Mr. van Tamelen is a wildlife biologist and botanist with nine years of professional experience, seven years of which spent working throughout southern California with an emphasis in San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Mr. van Tamelen currently holds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) permit authorization to conduct focused surveys for coastal California gnatcatcher. He has extensive field experience conducting and leading focused surveys for coastal California gnatcatcher as well as conducting focused surveys and biological monitoring for least Bell’s vireo, burrowing owl, and arroyo toad, in addition to general nesting bird surveys. Survey experience with species listed above includes following agency survey protocols where they exist. Mr. van Tamelen manages projects and writes CEQA-level technical reports for environmental compliance monitoring and construction monitoring. He is also skilled with botanical efforts including vegetation mapping and habitat assessment, plant identification, restoration monitoring, and special-status plant surveys. Mr. van Tamelen has been approved by the USFWS and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on many occasions to conduct pre-construction surveys, worker environmental awareness training, and biological monitoring efforts for a variety of clients in the public and private sectors including projects for utilities, water, transportation, and private development.