Kate Meyer is the founder of REVIVE Riverscape Solutions, which merged with RIVHAB Engineering & Earthworks in 2026. Kate worked for the US Forest Service (USFS) on the Willamette National Forest for over 20 years, serving as project lead or co-lead on large-scale valley reconnection projects. She was a member of the USFS Pacific Northwest Region’s Restoration Assistance Team for 15 years, traveling all over Oregon and Washington to assist with restoration. She has also been an integral member of a team of USFS restoration practitioners that are transforming the science and practice of river restoration at a national and international scale and pioneering restoration approaches, tools, techniques, and monitoring strategies. She was on the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s Region 3 Technical Grant Review Team, the Western Division American Fisheries Society Riparian Challenge Award Scoring Committee, and several restoration steering committees and technical teams in Oregon and Washington.

In 2020, she received the USFS National Rise to the Future Professional Excellence in Fish Management Award for her contribution to aquatic restoration, specifically recognizing her work on valley reconnection projects. To date, Kate has designed thirteen valley-reset to Stage 0/8 projects and implemented ten; co-led or participated in several Stage 0 training workshops; co-authored three peer-reviewed publications on Stage 0; and given countless presentations and project tours. Kate is passionate about progressing the valley-reset restoration practice.