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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONSDistrict Green Infrastructure Vendor for Green Infrastructure Funding Programs (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District RFQ No. P-2634)

April 1, 2015Submitted by APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES

Submitted to:

Mr. James P. MorganSenior Contract AdministratorMilwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District260 West Seeboth StreetMilwaukee, WI 53204-1446Telephone: (414) 225-2132Email: [email protected]

1. Vendor Qualifications and Experience

a) AttachmentA:QualificationsWorksheet

A1)VendorInformation/Vendor’sContactPerson

A2)ResourceInformation

A3)TechnicalQualificationsandExperience-ProjectDescriptionsbyType

A4)TechnicalQualificationsandExperience-ProjectExperience

b) AESCustomerServiceApproachandConflictResolutionSample

2. Vendor Project Management Team Qualifications

a) CapacityofTeamtoManage/ImplementGreenInfrastructureProjects

i)OrganizationalChartofKeyPersonnel

ii)KeyPersonnelResumes

3. Project References

4. Appendix

a) GreenInfrastructureOne-PageProjectDescriptions

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTAL CONTENTS

Vendor Qualifications and Experience

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONSDISTRICT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING PROGRAMS

GREEN VENDOR PRE-QUALIFICATION LISTRFQ No. P-2634

ATTACHMENT A

QUALIFICATIONSWORKSHEET

VENDOR INFORMATION

Vendor Name:AppliedEcologicalServices,Inc.

Address:17921WSmithRd,POBox256,Brodhead,WI53520

Tax Identification #:39-1611274

Year Established:1978

VENDOR’S CONTACT PERSON:

Name:JackBroughton

Title:DirectorofCommunications

Telephone #:608-897-8641(office)or608-558-9948(mobile)

Email: [email protected]

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RESOURCE INFORMATION

Design

Engineering

Construction

DownspoutsandGutters

Cisterns

SoilAmendments

RainGardens

Bioswales

GreenRoofs

StormwaterTrees

NativeLandscaping

PorousPavement

ConstructedWetlands

Other

GI Type (checkallthatapply)

Yes No

SWMBE Certified?

Landscaping

Maintenance

Plumbing

Specialties (checkallthatapply)

Commercial/Industrial

Multifamily

Residential

Scale of Work (checkallthatapply)

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TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Project Descriptions

Includeonetothree(1-3)projectdescriptionspertypeofGIthatyourVendorhasexperiencewith.IfyourVendorhasexperienceinonlyone(1)typeofgreeninfrastructurepleaseprovidethree(3)examplesforthattypeofgreeninfrastructure.Projectsmusthavebeencompletedwithinthelastseven(7)years,ormaybeongoingprojectsthataremorethan50%complete.

Fill out this form for each project to demonstrate your Vendor’s experience on specific green infrastructure installations.

Type of Green Infrastructure(s):RainGarden/NativeLandscaping

Project Information:Project Name:WaterTreatmentPlantNumber3RainGardenDesignandInstallationAddress/City/State/Zip:SquareBarnRd&AlgonquinRd,Algonquin,IL60102

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:VillageofAlgonquinAddress/City/State/Zip: 110MeyerDrive,Algonquin,IL60102Phone:(847)658-2754Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:AppliedEcologicalServicesProject Manager Name:SteveZimmermanProject Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail: [email protected] information (if applicable):Raingardendesign/installationofnativeseedandplugs.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$6,000

Construction Start date (contracted):3/1/2011Construction Start date (actual):3/1/2011Construction End date (contracted):5/1/2011Construction End date (actual):5/1/2011

Was the project completed on-time? Yes☐No;Explanation:Was the project completed on-budget? Yes☐No;Explanation:Was the project completed to the owner’s satisfaction? Yes☐No;Explanation:

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mailto:[email protected]






Type of Green Infrastructure(s):Bioswales/NativeLandscaping

Project Information:Project Name:BoneyardCreekDesign/BuildSecondStreetBioswalesAddress/City/State/Zip:SecondStreet,Champaign,IL61820

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:CityofChampaignAddress/City/State/Zip: 702EdgebrookDrive,Champaign,IL61820Phone:217.403.4700Email:[email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:AppliedEcologicalServicesProject Manager Name:ColeClaytonProject Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail:[email protected] information (if applicable):Design-buildbioswaleretrofit/re-vegetationwithnativelandscaping.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$13,866



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Type of Green Infrastructure(s):RainGarden/NativeLandscaping

Project Information:Project Name:RiverboatRoadShorelineRestorationAddress/City/State/Zip:2134N.RiverboatRoad,Milwaukee,WI53212

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:RiverRevitalizationFoundationAddress/City/State/Zip: 2134N.RiverboatRoad,Milwaukee,WI53212Phone:414.271.8000Email:[email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:AppliedEcologicalServicesProject Manager Name:ColeClaytonProject Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail:[email protected] information (if applicable):Design-buildcontractthatalsoincludedcreation/installationoftworaingardenswithnativelandscaping,shorelinerestoration,fishhabitatcreation,ADAaccessiblerecre-ationtrailandoverlook.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$199,550



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Type of Green Infrastructure(s):NativeLandscaping/ConstructedWetlands/Bioswales

Project Information:Project Name:SchoolDistrictofSouthMilwaukeeNativeLandscapeDesign,Installation&MaintenanceAddress/City/State/Zip:80115thAvenue,SouthMilwaukee,WI53172

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:SchoolDistrictofSouthMilwaukeeAddress/City/State/Zip: DistrictOffice:90115thAvenue,SouthMilwaukee,WI53172Phone:District:414-766-5020Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:AppliedEcologicalServicesProject Manager Name:NathanGingerichProject Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail:[email protected] information (if applicable):AESwasinitiallyretainedtoprepareamasterlandscapeplan,includ-inganecologicalrestorationplanandaplantingplan,andtoinstallnativeplantsfornewmiddleandhighschoolcampuses.Welaterdevelopedastormwatermanagementsystemandplantingplanforthearea.Now,weperformannualmaintenancefortheschool’snaturalandformallandscapeareas.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$62,000(originalcontract)forinitialconsultingservices;$15,400(mostrecent2014contract)fornaturalandformallandscapeareasmainte-nance.

