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Tacoma, Wa, Us

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Senior Environmental Scientist and Project Manager supporting single family and small commercial development projects navigating the permitting and critical areas review process. Leads small teams in wetland, stream, and shoreline delineations as well as fish and wildlife habitat assessments. Works with a project coordinators, senior planners, and regulatory agencies to develop project solutions. ● Wetland and stream habitat assessments and delineations in forested, urban, and agricultural settings● Data analysis, Federal, State,and Local Critical Areas code review.● Stakeholder and regulatory agency communication and collaboration.● Construction monitoring for small and large stream and wetland creation and mitigation projects. ● Long term monitoring and maintenance support.

Gig Harbor, Washington, United States

Ventura, Ca

Responsible for installing, maintaining and troubleshooting stream and rain gages as part of the County of Ventura's flood warning system.Improved equipment programming efficiency by 50% with the creation of custom, macro-based spreadsheets.Implemented new technologies for non-contact streamflow measurements utilizing video cameras.Developed several walkthroughs and guides for upgrading equipment.Collecting and maintaining high quality data sets for public records and archiving purposes.Surface water measurements utilizing hand held acoustic doppler velocimeters, ADCPs and radars.

Ventura, California, United States

Crew lead for small team that performed invasive species removal and native plant revegetation.Developed GIS/GPS tools to identify locations for restoration and mitigation projects .Habitat assessments and protocol level surveys for listed and endangered species.Developed scopes of work and budgets for habitat restoration projects ensuring regulatory and permit compliance.Post-project monitoring and reporting conducting annual surveys and report writing

Monterey, Ca

Worked on a team to rescue and relocate juvenile and adult steelhead trout from drying reaches of the Carmel River to a rearing facility.Worked with fisheries staff to perform population and habitat surveys of steelhead trout.Extensive migration barrier assessment surveys investigating and prioritizing sites for restoration.Collected and analyzed water quality samples from local streams, river, reservoirs, and estuaries.Prepared monthly water quality and lagoon habitat reports for board members and various stakeholdersHabitat revegetation and invasive species control.

Investigated and documented anadromous fish migration barriers in several watersheds.Performed complex stream cross-section and longitudinal surveys using total station and rotating laser survey equipmentAnalyzed potential impacts of unmonitored land use and it's effects on the surrounding riparian ecosystems.Determine feasibility of culvert removal to increase access to spawning habitat for returning steelhead.Collected data from remote, continuous data loggers for use in habitat analysis and flow modelingUsed survey data to analyze fish passage potential using HEC-RAS and ArcGIS

Professional Graduate Certificate (In Progress), Wildlife, Fish And Wildlands Science And Management

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Science Technology And Policy