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YEARS OF EXPERIENCE • 10 EDUCATION • MSc Marine Biology, Nova Southeastern University • BSc Marine Biology, Nova Southeastern University CERTIFICATIONS • Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines Associate • AAUS Scientific Diver • PADI Divemaster • FL Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control Inspector • EFR, CPR, O2 First Aid • Nitrox Diver & Gas Blender • Visual Scuba Inspector • Florida Master Naturalist • FWC Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • American Academy of Underwater Sciences • South Florida Association of Environmental Professionals • Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative Francesca is responsible for performing aquatic and terrestrial biological assessments, writing technical and analytical reports, and assisting with local, state, and federal environmental permitting. She is an experienced diver, a PADI Divemaster, and has conducted benthic monitoring and marine habitat surveys throughout South Florida, including hardbottom , coral, and seagrass surveys. She has prepared multiple permit applications to the SFWMD, FDEP, and USACE, and is familiar with the requirements of the USACE’s JaxBO. Francesca specializes on projects with a focus on environmental permitting and compliance, environmental impact assessments, NEPA documentation, marine benthic habitat monitoring and delineations, marine biological monitoring, ecology and habitat restoration/mitigation, wetland delineation and restoration monitoring, and listed species, migratory bird, shorebird, and wildlife surveys. RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE Arlen House Condominium Association Coral Joint Inspection, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. This project involves a seawall replacement. Led and conducted a joint coral survey with representatives from Miami Dade County Department of Environmental Resources to confirm and identify corals potentially proposed for relocation. Miami-Dade County Beach Nourishment Hardbottom Verification Surveys, Miami, Florida. Project manager and field lead responsible for overseeing and conducting in water hardbottom edge verifications to identify locations of and characterize sensitive marine habitats and emergent faunal communities offshore of 13 miles of Miami-Dade County beaches. Data collection included vertical edge relief and rugosity, characterization of dominant benthic floral and faunal communities, and substrate/sediment descriptions. Field verifications were performed to confirm the location of hardbottom communities identified by side-scan sonar surveys to support design planning relative to future beach nourishment events. Additionally, as project manager, coordinated extensively with environmental regulatory agencies including FDEP to determine potential project impacts and assist with permitting RAIs. Tidal Flooding Mitigation and Shoreline Protection, Coastal Wetland & Mangrove Survey, Hollywood, Florida. Conducted a coastal wetland and mangrove survey along 22 City owned and identified priority areas which are affected by sea level rise and subjected to coastal flooding. The coastal wetland and mangrove survey was conducted in support of the design and permitting efforts for the City’s Tidal Flooding Mitigation and Shoreline Protection project. Assisted with the results of the survey and future permitting applications which were submitted in a summary report in conjunction with the marine resources survey and report including maps, figures, and representative photographs. Higgs Beach Biological Monitoring, Key West, Florida. Conducted preconstruction marine resource monitoring in 2020 and post-construction monitoring in 2022 for a beach nourishment project at Higgs Beach, in FRANCESCA FOURNEY, WEDG Senior Marine Scientist