About Andrew Breibart

Andrew Breibart started Natural Based Hydrology in June 2025 after accepting early retirement from the federal government in May 2025.

He began his federal career as a hydrologist on the Inyo National Forest in Bishop, CA in February 2002. Andrew Breibart spent 7.5 years working for the US Forest Service on the Inyo National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and Lassen National Forest in California through 2009. He briefly worked for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado and NRCS National Water and Climate Center in Portland, OR. He spent 14 years with the BLM Gunnison Field Office in Colorado.

He developed multiple collaborative partnerships in wet meadow restoration, road maintenance and repair, range improvements, and hydrological monitoring with local counties, watershed groups, and livestock grazing permit holders. He collaborated with Shawn Conner, Owner of BioLogic; BLM National Training Center; and BLM National Operations Center in developing a Meadow Restoration Course held virtually and in person in Gunnison, Colorado. He worked with youth corps and volunteers, mentoring them on restoration and “Reading the Landscape”.

Throughout his career, Andrew hired and mentored undergraduate and graduate college students as Watershed Technicians, who have become watershed professionals throughout Colorado and California. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and teaching others about fens (https://cnhp.colostate.edu/cwic/wetlandtypes/fen-mapping/) coined “Super Ecosystems, watershed science and “Reading the Landscape”.

His expertise and passions focus on wet meadow restoration applying the “Zeedyk” Tool box and doing post fire assessments as a Burn Area Emergency Response Hydrologist and Resource Advisor.

He can travel throughout the western US and has worked throughout California, Colorado, Eastern Oregon, the Idaho Panhandle, and northern New Mexico. Andrew also worked on storm damage assessment and repairs for the National Forests in North Carolina.