatic ecologist, restoration specialist, and consultant whose clients include state, federal, and local governments, hydroelectric utilities, watershed planning groups, military installations, and non-governmental organizations.

He is Stantec’s National Technical Lead for Freshwater Ecosystems, a national initiative to maintain and improve the quality of services delivered in this discipline.

He is authorized by the Federal government to survey for listed fish and freshwater mussels and has held state collecting permits in throughout the continental United States. In addition to his work with listed fish and mussels, his endangered species work includes formal and informal consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act for an array of plants, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, mussels, and freshwater, marine, and anadromous fish.

His recent work has focused on assessing aquatic communities with environmental DNA (eDNA) leading to multiple peer-reviewed publications on the topic.  His work to advance the use of eDNA in regulatory determinations has yielded numerous webinars, conference symposiums, and technical presentation on the topic.