Construction Start date (contracted):Anticipatedmid-July2003Construction Start date (actual):July2003Construction End date (contracted):Segmentstobecompletedinphasesbyspringof2005Construction End date (actual):Spring2005


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Project Information:Project Name:PennoyerBeachOutfallInfiltrationBasinAddress/City/State/Zip:412WashingtonRoad,Kenosha,WI53140

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:CityofKenoshaAddress/City/State/Zip: Dept.ofPublicWorks/StormwaterUtility,62552ndStreet,Kenosha,WI53140Phone:262-653-4055Email:[email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:Veit&Company,Inc.(PrimeContractor)Project Manager Name:AaronKubichka(AES)Project Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail: [email protected] information (if applicable):Workincludedseedingandplantinganinfiltrationbasinanddunecommunity.Thestormwatertreatment/infiltrationbasin(designedbyAECOM)wasbuiltatastormseweroutfallonPennoyerBeach.Itservesasaconstructedwetlandtocollect,detain,store,filterandinfiltratestormwaterfromthedrainagearea.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$105,469.73(OriginalContract);$107,454.38(AmendedContract):addedtemporarystabilizingbioswalesandadditionalerosionblanket.



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Project Information:Project Name:JelkesCreekQuarryReclamationandWetlandRestorationAddress/City/State/Zip:SleepyHollow,DundeeTownship,KaneCounty,IL

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:DundeeTownshipAddress/City/State/Zip: 611EastMainStreet,Suite201,EastDundee,IL60118Phone:847-428-8092Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:G.A.Blocker(PrimeContractor)Project Manager Name:AaronKubichka(AES)Project Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail: [email protected] information (if applicable):Toreclaimandrestorethis160-acreformergravelquarryonJelkesCreek,AESreducedslopesandre-spreadtopsoilberms,installingnativeplantsinthesezones;construct-edbiofiltrationswales;convertedpondsintostormwaterwetlands;andconstructedstormwaterdeten-tionbasins.AESbegantheprojectinJuly2009andcompletedworkinNovember2013.CrewsinstallednativeplantsandplantednativeseedthroughJune2010.FromJune2010-endofcontract,AESperformedinvasivespeciescontrolusingselectivetechniques.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):$538,000



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Project Information:Project Name:ValleyViewParkMasterPlanning,DesignandPhaseIImplementationAddress/City/State/Zip:25581stStreet,WestDesMoines,IA50266

Project Owner Information:Owner’s Name:CityofWestDesMoinesAddress/City/State/Zip: 4200MillsCivicParkway,WestDesMoines,IA50265Phone:District:515-222-3444Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information:Construction Management Vendor:RDGPlanning&Design(LandscapeArchitect/PrimeConsultant)Project Manager Name:DougMensing(AES)Project Manager’s Vendor history: currentlyemployed☐nolongeremployed☐otherEmail: [email protected] information (if applicable):AESperformedanalysis,design,documentation,biddingandcon-structionadministrationfortheecologicalservicesaspectoftheproject.Thisencompassedcivilengineer-ingservicesrelatedtostormwatermanagement/infrastructureandecologicalrestorationareas.Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):2separatecontracts(hiredformasterplan;thenre-hiredtoprepareconstructiondocuments/provideconstructionoversightforPhase1).Mas-terPlan:$75,000;Phase1:$32,500;ProjectTotals:$107,500.

Project/Construction Start date (contracted):5/1/2010(MasterPlan);3/21/2011(Phase1)Project/Construction Start date (actual):5/1/2010(MasterPlan);3/21/2011(Phase1)Project/Construction End date (contracted):5/31/2011(MasterPlan);6/30/2012(Phase1)Project/Construction End date (actual):5/31/2011(MasterPlan);5/11/2012(Phase1)


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Experience

Project #1: Water Treatment Plant Number 3 Rain Garden Design and InstallationProperty Owner’s:VillageofAlgonquinAddress/City/State/Zip: 110MeyerDrive,Algonquin,IL60102Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #2: Boneyard Creek Design/Build Second Street BioswalesProperty Owner’s:CityofChampaignAddress/City/State/Zip: 702EdgebrookDrive,Champaign,IL61820Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #3: Riverboat Road Shoreline RestorationProperty Owner’s:RiverRevitalizationFoundationAddress/City/State/Zip: 2134N.RiverboatRoad,Milwaukee,WI53212Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #4: School District of South Milwaukee Native Landscape Design, Installation & MaintenanceProperty Owner’s:SchoolDistrictofSouthMilwaukeeAddress/City/State/Zip: DistrictOffice:90115thAvenue,SouthMilwaukee,WI53172Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #5: Pennoyer Beach Outfall Infiltration BasinProperty Owner’s:CityofKenoshaAddress/City/State/Zip: 62552ndStreet,Kenosha,WI53140Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

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GreenRoofsConstructedWetlandsNativeLandscapingPorousPavement

RainBarrelsCisternsStormwaterTreesBioswales

GreenwaysRainGardensOther













Experience, continued

Project #6: Jelkes Creek Quarry Reclamation and Wetland RestorationProperty Owner’s:DundeeTownshipAddress/City/State/Zip: 611EastMainStreet,Suite201,E.Dundee,IL60118Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #7: Valley View Park Master Planning, Design and Phase I ImplementationProperty Owner’s:CityofWestDesMoinesAddress/City/State/Zip: 4200MillsCivicParkway,WestDesMoines,IA50265Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

Project #8: Property Owner’s:Clickheretoentertext.Address/City/State/Zip: Clickheretoentertext.Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):



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APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES Specialists in Ecological Science, Restoration, Management and Research

www.appliedeco.com

After signing a contract to develop a watershed plan with a local non-governmental organization, a kickoff meeting was held

to further define roles and expectations between Applied Ecological Services (AES) and the organization. It was reiterated in

the meeting that the organization would handle the public participation and education portions of the project as cited in the

contractual language. Thus, public participation and education were out of scope, and no budget was allocated for AES to

engage in the public participation and education portions of the project.

