WETLANDS/WILDIFE ECOLOGIST

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST

Sixteen years of ecological field work for consulting firms, government

agencies, universities and non-profit groups conducting field surveys,

compliance oversight and disaster response operations.

Industrial Areas of Experience

. Commercial wind energy

. Interstate pipelines and other linear

development

. Oil exploration

. Forestry

. Commercial fisheries/marine dredging

. Oil spills and hurricane response

TECHNICAL

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Construction Compliance Monitoring

. Extensive experience monitoring construction on major energy projects for

permit compliance.

. Knowledge of typical permit rules, constraints and construction methods

of compliance.

. Experience monitoring coastal avifauna for dredging and other near-shore

heavy equipment operations.

. Experience building positive relationships with enforcement officers,

site managers and project owners.

1. Construction monitoring for listed wildlife in south FL, Gulfstream

Pipeline 2004

2. Environmental advisement on SW Border Fence Construction Project, CA

2007

3. Monitoring pipeline construction in north LA, 2007

4. Environmental Compliance Coordinator, Pinnacle Wind Farm construction,

WV 2011

5. Environmental Monitor, natural gas pipeline construction, northern NY

2012, 2013

Wetlands and Streams

. Extensive experience delineating WOTUS in WV, VT, NY, FL, GA, LA, SC,

NC, AL, TX, WI, IN, OH, OK.

. 40 hours of training by an established educational institute in

wetland delineation (Ralph Tiner's IWEER).

. Extensive experience in monitoring the recovery of streams

and wetlands following disturbance.

. Several years experience conducting jurisdictional stream

determinations: assessing aquatic habitat quality using quantitative

methods based on conditions of substrates, banks, macroinvertebrates

and other characteristics.

3 Over 600 miles of linear corridor on 27 different projects walked for

wetland/stream work since 2000.

. Experience defending wetland jurisdictionality/boundaries in

the field to regulatory agency officers.

Avifauna

. General knowledge of bird species, behavior, and habitats.

. Experience micro-siting, setting up, and operating mobile radar avian

observation stations for migratory surveys related to wind farm

siting.

. Conducted raptor nest assessment on cell phone towers.

. Experience working with Anabat units.

. Southwestern raptor identification training from the U. S. Forest

Service (USFS).

. Trained/experienced in USFS methods to survey for Mexican spotted

owls.

. Trained/experienced in capturing, handling and banding red-cockaded

woodpeckers.

. Extensive large-tract red-cockaded woodpecker surveys performed from

helicopters and ground transects.

. Played leading role on 32,000-acre survey in south Florida, planning

and conducting searches for protected nesting wading birds. Surveys

included helicopter searches plus ground surveys by ATV and pedestrian

transects.

Botanical

. General knowledge of dominant plant species in many communities and

regions.

. Expertise in hydrophytic species.

. Knowledge of plant anatomy and dichotomous keys for identifying

unknown species.

. Experience with several vegetative plot sampling methodologies on

several botanical projects.

. Knowledge of Natural Heritage Inventory methodologies for evaluating

native community integrity.

. Botanical work performed mainly in the Southeast and Florida, but also

north to Wisconsin and Vermont, and west to the Dakotas, Wyoming and

New Mexico.

Other Wildlife

. Numerous suitable habitat surveys for threatened and endangered

species since 2000 in several regions.

. Collected data on VT black bear habitat usage: beech stand mapping,

tree marking, nests, etc.

. Conducted suitable habitat surveys for Indiana bats as part of linear

survey corridor project in IN and OH.

. Extensive experience surveying for gopher tortoises in Florida,

Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.

. Trained/experienced in gopher tortoise excavation, handling, biometric

data collection, and mitigation.

. Limited experience in other herpetological capture/survey methods.

. Experience electro-shock surveying aquatic fauna.

Environmental Disaster Response

. Deployed by EPA to Kalamazoo River oil spill, August, 2010 to map extents

of oiling in floodplains.

