Fred O. Phillips
After 12 years of experience in landscape architecture, ecosystem restoration, and natural resource planning, Fred Phillips established Phillips Consulting in 1998. Phillips spent six years establishing the ‘Ahakhav Tribal Preserve, a large-scale riparian restoration/ natural resource project on the Colorado River Indian Reservation. This innovative restoration project received The Bureau of Indian Affairs Woodland Project of the Year Award (1996), and continues to serve as a model for restoration in the Southwest. Prior to the ‘Ahakhav project, Phillips worked on conservation projects in the Midwest, on the East Coast and in Britain.  Phillips has won more than 13 million dollars in grant funding for the restoration of the Colorado River.  He also is a musician, photographer and river guide.  He resides in Flagstaff, Arizona.