During the course of the project, it quickly became apparent that the organization was dependant on AES’ resources to meet

the needs of the public involvement and education portions. This was classic scope creep. A meeting was called to discuss

the issue of scope creep and come to a meeting of the minds moving forward. An individual in the organization was recalcitrant

and believed that the company ought to do this extra work for no additional pay, essentially as a contribution. AES understood

well that client relations, community relations, reputation, quality of work, and environmental quality were at stake. The

company’s project director (gratis) contributed ideas for public involvement and education that helped reduce costs. At another

public event, the company solicited volunteers from company staff to work a weekend event, and the company owner agreed

to speak as a keynote at the function. Our team later took the individual to lunch followed by a walk past rain gardens where

we pulled weeds to help with maintenance. We worked to meet the client’s needs within boundaries and to keep good relations

by helping them build capacity.

AES Customer Service Approach and Conflict Resolution Example

Vendor Project Management Team Qualifications


ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF KEY PERSONNEL

www.appliedeco.com

Steven Apfelbaum Chairman

Dan Spethmann President/CEO

Director of Operations Dan Spethmann

Kim Chapman Regional Director Principal Ecologist

John Larson Senior Ecologist

Susan Lehnhardt Senior Ecologist

Ed Kallas III Water Resources

Engineer

Jason Carlson Geospatial Services

Manager

Bill Stoll Regional Manager

Senior Ecologist

Writer "Cole" Clayton Landscape Architect

Cecily Cunz Environmental Planner

Ry Thompson Ecologist

Josh LaPointe Regional Manager

Ecosystem Restoration

Ryan Johnson Quality Control

Systems Manager

Aaron Kubichka Construction Manager

Josh Kraemer Construction Manager

Corrine Daniels Director of Nursery

Todd Polacek Business Development

Manager

Advisors/Director of Science:

Thomas Hunt

Applied Ecological Services, Inc. Confidential

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EDUCATIONM.S., Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

B.S. (L.A.S.) in Zoology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 1991-Present

Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board, Ecological Restoration Journal, 2015-Present

Qualified Wildlife Biologist Certification, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2014

Airport Wildlife Hazard Management Specialist Certification, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2010

Recipient of John T. Curtis Award for Career Excellence in Ecological Restoration, 2010

Recipient of Bill Clinton Global Sustainable Cities Initiative Award for Don River Project (Toronto), 2007

Recipient of Friends of Ryerson Woods Award for Distinguished Leadership in the World of Nature, 2012

Appointed to U.S. Forest Service Scientific Roundtable on Biological Diversity

Steven I. Apfelbaum, M.S.Senior Ecologist, Founder, Board Chairman

www.appliedeco.com


SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCESince the late 1970s, Steve Apfelbaum has conducted ecological research, designed award-winning projects and contributed his uniquely creative scientific expertise and enthusiasm to over 9,000 projects throughout North America and beyond. He has been instrumental in advancing the concepts and philosophies behind ecological restoration through his direct connection to mentors and pioneers in the environmental movement including Sigurd Olson, Luna Leopold and many other key scientists, conservationists and policy makers. Apfelbaum has been the ecological leader in many pioneering projects. His work on conservation communities established Low Impact Development as a marketplace and regulatory precedent. His work on alternative stormwater management and in developing the Stormwater Treatment Train™ has contributed to changing the stormwater management industry nationwide. And his ecological restoration approaches on mining projects and brownfield reclamation and remediation have set new industry standards and win-win outcomes for all involved parties. Apfelbaum has also been a leader in the developing marketplace for ecosystem services concepts. Beginning in the early 1990s, he helped develop regulatory frameworks for the first private wetland mitigation bank in the Midwest. More recently, he has led the development of a methodology to quantify carbon in soils and he has helped develop a framework for conservation biomass.

He has authored and peer-reviewed hundreds of technical studies, papers, books and reports, including ecological restoration plans and regulatory monitoring and compliance reports. His book, Nature’s Second Chance (Beacon Press), won accolades from the New York Times, and was listed as one of the “Top 10 Environmental Books of 2009.” Apfelbaum’s recent book, Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land – co-authored with Dr. Alan Haney as part of a two-volume series – has won praise as the first comprehensive “how-to” restoration book for landowners. Apfelbaum is also a much sought-after speaker at educational events focusing on ecological restoration, ecosystem assessment, alternative stormwater management and conservation development. He currently lectures at Harvard University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, and over the years has taught in dozens of other educational and research institutions through the U.S., University of Paris at Madam Curie Institute and elsewhere.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCEWaller Creek Restoration. Restoration Planning & Design, Stream & Shoreline Stabilization. Austin, TX

Albany Pine Bush Landfill. Albany, NY

Flambeau Mine Reclamation. Ladysmith, WI

Kankakee Sands Ecological Restoration. Newton County, IN

ARC Wildlife Corridor Design Competition. Vail, CO

Harriet Island Regional Park Redevelopment Plan. St. Paul, MN

Other Reinvestment Redevelopment Planning. Detroit, MI, Milwaukee, WI, Omaha, NE, Minneapolis, MN, Louisville, KY

Lower Don Mouth Redevelopment. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kansas City Natural Resource Inventory & Conservation Plan. Kansas City, MO

Noisette Preserve. 3,000-Acre Conservation Development. North Charleston, SC

Prairie Crossing Conservation Development. Design, Permitting, Management, Education & Construction Oversight. Grayslake, IL

