Rick Ware Email & Phone Number

Laguna Niguel, Ca, Us

Laguna Niguel, California, United States

Coastal Resources Management, Inc. (CRM), located in Laguna Niguel, California is a certified Small Business Enterprise and provides public and private sector clients with marine biological and wetland environmental consulting and research services. The types of consulting services that CRM provides include:• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document preparation and consultation; • California Coastal Commission Coastal Development Permit and ACOE Section 10/404 Permit acquisition assistance;• Habitat restoration and mitigation program design, implementation, and monitoring; • Sensitive habitat surveys and habitat mapping for rocky intertidal habitats, seagrass beds, benthic soft bottom and hard bottom habitats, coral reefs, salt marshes, kelp beds and aquatic habitat;• NMFS/CDF&G-certified dive surveys for invasive algae, Caulerpa taxifolia and C. prolifera ; • Intertidal, neritic, and subtidal biological field studies, impact assessments, and monitoring programs; • Water and sediment quality sampling, data analysis, and impact analysis; • Endangered species studies, Section 7 consultations and biological assessments; • Under-and-above water video and still photography; • Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) surveys;Mr. Rick Ware, Senior Marine Biologist and President of CRM has performed and managed marine biological investigations related to: marina and harbor development; shoreline protection; energy facility construction, operation, and abandonment; pipelines, and cable laying/repair; dredge and fill operations; protection of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); wetland and marine habitat restoration; hotel resorts; and public recreation facilities. He and CRM also contribute funding to support high school marine biology students and their projects at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, CA, and local village MPA monitoring programs in Fiji through the Fiji Dept. of Fisheries.

B.S. Zoology, M.A. Biology, Marine Biology- Benthic Ecology; Trophic Interactions;Marsh, Seagrass, And Kelp Bed Restoration

Activities and Societies: Southern California Academy of Sciences American Academy of Underwater Sciences

Aa, Marine Technology

Zoology