Danielle Mason Email & Phone Number

United States

Ojai, California, United States

• Lead environmental compliance wildlife surveys and construction monitoring with associated reporting.
• Conducting environmental inspections for special status wildlife and plants, nesting bird surveys, biological assessments, wetland delineation and classification
• Construction monitoring
• Provide on site problem solving and risk management during construction
• Prepare high quality technical reports and environmental documents
• Assist Project Managers with construction monitoring/survey preparation, phases and deadlines

Ventura, California, United States

• Associate/Fisheries Biologist with Rincon Consultants, specializing in California’s coastal and riparian watershed ecosystems.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of California’s riparian flora and fauna, experience conducting restoration and monitoring projects, as well as collecting data for various endangered and sensitive species.
• Trained in water quality monitoring and sample collection with experience handling water quality equipment (best storage, calibration, and implementation practices).
• Assisted in construction monitoring, vegetation surveys (CRAM), jurisdictional delineation, pre and post construction surveys.
• Report and deliverable writing experience.

Santa Barbara, California

• Placed at California Department of Fish and Wildlife Steelhead Monitoring Program.
• Monitored local federally endangered Rainbow/Steelhead trout populations in multiple watersheds stretching from Goleta Slough to Topanga Creek.
• Conducted drought/wettedness, redd/spawner, and snorkel surveys in which data on trout populations and habitat was measured, recorded, analyzed, and then reported.
• Developed and implemented the Wonders of Watershed environmental education series to 50 first grade students.
• Planned and organized two local community outreach events in which 60+ volunteers participated in an invasive plant removal surrounding a local estuary, historically known to be Steelhead habitat.
• City of Santa Barbara-Creeks Division- Bi-weekly water quality sampling and testing

Virginia Beach, VA

• Conservation and restoration of oyster population (Geukensia demissa) in the Lynnhaven River.
• Organized and carried out events and projects.
• Constructed man-made concrete oyster castles: field work collecting oyster castle data at multiple sites, engineer, order parts, and build spat settlement chamber to be deployed at Virginia Aquarium oyster reef site.