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEJason Carlson has over fifteen years of professional experience with geospatial systems, aerial imaging and mapping as applied to issues such as ecological restoration, watershed planning, and assessment of ecological impacts. As Director of the Geospatial Group and active project manager, Jason is involved in all phases of project design and technical oversight including GIS analysis, aerial imaging, database creation/management, cartographic and GIS/GPS mapping/analysis techniques. In these projects, AES utilizes a Leica RCD30 multi-spectral camera, ESRI’s ArcGIS, ERDAS Image, eCognition, Trimble/Garmin GPS as well as other technologies. AES is pioneering the use of airborne imaging sensors for applied ecological efforts such as mapping distribution of invasive species over large geographic areas. Jason currently coordinates the aerial image acquisition flight crews for AES.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCEConstitution Pipeline Corridor Assessment. 2013-2015. Project manager/GIS Analyst. For the client, Williams, a leading energy infrastructure firm, AES used remote sensing and geospatial methods to classify and map wetland types along a 124-mile proposed transmission pipeline corridor linking Pennsylvania gas reserves with Northeast markets. AES used a combination of multi-spectral and 4-band aerial imagery, LiDAR and ancillary data in a semi-automated object- and hierarchical rule-based classification process to achieve highly accurate results that optimized pipeline placement near existing corridors while minimizing environmental impacts to wetlands, wildlife habitat, and riparian areas.

Monitoring of Phragmites australis Control Efforts Along the Great Lakes Coastline. 2013-Present. Project manager/GIS Analyst. Teamed with Michigan Tech Research Institute to evaluate the effectiveness of herbicide treatments on the invasive species Phragmites australis on Great Lakes shorelines. Work is accomplished using geospatial analysis of high to moderate resolution, multi-temporal aerial imagery of sites treated recently and more than 5 years ago and standardized biodiversity sampling using Great Lakes Instrumentation Collaboratory (GLIC) protocols.

Wild Rice Habitat Assessment in Southern Michigan. 2014-2015. Project Manager and GIS Analyst. AES mapped the extent and distribution of State threatened wild rice variety (Zizania aquatica L. var. aquatica) in a 97-square-mile area of interest near tribal lands. To accomplish this, AES staff acquired “just-in-time”, high-resolution multi-spectral aerial imagery combined with high-resolution geo-referenced oblique aerial imagery and used an object-based, supervised classification method to map the distribution and extent of wild rice in a semi-automated iterative approach. This effort was complemented by on-the-ground information provided by the Tribe.

Wild Rice Restoration, Lac Vieux Desert (LVD), Watersmeet, MI, 2012. Project Manager/GIS Analyst. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funded project that mapped 400 square miles of existing and potential wild rice habitat using high-resolution multi-spectral aerial imagery of the Upper Peninsula (MI) and northern WI. Project identified and prioritized areas for wild rice restoration, developed restoration plans for 13 water bodies and implemented 70 acres of wild rice seeding and habitat creation.

Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure, IL, 2012. Technical Lead/GIS Analyst. Worked with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency of Planning (CMAP) and the Conservation Fund to identify and prioritize natural resource core, hub, and corridor areas for protection, acquisition, and/or best management practice (BMP) implementation. Project delivered a suite of land planning and green infrastructure GIS models and tools for user interaction and revised mapping results using refined data.

Kansas City Regional Natural Resource Inventory, KS/MO, 2012. Project Manager/GIS Analyst. Utilized GIS and remote sensing inventory of 4,300 square miles of natural resources within a two-state, nine-county jurisdiction. Project incorporated SPOT 2.5-meter satellite imagery to map ecological land cover. Also developed a GIS tool that incorporated ecosystem services research and modeling to assist in land planning tools for ecosystem service mapping and environmental threats, opportunities and assets.

EDUCATIONM.S., Resource Planning, Southwest MO State University, Springfield, MO, 2000

B.S., Geography, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 1996

RECENT COURSESLeica RCD-30 Multispectral Aerial Camera: Install, Flight Management & Acquisition

Airborne Data Systems Aerial Image Collection & Processing

Trimble RTK Data Collection & Processing, Seiler Instruments

Advanced Spatial Analyst ArcView GIS, University WI-Madison

Better Assessment Science: Integrating Point/Non-Point Sources, University of TX

AFFILIATIONSLower Sugar River Watershed Association, American Water Resource Association, American Planning Association

Jason Carlson, M.S.Project Manager/Geospatial Technical Lead

www.appliedeco.com


SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEDr. Kim Chapman has over 30 years experience in ecological research, natural resources planning and master planning projects. Kim specializes in sustainable ecological design—from residential and mixed-used developments, parks and greenways, to towns and regions—using science to help clients balance conservation and development, and find affordable ways to design and build with nature. He works with governments, corporations, developers, utilities, engineering firms, colleges, non-profits and private individuals. His projects have involved land and watershed evaluation, natural resource planning, ecological management and restoration, ecological research, botany, ornithology, flora and fauna, mapping and GIS, vegetation classification, government regulatory programs and public process facilitation. A former instructor at the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and the University of St. Thomas, he is a strong educator about natural resources and a writer of technical and popular pieces, including Valley of Grass, an award-winning example of how to balance nature, economics and people’s aspirations.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCEUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (2013–2014). Led by partner Janet Rosenberg Studio, AES is providing the ecological foundation for campus master planning. Planning is focused on an expansion of a innovation campus area and a golf course being abandoned for campus expansion. Kim is leading the AES science team in developing greenways and best practices for stormwater management, sustainability practices, wildlife areas on campus, native landscaping guidance, and stabilization approaches for the banks of the Red River on campus.

Waveland Golf Course and Glendale Cemetery Stormwater Design, Des Moines, IA (2013–2014). AES-led team of HR Green and Herfort Norby Golf Course Architects is designing stormwater management and habitat restoration in an historic golf course and cemetery in Des Moines. Goals are to respect the playability of the golf course and cemetery aesthetics while managing excess runoff in this urban site, and restoring Waveland Creek and open space.

Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary, St. Paul, MN (2012–2013). This project in an old rail yard near downtown St. Paul sought to recreate the channel of Trout Brook that once flowed here, set in a restored landscape of created wetlands, forests and prairies. Led by AES partner HR Green, AES’s role was to shape the restoration landscape, specify restoration tasks and targets, and prepare construction documents for bidding in 2013. Park construction will be completed in 2015.

St. Louis Gateway Arch & Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO (2010–2012). With the competition-winning team, led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, re-designing the grounds of the iconic St. Louis Arch for the 2015 50-year anniversary. Provided early design concepts for management of runoff and water quality in the reflecting pools, turf and native plantings, and water management.

Valley View Park, West Des Moines, IA (2010–2012). In a project led by partner RDG, AES helped design a sustainable park for the City of West Des Moines. AES led the science team and was responsible for stream restoration, wildlife habitat creation, water use and re-use, stormwater management and ecological restoration. The concept balanced intensive recreation demand for playing fields with wildlife and aquatic ecosystem protection and restoration. RDG integrated a naturalized play area, trails and quiet places, and a meeting center into the floodplain and wetland design that AES specified for water management. Phase 1 construction was completed in 2012.

Western Technical College, La Crosse, WI (2009–2010). With partner RDG, helped design a building and plaza expansion for this urban college. The project used urban raingardens, street stormwater planters, and permeable pavement to save half a million gallons of runoff annually, freeing up space in the City’s storm sewer. The plaza has become a city destination and the City passed an ordinance that all future streets must be “green and complete.”

Kim Alan Chapman, Ph.D.Regional Director, Senior Ecologist

www.appliedeco.com


EDUCATIONPh.D., Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 2001

M.A., Biology (Ecology concentration), Western Michigan University, 1984

B.A., Biology, Kalamazoo College, 1979

AFFILIATIONSEcological Society of America

Natural Areas Association

Urban Land Institute

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEWriter “Cole” Clayton has worked on a range of ecologically focused projects for both private and public clients. His work ranges from streambank and native habitat restoration to regulatory compliance and multi-state ecosystem services analyses. Prior to joining AES, Cole worked for 5 years as a licensed attorney in Montana and New York focusing on land conservation, water law and financial markets. Cole is adept at leveraging his technical skills in AutoCAD, GIS, SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite to help clients understand multiple options and consider new opportunities. Whatever the project, Cole excels at solving complex land-use problems and mediating the tension between the possible and the practical.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCERiverboat Road Estuary Shoreline Restoration & Recreational Trail Extension. Project Manager. Schematic design, permitting, stakeholder presentation, construction documents and construction oversight. Milwaukee, WI

Boneyard Creek Bioswale & Native Vegetation Redesign. Project Manager. Concept/schematic design, construction documents and construction oversight. Champaign, IL

Beloit College Powerhouse Stream Restoration & Landscape Plan. Project Manager. Concept/schematic design and cost estimate. Beloit, WI

Lincoln Park Conservancy North Pond Restoration Master Plan. Project Manager. Schematic design, stakeholder/working group presentations, phasing plan and opinion of probable cost. Chicago, IL

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Healing Garden & Native Planting Plan. Project Manager. Schematic design, construction documents, specifications and construction observation. Grayslake, IL

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Main Entrance Redesign & Native Planting Plan. Project Manager. Concept/schematic design, client presentation, construction documents, specifications and construction observation. Grayslake, IL

DOMUS Milwaukee River Riverwalk Extension. Project Manager. Concept/schematic design and plans, sections and perspective renderings. Milwaukee, WI

Hines Emerald Dragonfly Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Plan. USACE wetland mitigation plan set, USFWS HCP plan set and NEPA draft environmental assessment. Romeoville, IL

Little Blue Run Impoundment Closure Plan. Schematic grading plans and sections, impoundment soil cap concept graphics and planting diagrams. Shippingport, PA

St. Joseph Creek Streambank Stabilization. Stream restoration zone mapping and USACE permit application. Downers Grove, IL

Apple Blossom Wind Farm Habitat Conservation Plan. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act draft environmental assessment. Pigeon, MI

Palouse Region Soil Carbon Mapping. WA, ID & OR

Oakton Community College Stormwater BMPs. Report and presentation. Des Plaines, IL

Kansas Star Casino. Native planting maintenance plan. Mulvane, KS

Winnebago County Landfill. Landfill end-use charrette and report. Oshkosh, WI

Albany Rapp Road Landfill. Habitat restoration mapping. Albany, NY

La Crosse County Landfill Effluent Treatment Wetland Native Planting Plan. La Crosse, WI

Illinois Natural Areas Update/Category I Reassessment. Statewide IL

Wisconsin Driftless Area Prairie Remnant Survey. Southwest WI

Writer “Cole” Clayton, RLALandscape Architect

EDUCATIONMaster of Landscape Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2011

Graduate Coursework completed: Industrial Ecology (2010) Forest Biology (2009)

Juris Doctor, University of Georgia, 2001

B.S., Political Science, Florida State University, 1998

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONRegistered Landscape Architect: State of IL

AFFILIATIONSAmerican Society of Landscape Architects – Water Conservation Professional Practice Network

Chicago Bar Association – Environmental Law Committee

www.appliedeco.com


SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Cecily Cunz is an environmental planner with over two years of professional planning experience. Cunz joined AES in 2012 with a primary role of supporting watershed-planning efforts with technical writing, GIS analysis, professional design, project coordination, and data gathering. She is proficient at researching, analyzing, and assembling data related to all aspects of watershed planning and policy and presenting that information clearly to stakeholders. Cunz served as Project Manager for the Pike River Watershed Plan, the first USEPA-approved watershed plan in Wisconsin, and is currently serving as Project Manager for the Catfish Creek Watershed Plan in Iowa. She worked extensively on the Spring Creek and Woods Creek Watershed plans, as well as three other ongoing watershed plans in Illinois and Wisconsin. She has field experience assessing streams, detention basins, and other watershed characteristics, and also coordinated the planning and grants process for Spring Creek Watershed.

