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MOTCO Cross Track and Run-Around Track Project, U.S.
<br />Army Corps of Engineers, Concord, CA. Project coordinator
<br />for a rail upgrade at the MOTCO naval facility near Concord.
<br />Coordinated aquatic resources delineation and federally
<br />regulated species habitat assessment primarily for salt marsh
<br />species.
<br />Granite Construction; New Sacramento Weir, Widened
<br />Bypass, and Fish Passage Facility, Yolo County, CA. Project
<br />coordinator for oversight of environmental compliance
<br />during construction providing biological and environmental
<br />compliance support including preconstruction clearance
<br />surveys, compliance monitoring, fish handling and relocation,
<br />management plan development, and regulatory guidance.
<br />Applied and received CDFW handling permit for fish rescue
<br />operations.
<br />American River Common Features Project, Supplemental
<br />EIS and Subsequent EIR, Department of Water Resources,
<br />Sacramento, CA. Assisted preparation of the Fisheries Chapter
<br />of a joint Supplemental EIS and Subsequent EIR addressing
<br />erosion protection, flood control improvements, and habitat
<br />mitigation along the American and Sacramento rivers. GEI
<br />responsibilities include CEQA compliance, 404(b)(1) analysis,
<br />Delta Plan consistency certification, public outreach, CEQA
<br />Findings, and mitigation monitoring.
<br />Extraction Barrier and Brackish Water Treatment Project,
<br />United Water Conservation District, Oxnard, CA. Evaluated
<br />biological and natural resources for a proposed project
<br />to mitigate seawater intrusion including extraction wells,
<br />reverse osmosis treatment, pipelines, and permitting strategy
<br />development. Biological resources of note included federal
<br />protected marine mammals, sea turtles, and special-status
<br />salmonids.
<br />Butte Slough Outfall Gates Rehabilitation Project,
<br />Department of Water Resources, Sutter and Colusa
<br />Counties, CA. Prepared Environmental Settings and analyzed
<br />project impacts to aquatic biological resources, terrestrial
<br />resources, and hydrology. Prepared Biological Assessment and
<br />Incidental Take Permit applications for listed fish species.
<br />Tisdale Weir Rehabilitation and Fish Passage Project,
<br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Water
<br />Resources, Sutter County, CA. Assisted in deliverable
<br />oversight and prepared an adaptive management plan
<br />to comply with federal permit conditions. Authored CESA
<br />Incidental Take Permit application for fish and bird species. The
<br />project includes structural repairs and construction of new fish
<br />passage facilities.
<br />Sutter Collecting Canal Sediment Removal Project,
<br />California Department of Water Resources, Sutter County,
<br />CA. Biologist conducting construction compliance monitoring
<br />to minimize impacts to special-status species including giant
<br />garter snake. Conducted handling of federal candidate species
<br />northwestern pond turtle during sediment removal and culvert
<br />repair activities.
<br />Colusa Bypass Channel Capacity Rehabilitation Project,
<br />California Department of Water Resources, Colusa, CA.
<br />Lead biologist conducting habitat assessment and suitability
<br />analysis for numerous special-status species and prepared
<br />biological resources technical report. Coordinated with
<br />geotechnical and cultural teams to support Section 408
<br />permitting.
<br />Cache Creek Rehabilitation Project, Department of Water
<br />Resources, Yolo County, CA. Project Coordinator responsible
<br />for coordinating client meetings, delegating technical work
<br />and CEQA document sections, coordinating field assessments,
<br />conducting Swainson’s hawk surveys, monitoring drone work
<br />near protected wildlife, and completing biological technical
<br />reports.
<br />American River Parkway Natural Resource Management
<br />Plan, Sacramento County Regional Parks, Sacramento, CA.
<br />Provided analysis of special-status and invasive species within
<br />the 29-mile Lower American River reach and co-authored
<br />biological resources section of final management plan
<br />providing conservation direction while supporting public use.
<br />North Sacramento Streams and Sacramento River East
<br />Levee Improvements Project, Sacramento Area Flood
<br />Control Agency, Sacramento County, CA. Biologist for
<br />CEQA and NEPA compliance and mitigation monitoring for
<br />improvements securing FEMA accreditation of 100-year flood
<br />protection for levees and associated channels and creeks.
<br />Project support includes numerous biological and wetland
<br />technical studies.
<br />Bear Gulch Upper Diversion Fish Passage Project, California
<br />Water Service, Woodside, CA. Provided water quality
<br />monitoring and biological monitoring for steelhead, California
<br />giant salamander, western pond turtle, California red-legged
<br />frog, San Francisco garter snake, and San Francisco dusky-
<br />footed woodrat, including post-construction reporting to
<br />regulatory agencies.
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<br />Melinda Mohamed
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