Maryann Dugan Email & Phone Number

Lowell, Massachusetts

• Provides support to and facilitates regional collaboration for New England and New York as project manager of the Northeast Aquatic Biologists, Volunteer Monitoring, and Harmful Algal Bloom workgroups.• Serves as coordinator for various meetings and events, such as the annual Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference. • Manages the NEIWPCC contract with and staff at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.• Oversees various contracts related to water quality and biological monitoring initiatives.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Division of Environmental Assessment & Restoration - Water Quality Assessment Program• Developed annual water quality sampling workplan and oversaw the routine sampling of lakes, wetlands, sloughs, rivers, streams, estuaries, and marine ecosystems for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Strategic Monitoring Program in the southern regional operation center; responded to and sampled harmful algae blooms as needed.• Collected accurate and representative surface water, Van Dorn, and groundwater water quality samples as well as biological Stream Condition Index Surveys, Rapid Periphyton Surveys, Linear Vegetation Surveys, Habitat Assessments, and Lake Vegetation Index Surveys via standard operating procedures.• Collected, recorded, and uploaded water quality data for the Strategic Monitoring Program to use in establishing Total Maximum Daily Loads for impaired water bodies, keeping detailed, organized records.• Used ArcGIS to analyze and choose suitable sampling locations per individual watershed impairments, taking into account existing water quality data, target analytes, land use, and land cover.• Calibrated and maintained field equipment, laboratory equipment, boats, and vehicles.• Experienced in operating boats, including launching, trailering, and navigating via GPS.• Supervised and trained five internal team members; trained several staff in external agencies in emergency response sampling of harmful algal blooms.

Boynton Beach

• Propagated and raised native plants to perform coastal dune/beach restoration and shoreline stabilization projects.• Created and executed formal habitat management plans to establish/restore a naturally functioning, biologically diverse ecosystem with short- and long-term goals and targets.• Tracked project efficiency, regularly reporting results and adjusting tasks and objectives accordingly.• Supervised and trained up to ten crew members.

Pompano Beach, Fl

o Performed routine site inspections to monitor and inventory vegetation and wildlife.o Wrote quality control reports to track the effectiveness of proposed management plans.o Attended homeowner meetings, trade shows, and similar events to educate and inform the public.o Assisted in the planning and execution of fish stockings, littoral plant installations, and water sampling.

Monroe Reservoir

o Intern for the wildlife specialist at Monroe Reservoir, Indianao Provided maintenance for the lake and its watershed including tasks such as tree planting for shoreline stabilization, invasive species eradication, plant and wildlife identification and inventory, and organizing groups of volunteers.o Assisted in the management of seasonal marshes at Stillwater-Northfork Waterfowl Resting Area via planting crops for wildlife food sources and preserving or creating specific successional stages required by local wildlife.o Contributed help to naturalists’ duties with public events.o Aided waterfowl biologists in banding geese and recording data.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Management, Cumulative Gpa 3.378; Spring 2014 Gpa 3.7

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