Cunz has presented information at conferences related to water quality planning and policy including applications of GIS technology for watershed planning, and she has led/facilitated community watershed planning workshops and charrettes. Cunz was the keynote speaker at the 7th Annual Dubuque Low Impact Development Conference in March of 2014. She also collaborated on a poster entitled “History, Ironies, and Observations on Clean Water in America” that was presented at the International Society of Environmental Economics 2012 Conference in Rio de Janeiro and Ecosummit 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Catfish Creek Watershed Management Plan, Dubuque County, IA (ongoing). Project Manager/author of watershed-based plan prepared for the City of Dubuque.

Pike River Watershed-Based Plan, Racine/Kenosha counties, WI. Project Manager/author of first USEPA-approved watershed-based plan in WI prepared for the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network.

Wind Point Watershed-Based Plan, Milwaukee and Racine counties, WI (ongoing). Watershed-based plan prepared for Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network.

Long Run Creek Watershed-Based Plan, Cook and Will counties, IL. USEPA-approved watershed-based plan prepared for the Village of Lemont.

Spring Creek Watershed-Based Plan, Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties, IL. USEPA-approved watershed-based plan prepared for the Citizens for Conservation.

Woods Creek Watershed-Based Plan, Kane and McHenry counties, IL. USEPA-approved watershed-based plan prepared for the Village of Algonquin.

Cecily Cunz, M.U.P.P.Environmental Planner/GIS Technician

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EDUCATIONM.U.P.P., Urban Planning & Policy, University of IL, Chicago, 2012

Master’s Project: Model Ordinances for the Protection of Water Quality (2012)

B.S., Business Administration, University of IL, Urbana-Champaign, 1997

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGGeospatial Analysis & Visualization Certificate, University of IL, Chicago, 2012

Coastal Zone Management Planning Studio, University of IL, Chicago, 2011

Intermediate Geographic Information Systems for Planning, University of IL, Chicago, 2011

AFFILIATIONSFlint Creek, Spring Creek, Pike River, Long Run Creek & Wind Point Watershed Committees; Assistant Watershed Coordinator (2011-12), Spring Creek Watershed; Fox River Ecosystem Partnership; Lower Des Plaines Ecosystem Partnership


Corrine Daniels provides professional management for our nursery, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries. She has over 20 years in the industry. Daniels’ skill set combines strong horticulture and field experience with proven business management abilities and an extensive background in multiple aspects of leadership and personnel management. Her ability to control costs while increasing product quality has contributed greatly to the nursery’s success.

She works closely with partners in both the private and public sectors, including nonprofit agencies. Her proudest achievements include producing one the highest quality lines of local genotype native plants in the Midwest, and developing a very deep and dedicated team. By working her way up from an AES field hand to Nursery Director and Vice President, Corrine offers an exceptional background and insight for nursery business operations management.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Coordinated production of hundreds of thousands of plants and several tons of seed of highly specific ecotype and genotype for Chicago O’Hare Mitigation Bank projects, 2009-2013

Developed project-specific nurseries in the Northeastern US to serve over 1000 acres of restoration in the region, 2008-2010

Established Kaw River Restoration Nurseries in Kansas, 2006

Established Spring Lake Restoration Nurseries in Minnesota, 2004

Established Military Ridge, WI, local genotype native nursery for WI DNR, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Prairie Enthusiasts, 2004

Established Nygren Wetland local genotype native nursery in Rockton, IL, for Natural Land Institute, 2001

Coordinated the production of 400,000 plants and 18 tons of seed for TNC’s 2,000-acre Kankakee Sands (Newton County, IN) restoration effort, including establishment of a 120-acre native nursery, 1999

Planned Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries’ 31,200-square-foot seed production and greenhouse facility in Brodhead, WI, 1998

Corrine Daniels, B.S.Nursery Director, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries

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EDUCATIONB.S. in Biology: Field Emphasis, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

AES POSITION HISTORYDirector, AES Restoration Nurseries, 2004–2014

Nursery Manager, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries, 1999–2004

Nursery Supervisor, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries, 1995–1999

General Laborer for AES Contracting Division & Taylor Creek Nurseries, 1994–1995

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertified Endangered Resources Reviewer, WI DNR, 2012

WI Seed Labeling Law Revision Committee, 2006–Present

UW-Platteville College of Agriculture Advisory Board, 2009–Present

Chairperson, WI Crop Improvement Association Native Species Committee Advisory Board, 2006–Present

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEDr. Tom Hunt is a career professional in natural resources with experience as an administrator, teacher and consultant for policy and program development and management in systems science, ecology, agriculture and conservation; as well as land planning and design, regulatory permitting, restoration, research and project management. He has served in the capacity of a scientific consultant across multiple sectors, from private utilities and industry to government. This allows him to provide guidance and conflict resolution across the board while working to achieve the best results for the land, clients and stakeholders. Hunt previously served AES as a Senior Ecologist and Project Manager of two significant AES restoration projects, managing the 180-acre design/build Flambeau mine reclamation as well as the establishment phase of the 7,200-acre Kankakee Sands ecological restoration. Prior to re-joining AES, Hunt was appointed to a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he was Professor and Director of the Reclamation, Environment and Conservation Program (an accredited undergraduate mining reclamation program). He also served as Director of Research and Outreach of Pioneer Farm and Director of the Social and Environmental Justice Program. Now, as Director of Science for AES, Hunt oversees all projects associated with the scientific and technical aspects of AES’ Consulting Division. He works as a soil scientist and ecologist for many of the projects he supervises and develops.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCEKankakee Sands Ecological Restoration for The Nature Conservancy. Newton County, IN. Directed the early implementation of an AES-designed, decades-long project to restore 7,300 acres of the Kankakee Marsh in northwest IN, which was historically the largest marsh in the U.S. outside of the Everglades.

Phosphate Mined Lands Reclamation for Production of Bio-Energy Crops. Polk County, FL. Conducted site analysis including soil potential for large-scale restoration of biomass crops on clay settling basins covering thousands of acres; helped develop business plan and pro-forma presentation to company and investors.

