Sara Townsend

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About Sara Townsend

Senior field biologist specializing in jurisdictional and CRAM wetland delineation, riverine and riparian habitat inventory, vegetation surveys and mapping, NEPA/CEQA document preparation, wildlife surveys and wildlife habitat modeling. Ecological modeler proficient in designing Habitat Suitability Indices (HSI) and Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) for feasibility studies. Scientific/technical writing expert with over twenty years of experience preparing field studies reports, feasibility study analyses, civil works master plans, NEPA/CEQA (EIS, EIR, EA, IS, MND), and permitting documentation. Skilled coordinator of public outreach and hurricane/wildfire disaster response efforts, providing training for field efforts, facilitating public events, preparing and delivering public presentations, and developing interpretive environmental literature for civil works and habitat restoration projects. Experienced wildlife surveyor for federal and state protected rare plant and animal species. Survey experience includes those for San Joaquin kit fox, Washington ground squirrel, Stephen's kangaroo rat, burrowing owl, Swainson's hawk, yellow-billed cuckoo, southwestern willow flycatcher, least tern, piping plover, California tiger salamander, California red-legged frog, desert tortoise, blunt-nosed leopard lizard, Carson wandering skipper, and valley Elderberry long-horned beetle. Experienced stormwater and groundwater monitor.