Greg Hellyer Email & Phone Number

North Chelmsford, Massachusets

From 1995-2015 at the Regional lab, my work involved the collection, integration, and interpretation of environmental data through the application of diverse analytical and synthetic approaches, incorporating quantitative, qualitative and visualization tools, such as ArcGIS. I was the EPA-New England lead for a Northeast Stream Climate Change Monitoring Network (NESCCMN). I provided GIS mapping and site screening for the multi-year Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) studies of New England wadeable streams (NEWS) and lakes and ponds. From 2003-2009 I collaborated with Jim Omernik and Glenn Griffith, developers of EPA’s ecoregional mapping approach, and EPA and other agencies managers and staff to complete Level IV ecoregional mapping in New England.In 2011 I provided highly successful GIS and field identification and screening of New England reference sites for the National Wetlands Condition Assessment.I was Co-Principal Investigator in a Regional Methods (RM) study of dioxin toxicity characterization in fish through multivariate statistical analysis of fatty acid profiles. For the New England Wadeable Streams project I coordinated the complex and contentious federal Endangered Species Act consultation process.In the mid-late 1990’s I led EPA-New England’s role in the development of methods to study the geographic distribution, rates, types and causes of amphibian deformities.I was a reviewer in 2006 for the Springer journal Biodiversity and Conservation. In 2006 I completed an externally peer-reviewed report on a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of Connecticut River fish tissue (smallmouth bass, yellow perch, and white sucker) contaminant data (total mercury, coplanar PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, dioxins) and fish ‘condition’ to assess human health and ecological risks.

North Chelmsford, Massachusetts

USEPA – New England (August 1987 - 2016)My work at EPA directly supported the goals of The Clean Water Act to protect and restore the nation’s chemical, physical and biological water quality and EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. From 1987-1995 I was in the Wetlands Protection Section and from 1995-2016, in the Ecosystem Assessment Unit of the Regional Laboratory. From 1995, at the Regional lab, my work broadly involved the collection, integration, and interpretation of environmental data through the application of diverse analytical and synthetic approaches, incorporating quantitative, qualitative and visualization tools, such as ArcGIS. My field and laboratory work on the Environmental Monitoring Team supported ecological field and laboratory evaluations, ecological risk assessments, acute and chronic toxicological testing of sediment, ambient water and effluent, and biotic sample collection, preservation and lab preparation for contaminant analysis. At the Regional lab, I had primary responsibility for Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS) implementation and integration and functioned as the central staff resource for statistical and spatial data analysis. I was an active member of the EPA national GIS Workgroup (see attached CV).I collaborated with EPA and Environment Canada colleagues to provide ArcGIS analysis for a paper documenting the status and condition of the Gulf of Maine’s watersheds. I am currently generating METADATA to allow the online release of this data (see attached report).

North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Usa

My work at EPA directly supported the goals of The Clean Water Act to protect and restore the nation’s chemical, physical and biological water quality and EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. From 1987-1995 I was in the Wetlands Protection Section and from 1995-2016, in the Ecosystem Assessment Unit of the Regional Laboratory.From 1995, at the Regional lab, my work broadly involved the collection, integration, and interpretation of environmental data through the application of diverse analytical and synthetic approaches, incorporating quantitative, qualitative and visualization tools, such as ArcGIS. My field and laboratory work on the Environmental Monitoring Team supported ecological field and laboratory evaluations, ecological risk assessments, acute and chronic toxicological testing of sediment, ambient water and effluent, and biotic sample collection, preservation and lab preparation for contaminant analysis. At the Regional lab, I had primary responsibility for Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS) implementation and integration and functioned as the central staff resource for statistical and spatial data analysis. I was an active member of the EPA national GIS Workgroup.I collaborated with EPA and Environment Canada colleagues to provide ArcGIS analysis for a paper documenting the status and condition of the Gulf of Maine’s watersheds. I am currently generating METADATA to allow the online release of this data.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Environmental Planning And Natural Resources Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Experimental Psychology

Psychology