Palouse Shepherd’s Grain Agricultural Production Grant Research for the USDA/NRCS. Eastern WA. Operational director for soil sampling strategy to establish soil organic carbon baseline for determination of rate of accrual for sequestration and ultimately monetizing carbon for market transaction.

Badger Mining Corporation Taylor Plant Master Planning. Jackson and Trempealeau counties, WI. Negotiated approach and format of plan to conduct a detailed flora, fauna and natural features inventory and provided progress oversight of project deliverables, which included an atlas for several thousand acres of buffer lands and detailed annual plan of restoration work for each management unit.

Shullsburg Mine Reclamation. Shullsburg, WI. Project advisor for bringing closure to legacy mining site including navigating regulatory obligations for long-term care and monitoring; successfully attained the Certificate of Completion for this lead/zinc mine, which included the development of a wildlife management plan containing dry prairie grasslands and oak savanna.

Flambeau Mine Reclamation. Ladysmith, WI. Assumed on-site implementation for restoration of high-profile sulfide mine bordering an outstanding water resource, the Flambeau River. Required in-field design changes for wetlands, stream courses, bioswales, reforestation, grasslands and recreational trails.

North Pond Nature Sanctuary Master Plan & Soils Assessment for Lincoln Park. Chicago, IL. Developed Order 1 soil survey strategy and approach for legendary park along Chicago’s lakeshore. Invited participant in planning and design charette.

Riverland Conservancy. Sauk County, WI. Planned, designed and developed a 1,700-acre conservancy in the Baraboo Hills next to Devil’s Lake State Park. The site is a mosaic of prairie, savanna, wetlands and a cold water trout stream restoration.

EDUCATIONPh.D. in Land Resources, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of WI-Madison, 1989

M.S. in Landscape Architecture, University of WI-Madison, 1983

B.S. in Soil Science-Natural Resources, University of WI-Madison, 1977

Associates in Fine Arts, University of WI-Richland, 1973

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONProfessor Emeritus (2012). University of WI-Platteville

American Society for Mining and Reclamation. Life Member

WI Non-Metallic Mining Technical Advisory Committee. Inaugural Member (1994); Reappointed after hiatus by the Secretary of the WDNR

Tom Hunt, Ph.D., MLADirector of Science

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Ryan Johnson joined AES in 2014 as a Construction Supervisor for AES’ Chicagoland office. Johnson is primarily responsible for onsite work organization, ensuring project performance meets contract requirements. In this capacity, he supervises and schedules field crews, coordinates and communicates with clients, allocates and mobilizes equipment and complies with project and safety specifications. Johnson’s restoration qualifications include applied experience in native plant installation and establishment; plant identification and nomenclature; invasive species control (mechanical/herbicide applications; selective brushing; prescribed burns; GPS operation/data collection; seed collection and cleaning; vegetative monitoring; and GIS analysis/remote sensing. He has performed ecological restorations in a variety of eco-types, including prairie, wetland, savanna and woodland. Additional experience includes working as a Restoration Intern for Boone County Conservation District in Illinois, instructing undergraduate students in environmental geography as a graduate teaching assistant and, as a graduate research assistant for the University of Iowa, conducting vegetative sampling and geolocation to support vegetation classification through hyperspectral aerial imagery as part of a National Science Foundation grant.


Penny Healy Prairie Restoration for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Construction Supervisor for selective brushing. Cook County, IL

White Oaks Naturalized Detention Basin. Construction Supervisor for ecological maintenance. Carpentersville, IL

Atkinson Road Wetland Mitigation Bank. Construction Supervisor for ecological maintenance. Libertyville, IL

Carrington Crossing Residential Development. Construction Supervisor for ecological maintenance. West Dundee, IL

Blue Ridge Detention Basin. Construction Supervisor for naturalized detention basin construction. Algonquin, IL

Jelkes Creek Wetland Reclamation. Construction Supervisor for ecological maintenance including prescribed burning and herbiciding. Sleepy Hollow, IL

EDUCATIONM.A., Geography, with a Focus in Remote Sensing: Landscape Ecology, University of Iowa, 2013

B.A., Geography & Business Administration, Augustana College, IL, 2011

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONLicensed herbicide applicator, IL

Prescribed burn & fire training courses: S-130, S-190

Ryan Johnson, M.A.Construction Supervisor


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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEAs a Staff Engineer for AES since 2009, Edward Kallas brings twenty-five years of experience associated with the development, design and construction of various civil engineering projects. Kallas has worked on a variety of different projects including commercial and residential site developments, wetland and prairie restorations, wetland mitigations, stream stabilizations and stormwater management facilities. Kallas regularly creates conceptual and final project designs and plan production for an array of different projects and serves as Project Manager and/or Inspector/Resident Engineer. In this capacity, Kallas coordinates project scope, budget and schedules; completes project permit applications with various local, state and federal agencies; determines grading; plans stormwater utilities; models stormwater run-off; designs bioretention/infiltration facilities; and determines water quality performance. Kallas is proficient in Microsoft Office; AutoCAD Civil 3D; MicroStation V8; HydroCAD; Autodesk’s Hydraflow Hydrograph, Storm Sewer and Express; TR-20; TR-55; HEC-HMS; HEC-RAS; P8; WinSLAMM and RECARGA.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCERockcliffe Community Development Plan, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Lead Engineer. Developed a stormwater treatment train approach, using ecologically-based best management practices, to manage stormwater runoff from this former air force base. Prepared a conceptual stormwater management plan for the entire site, and a detailed design for an area of homes, parkland, school and mixed use. Cross-section and profile diagrams matching grades to roads and the standard stormwater management system of pipes were also prepared.

Eagle Pitcher Mine Site, Shullsburg, WI: Lead Engineer. Performed design of sustainable stormwater drainage system that addressed leachate problems associated with stormwater infiltration on material waste. Led plan production of construction documents.

