Joe McFaddin – Master of Science Biology, CSUB

• United States Marine – Honorably Discharged.
• CDFW and USFWS approved Designated Biologist and Qualified Biologist for all included species (City of Bakersfield – MBHCP, BHE Renewables, Lamont Public Utility District, La Paloma Generating Company).
• Collection and handling of a California Fully Protected Species, blunt-nosed leopard lizard, with over 70 captures and processing.
• 10+ years experience with San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert, and Coastal Range endemic species.
• Combination of thousands of biological survey days including biological inventory, small mammal trapping and handling (kangaroo rat and Nelson’s antelope squirrel), bird use counts/studies, den and burrow assessment for San Joaquin kit fox and burrowing owl, and habitat assessment (streambed alteration notification), among many others.
• Scientific Collecting Permit and Handling-Trapping (expired – reapplication for small mammals in process). IACUC held for Fully Protected Species.
• Complex Project Management experience including disaster response and mitigation and monitoring program development. Teams ranged in excess of 40 representing Project Owners, agency regulators, and up to 14 consultancies.
• Large projects spanned over 11 square miles, hundreds of miles of linear components (roads, pipelines, and corridors), and thousands of hours and linear miles of protocol-level surveys.