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STANDARD FORM 330 (REV. 312013) PAGE 1 F. EXAMPLE PROJECTS WHICH BEST ILLUSTRATE PROPOSED TEAM’S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS CONTRACT (Present as many projects as requested by the agency, or 10 projects, if not specified. Complete one Section F for each project) 20. EXAMPLE PROJECT KEY NUMBER 1 21. TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) Benthic Assessment and Resource Survey – ICWW Dredge Project Palm Beach County, Florida 22. YEAR COMPLETED 2016 - 2017 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Marine Environmental Science CONSTRUCTION (If Applicable) N/A 23. PROJECT OWNER’S INFORMATION a. PROJECT OWNER Florida Inland Navigation District b. POINT OF CONTACT NAME Mark Crosley, Executive Director c. POINT OF CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER 561-627-3386 24. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT RELEVANCE TO THIS CONTACT (Include scope, size and cost) • Budget: $37,000 / Final Cost: $37,000 • Original Schedule: January 2017 • Actual Schedule: January 2017 Project Description: On Behalf of the Port Everglades Department of Broward County and as an environmental science sub-consultant to David Miller and Associates, Inc., Pinnacle Ecological, Inc. (Pinnacle) collaborated with State and Federal agencies and other scientific organizations in conducting baseline surveys in coral reef habitat located offshore Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The objective of the surveys was to support project planning and State and Federal environmental resource permit application(s) in association with the proposed Port Everglades Navigation and Improvement Project (PENIP). The PENIP would include dredge expansion of the Port as well as the Port entrance channel. Data were collected using two different survey protocols: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Coral Species Survey Protocol (ESA Surveys) and Reconnaissance Survey Protocol (RECON Surveys). The objective of the surveys will be to support project planning and State and Federal permit applications. The area within 150 meters of the entrance channel (also known as the “mixing zone”) was identified through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) proces s by the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to be the area of direct (i.e., dredging footprint) and indirect (mixing zone) impact predicted to occur due to the deepening and widening of the Outer Entrance Channel (OEC) (USACE 2015). The area extending from 150 meters out to 1050 north and 1020 meters south of the Port Everglades entrance channel has been identified as indirect impact. ESA Surveys were designed to quantitatively estimate the presence of the seven (7) species of stony corals currently listed in the US ESA, historically known to occur on the reefs and hardbottom habitats surrounding the Port Everglades entrance channel and potential direct and indirect impact area for the PENIP. ESA listed species included: Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Mycetophyllia ferox, Orbicella annularis, Orbicella faveolata, and Orbicella franksi. ESA Survey stations were located adjacent to and as far away as 1050 meters to the north and 1020 meters to the south of the Port Everglades entrance channel. A total of 163 sites were surveyed. At each site one fifty (50) meter by four (4) meter transect was surveyed in each of the cardinal directions (North, East, South, West).Each colony representing any of the listed species observed along the 50x 4 meter transect (was measured, mapped, and photographed. Twenty sites were re-surveyed to assess impacts of Hurricane Irma. Data collected from the ESA Surveys will be provided to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to complete an updated Biologi cal Opinion (Biop) for the PENIP. RECON surveys were designed to collect data in order to assess the condition of the natural communities surrounding the Port Everglades entrance channel and the 150 meter mixing zone adjacent to the channel, determined to be the potential impact area for the PENIP. Reconnaissance of the surrounding habitat was done by collecting data on thirty (30) meter transects at 195 sites, approximately 20 sites were relocated due to mismatches between the expected benthic habitat obta ined from historical maps and actual habitat observed during the surveys . Video transects were recorded at all sites to obtain a visual record of the habitat at the time of surveying. A thirty (30) meter by one (1) meter belt transect was conducted to reco rd, photograph and map the species, size, and condition of all stony corals at the site, as well as the size class and condition of the Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta). Benthic cover data was obtained using the BEAMR method (Makowski, 2009) by surv eying seven (7) 0.5 meter2 quadrats in which octocorals were counted, measured and identified to genus, sponges were classified by morphotype and counted by size class, maximum sediment depth and maximum hardbottom relief were measured, and the total bent hic cover of 14 functional groups were recorded. The data collected during the RECON Surveys will be used to complete Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) to establish the current condition of resources in the project area and to determine the amount of compensatory mitigation required to offset project impacts. Additionally, data will be used during the development of Mitigation and Impact Minimization Plans. ESA and RECON Survey sites ranged from nearshore 108