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mitigation plans; mapped vegetation and wildlife habitat in the East Bay hills; <br /> conducted surveys for special status bird species along a proposed water <br /> pipeline from Santa Rosa Water and Sanitary District to the Geysers Geothermal <br /> area; documented results of surveys; wrote sections of management and <br /> mitigation plans for projects located in eastern and central Contra Costa and <br /> Santa Barbara Counties. <br /> Garcia and Associates <br /> John Garcia, Principal <br /> Developed and co-authored a Conservation Strategy for willow flycatchers in the <br /> Sierra Nevada for the U.S. Forest Service, Region 5; conducted extensive <br /> literature review and interviews with U.S. Forest Service biologists and range <br /> managers, California Department of Fish and Game biologists, and University of <br /> California faculty and other researchers; assembled and worked with an <br /> interdisciplinary advisory group to develop the strategy (which is a management <br /> plan for the species and is similar to a recovery plan for a federally listed <br /> species). <br /> Golden Gate Raptor Observatory— Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy <br /> Allen Fish, Director <br /> Volunteered for hawkwatch program for two years in the Mahn Headlands, <br /> identifying and counting birds of prey at the Mahn Headlands above the Golden <br /> Gate during the hawk movement and migration season. <br /> Assistant Project Manager/Wildlife Biologist - LSA Associates, Inc., Point <br /> Richmond, CA. <br /> April 1988— February 1992 <br /> Conducted special status species searches and monitoring related to <br /> construction projects (focus species included black and clapper rails, burrowing <br /> owls, northern harriers) at Hamilton Army Airfield. Conducted a study of Aleutian <br /> Canada geese on private property and in the East Bay Regional Parks. Set up <br /> LSA's computer program and conducted searches of California Natural Diversity <br /> Data Base (CNDDB) prior to field surveys and entered occurrences after the <br /> surveys. Wrote proposals, biological sections of EIRs and technical reports; <br /> helped design and write mitigation plans. <br /> Self-employed Biological Consultant, Berkeley, CA. <br /> February 1985 -April 1988 <br /> Representative Clients included: <br /> U.S. Forest Service <br /> Conducted habitat evaluations for willow flycatchers in backcountry meadows in <br /> the Emigrant Wilderness, Stanislaus National Forest. Evaluated habitat for <br /> potential to support willow flycatchers and made recommendations for habitat <br />