Thad McDonald

NAVFAC Atlantic

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Chris Petersen – Senior NR Specialist – 27 yr. experience

Expertise: herpetofauna surveys, GIS, radio-telemetry, wildlife surveys,

Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU) Cooperative Agreements

Bruce Larson – EV52 NR/CR Branch Mgr., – 40 yr. experience

Expertise: actively participated in natural resource initiatives stateside,

in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Europe, Africa and the Middle East with

NAVFAC Natural Resource SME colleagues

Paul Block – Senior NR Specialist, PWS – 23 yr. experience

Expertise: Bird/Animal Strike Hazard (BASH), bird surveys, threatened and

endangered species surveys, and wetland delineations

Thad McDonald – Senior Wetland Scientist, PWS – 20 yr. experience

Expertise: wetland delineations, wetland permitting, bat and flora surveys,

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David James – EV53 NR Branch Mgr., 30 yr. experience

Joel Bell – Marine Biologist - 19 yr. experience

Expertise: Marine species monitoring, Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

Jackie Bort – Marine Biologist -12yr. experience

Expertise: Marine mammals, in-water acoustics

Jamie Gormley – Marine Biologist - 12yr. experience

Expertise: MMPA, Impacts from military expended materials, National Marine Sanctuaries Act

Cara Hotchkin, Ph.D. – Marine Biologist - 12yr. experience

Expertise: in-water acoustics

Danielle Jones – Marine Biologist - 12yr. experience

Expertise: Sea turtles, marine species density

Deanna Rees – Marine Biologist, CWB – 24yr. experience

Expertise: MMPA, Outreach

Carter Watterson – Marine Biologist – 26yr.

Expertise: Fish & marine habitat

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Support includes:

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document review and management

• Development of exercise risk assessments for C6F

• Development of Biological Assessments & Marine Mammal Protection Act applications

• Essential Fish Habitat assessments

• Development of National Marine Sanctuaries Ace consultation packages

• In-water acoustic analysis (sonar and pile driving)

• Marine species density

• Marine species awareness training for operators

• Select special studies and fieldwork

Primary mission - provide in-water environmental compliance to USFF,

C6F, SYSCOMs, USMC and MARFORRES, & NAVFAC FECs.

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Reach-back support includes:

• Maintaining NR contracting vehicles used by FECs & supported commands

• Technical & field survey (herpetofauna, birds, bats, wetlands, etc…)

• Bird/Animal Strike Hazard (BASH)

• DoD Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

Primary mission - provide reach-back support to NAVFAC FECs. We

also support to: EURAFCENT, NAVFAC HQ, CNIC, EXWC, Marine

Corps, MARFORRES, OSD, USFF, and SPAWAR

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LG2 Terrestrial Natural Resources Services (8a - $4M capacity)

Coastal Resilience/Mission Sustainment (ANC Mentor Protégé - $22M

capacity)

Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU) and single source Cooperative

Agreements

Student Intern Cooperative Agreement

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• Provides a mechanism to utilize student interns to support Natural

Resource (NR) and Cultural Resource (CR) programs at Navy and

Marine Corps installations worldwide

• Support specific Integrated Natural & Cultural Resource Management

Plan projects

• Requires substantial government participation - e.g. Navy technical

assistance & oversight, coordination of safety planning, direct

participation in awarded tasks

• 1-year base award with four 1-year options

• Work Orders executed and managed through each FEC

Cooperative Agreement with the Student

Conservation Association (SCA):

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• MCB Quantico, VA - Amphibian and reptile surveys

• MCAS Beaufort Townsend Bombing Range, GA - Bird and herpetofaunal surveys

• NWS Yorktown, NAS Oceana, & Dam Neck Annex, VA – Acoustic Frog Surveys

• MCRC Jacksonville, FL - Bird and herpetofaunal surveys

• Dam Neck Annex, VA - Shorebird surveys

• NAVSTA Rota, Spain - Bird survey

• NRTF Niscemi, Italy - Bat acoustic monitoring

• NSF Deveselu, Romania - Baseline herpetofauna, plant, and bird surveys

• Camp Lemonnier; Djibouti, Africa - Wildlife Hazard Assessments

• Camp Simba; Kenya, Africa - Rare species surveys

In-house Technical & Field Survey Support

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Paul Block CNIC/NAVFAC BASH NR Coordinator supporting the

Navy/USMC BASH Programs worldwide

BASH Program provides leadership, guidance, and technical support

for the management of BASH issues at airfields

Support includes: developing/updating policy and guidance; testing

of new technologies; providing outreach and communication, data and metric

support; and airfield hazard surveys with mitigation and management

recommendations.

Mission benefits increase operational safety

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Chris Petersen-DoD PARC National Representative since 2009

Paul Block-DoD PARC Representative

DoD PARC provides leadership, guidance, & technical support

for conservation and management of amphibians and reptiles on DoD

lands in ways that help sustain military testing, training, and operational mission

Funded by the DoD Natural Resources Legacy Program

Tools developed by DoD PARC for military natural resources personnel:

Scope of Work Template; INRMP Guidance; Inventory Database;

Photographic Website; Outreach Materials (Venomous Snake ID Cards); Best

Management Practices documents for at-risk species; and much more!

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DoD Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Program – Provides

for conservation and management of amphibians and reptiles on DoD

lands in ways that help sustain military testing, training, and operational

mission

Established student intern cooperative agreement supporting NR/CR

Programs across the NAVFAC AOR – Provides an additional mechanism to

implement NR/CR Projects at reduced cost

NR Support for CNIC BASH Program – Provide NR support and

recommendations to minimize bird/animal aircraft interactions

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