. Deployed by EPA to LA to locate and coordinate recovery of HAZMATs in

marsh following Katrina/Rita.

. Deployed by NPS to eastern TX to fight wildfires as a Federal firefighter

August 1998.

Nautical/Water Craft

. Deck Hand/pilot on 35' power troller fishing vessel, Alaska fisheries.

. Deck Hand on 48' long-line halibut fishing vessel, Alaska fisheries.

. Air boat work for oil spill and hurricane response mobilizations.

. Coastal cruising and day sailing experience, small craft trailering and

operation, sea kayaking.

. Strong swimmer, usually not a puker.

Reporting, Management and Business Development

. 12 years of free-lance work, marketing my own services to firms and

agencies.

. Experience bidding on and winning US Forest Service botanical survey

project.

. Experience serving as Environmental Coordinator for a wind farm

construction project. Responsible for oversight of environmental

compliance. Coordinate daily with project leads regarding compliance.

Evaluate erosion controls and other constraints. Meet with

regulatory officers in the field to inspect compliance measures.

. Wrote reports for EPA documenting Hurricanes Katrina/Rita "HAZMAT"

debris removal from LA wetlands.

. Wrote protocols/created data sheets/ maps for wildlife survey efforts

on 32,000-acre survey site in Florida.

. Managed more than 15 wetland delineation and protected species

projects since 2002.

. Authored and prepared numerous environmental reports for submission to

Federal/State agencies.

. Co-wrote report on native prairie communities in North Dakota for

the Parks and Recreation Department.

. Acted as crew leader, managed field operations for trail crews

numbering up to 10 subordinates.

. All daily fieldwork activities documented in logbooks from 2000 to

present.

Other Skills/Training/Professional Activities

. Service on Board of Academic Advisors, Winthrop University Department of

Environmental Studies.

. Current 24-hour HAZMAT/HAZWOPER training (Hazardous Waste

Materials/Operations).

. Current OSHA 10-hour training.

. Current First Aid/CPR training.

. Two seasons of work in Pacific commercial fisheries on small vessels

and dockside.

. Recurrent work from helicopters.

. Dog handling /training, veterinary technician for three years prior to

consulting career.

. Wildlife, landscape and botanical photography.

. Extensive sub-meter and handheld GPS operation, some GIS data processing.

. Formal training and extensive experience in map/compass orienteering.

. Extensive ATV, 4x4 operation off-road (clean driving record).

. Wilderness First Aid training.

. Federal wildland fire suppression training and experience; prescribed

burn training and experience.

. USFS Wildfire Powersaw Training.

. Forestry metrics experience.

. Experience using civil survey equipment and methods.

Employers Since 1996

. Self-employed Ecological Consultant Aug. 03 -

present

. Geomarine, Inc. (Wildlife Biologist/Botanist) Mar. 03

- Jun. 03

. Birkitt Environmental, Inc. (Wetland/Wildlife Biologist)

Nov. 02

. North Dakota State Parks and Recreation Department (Field Biologist)

Jul. 2002 - Oct. 02

. Colorado State Univ.{Center for the Eco. Mngmnt. of Military

Lands}(Botanist) Jul. 02

. Typha Ecological Field Services (Self-employed Biologist)

Oct. 01 - Oct. 02

. ENSR, International {GA, FL, and CO offices} (Biologist)

Jul. 99 - Oct. 01

. South Carolina State Park Service (Trails Education Specialist)

Dec. 98 - Jun. 99

. Palmetto Trails Association (Trail Crew Chief) Oct. 98

- Dec. 98

. National Park Service, Congaree Swamp National Park (Trail Crew,

Firefighter) May 1996 - Nov. 1998

Education

. B.A., Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 1995 (Philosophy/Religion,

Sociology)

. 40-hour Wetland Delineation Training, Institute for Wetland and

Environmental Education and Research (IWEER).

WORK EXPERIENCE RANGE MAP

Single Project Experience

Moderate Experience

Extensive Experience

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