Experience
OEC Experience and skills include:
- Wildlife Hazard Assessment
- Wildlife Hazard Management Plan
- Wetland delineation (including training of others)
- Habitat assessment and evaluation
- Endangered-species sampling and permitting
- GPS post-processing and differential correction
- GIS (ArcGIS 9.x)
- Wetland Rapid Assessment Procedure (WRAP) and alternatives analysis
- Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM)
- Mitigation planning and design
- Expert witness
- FAA NEPA Environmental Assessment
Representative Project Experience:
- Duval Co, FL – 2009 to present – GAI Consultants / City of Jacksonville. Currently working as a subcontractor to GAI Consultants on the Air Liquide site. Contracted tasks include wetland delineation, environmental permitting, designing and negotiating an on-site and off-site mitigation plans, negotiating off-site mitigation ratios and facilitating appropriate mitigation credit purchases with Loblolly Mitigation Bank. Work is in progress.
- Flagler & Volusia Co, FL – 2007 to present – Hunter’s Ridge Development of Regional Impact (DRI). Wetland delineation, formal jurisdictional determination, UMAM and WRAP functional assessments, mitigation design for regionally significant mitigation, Federally recognized Regional Off-site Mitigation Area (ROMA), environmental permitting, listed species surveys including Florida black bear and gopher tortoise, exotic nuisance species control plan, submittals to Central Florida Regional Planning Council, coordinated data with carbon broker, and GIS related tasks. Work is in progress.
- Clay Co, FL 2005 to present – Clay County Utility Authority. Environmental consulting services on a variety of utility projects. Services have included gopher tortoise surveys, consultations, and relocations, as well as wetland delineations, seeking and obtaining multiple environmental permits from SJRWMD, USACE, FFWCC, and DEP. Work includes consultations on an emergency basis as a result of natural disaster or unusual circumstances. Work is in progress.
- Nassau Co, FL 2006 – Amelia Concourse. The overall project was a 20-lot residential subdivision. Performed a formal wetland jurisdictional determination, conducted field reviews with SJRWMD and USACE, designed on-site and off-site mitigation plans, negotiated off-site mitigation ratio and facilitated transactions with the selected mitigation banker. All development permits were successfully issued.
- Duval Co, FL 2006, 2010 – Camden Road Industrial. Conducted wetland delineation and informal field review with SJRWMD. Completed permitting services working with client and project engineer for an industrial road. Negotiated and developed mitigation plan for on-site mitigation.
- Clay Co, FL – 2006-2007 – Blue Way Developers. Preliminary assessment, wetland delineation, and environmental permitting. Designed and developed the on-site and off-site mitigation plans including negotiating mitigation ratios with SJRWMD and USACE. *St. Johns Co, FL – 2003-2004 – Heritage Parke. Wetland creation sampling methodology design. Consultation with contractor for modifications to plan required during construction. Supervised planting and conducted initial monitoring events.
- St. Johns Co, FL – 2006 – Villas of St. Augustine. Altered sites analysis using GIS and rectified historic aerial photos, gopher tortoise survey, and permitting. UMAM wetland assessment, environmental permitting, and mitigation design. Total contract value for related services.
- Bay & Gulf Cos, FL – 2001-2003 – St Joe Company. Wetlands delineation, permitting and preliminary assessment of a 12,000-ac parcel
- Brantley Co, GA – 2005 – FAA. Environmental Assessment for the Brantley County Airport
- Camden Co, GA – 2006-2007 – OC Reedy Assoc. Multiple soil survey GIS projects including GPS data and maps
- Clay Co, FL – 2006-2010 – Blue Way Developers. Preliminary assessment, wetland delineation, and environmental permitting
- Clay Co, FL – 2007 to 2010 – Clay County Utility Authority – Gopher tortoise relocation and take permit
- Clay Co, FL – 2007, 2008, 2009 – Clay County Utility Authority – Wetland delineation and environmental assessment on a Clay County Utility corridor
- Clay & Putnam Cos, FL – 2003 Iluka – Florida black bear survey using FWS approved techniques
- Duval Co, FL – 2005-2007. Multiple wetland and listed species assessments on single family lots
- Duval Co, FL – 2007. Formal jurisdictional determination 40 acres
- Jackson Co, FL – 2003 – City of Marianna. Ecological assessment and management plan
- Lake Co, FL – 2004-2005. Development of Regional Impact and Florida Quality Development supporting surveys
- Lake Co, FL – 2003. Supervised field crews on gopher tortoise surveys on 4,300-ac
- Lincoln Co, GA – 2006 – Eagle Pointe. Listed species surveys. Nassau Co, FL – 2006 – Amelia Concourse. Formal jurisdictional determination, 23-acres in Nassauville
- St. Johns Co, FL – 2006-2007 – BOCC. Approved eagle monitoring plan and monitoring for eagle nest SJ010.
- St. Johns Co, FL – 2006-2007 – Amity Marina. Land lease permitting and environmental consulting
- Walton Co, FL – 2002-2003 – Grayton Grand. Expert witness.
- Walton Co, FL – 2002 – Walton County Government and Education Center. Wetland permitting
- Walton, Okaloosa, & Santa Rosa Cos, FL – 2001 – Eglin Air Force Base. GPS mapping of the Florida Trail