Western Technical College: Kumm Center Site Development, La Crosse, WI: Lead Engineer. Performed stormwater runoff analysis, designed stormwater utility, developed stormwater pollution prevention plan and performed plan drafting associated with the renovation and building expansion of the Kumm Center. Site stormwater facilities utilized “Portland-style” street planters, rain gardens, bioretention, infiltration and native plantings.

Western Technical College: Black River Falls Learning Center Redevelopment, Black River Falls, WI: Lead Engineer. Performed stormwater runoff analysis, designed stormwater utility, developed stormwater pollution prevention plan and performed plan drafting associated with the suburban redevelopment of existing retail site into a satellite campus classroom meeting LEED certification requirements. Site stormwater facilities utilized biofiltration islands and galleries, and native plantings.

Vieterhof West & East Subdivision Stormwater Management, Burlington, WI: Project Manager/Project Engineer. Performed a review of existing construction documents for this residential subdivision, analyzed water quality performance using WinSLAMM, coordinated with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff, and designed additional stormwater BMPs to meet the requirements of NR 216. The additions included modified roadway ditches and infiltration basins. Basin modeling utilized RECARGA.

Blair Pond, Tulsa, OK: Team Engineer. Performed hydrological and water quality analysis to determine monthly phosphorus levels within the proposed recreational pond and recommend strategies to minimize algae blooms and its effects.

Valley View Park Phase 1 Plan, West Des Moines, IA: Team Engineer. Performed storm utility design, runoff analysis and construction document preparation for a 31-acre, multi-use recreational facility. Utilized HydroCAD, Hydraflow Express and RECARGA associated with the design of site stormwater facilities comprised of a detention basin, bioretention cells and biofiltration swales.

EDUCATIONCivil Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONProfessional Engineer, WI E-37265

ADDITIONAL TRAININGUniversity of Wisconsin-College of Engineering:

• Storm Sewer System Design • Stormwater Detention Basin Design• Meeting TMDL, LID and MS4 Stormwater

Requirements: Using WinSLAMM to Assess Quality and Volume Control

• Watershed Modeling Using HEC-HMS• Mastering HEC-RAS

ASCE: Streambank Stabilization for Restoration and Flood Control

Edward Kallas III, P.E.Staff Engineer

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEJosh Kraemer has experience in managing and building projects for the installation of native plant materials in areas ranging from formal native landscapes to restorations in wetlands, prairies, bogs, savannas, dunes and woodlands in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Starting as a Crew Foreman for AES in 2005, Kraemer became a Project Manager in 2008 and, since 2011, a Construction Manager responsible for AES’ Brillion, WI, office. He directs crews working on projects throughout the state and surrounding areas including multiple remediation sites classified as Great Lakes’ Areas of Concern by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has also led crews conducting selective woodland restoration activities, including brushing, bioengineering techniques, erosion control, large plant installations and herbicide application to control invasive, non-native species. Kraemer is also an experienced equipment operator.

SELECT PROJECT EXPERIENCENative Vegetation Installation & EstablishmentAppleton Native Vegetation Restoration. Alternative stormwater implementation and management. Appleton, WI

Aurora-Grafton Medical Center. Installation, planting and management of natural areas. Grafton, WI

Carrington Reserve Residential Development. Vegetative installation and maintenance for conservation development including invasive species control in a federally protected fen wetland area. West Dundee, IL

South Milwaukee School. Implementation of restoration plan/invasive species control (in federally protected areas) for Rawson’s Woods, a fragmented beech forest unique to southeastern WI. South Milwaukee, WI

Newburg Dam Removal Seeding. Ozaukee County, WI

Metra State Line Wetland Mitigation. Aquatic planting, herbivory protection, maintenance and management. Antioch, IL

Leonard Yahr Park Prairie. Seeding, erosion control and management of installed prairie. West Bend, WI

City of Kenosha Parks Planting and Maintenance. Rain garden installation and maintenance for city parks. Kenosha, WI

UW-Oshkosh Bioswale Retrofit. Planting as part of university project to reduce stormwater runoff and improve stormwater management control across campus. Oshkosh, WI

City of Madison BB Clarke Shoreline Plantings. Madison, WI

City of Madison Plant Installation. Planting for three area parks. Madison, WI

Josh Kraemer, B.S.Construction Manager – Ecosystem Restoration

EDUCATIONB.S., Reclamation, with an Emphasis in Physical Reclamation and Minors in Geology and Environmental Science, University of WI-Platteville, Dec. 2004

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONLicensed Pesticide Applicator: WI

• WDATCP Commercial Pesticide Applicator License #: 185255-CA (expires 12/31/14)

• WDATCP Certification #: 070715 (expires 6/30/16) in Categories 1.1 & 5.0

CPR/First Aid Certifications Fire Training Certifications: L180, S130-S190, S290HAZWOPER: 40-hr Training CertificationOSHA 10-hr Construction Safety and Health Training CertificationPrescribed Burn Training, The Nature Conservancy

AFFILIATIONSAssociation of General Contractors of WI

WI Landscape Contractor Association

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Ecological Restoration & ManagementSheboygan River Area of Concern Habitat Restoration. Sheboygan, WI

Reach 1 Habitat Improvements. Installation of 10,000 plants, stabilization using erosion control techniques and two years of maintenance. Glenview, IL

Apple Creek YMCA. Site preparation herbicide treatments, discing, hand seeding and planting for a wetland restoration and rehabilitation. Also performed yearly follow-up ecological maintenance activities including prescribed burning. Appleton, WI

Chicago Park District Natural Areas. Managing, maintaining, and new construction installation of natural areas including dune restoration. Chicago, IL

Streambank and Slope StabilizationMilwaukee River Channel/Lincoln Creek Remediation. Significant areas of streambank stabilization, native seeding, plug planting, installation of erosion control mat and live stakes, and construction of various bioengineering techniques such as fabric encapsulated soil lifts for PCB-contaminated stream. Milwaukee, WI

Menomonee River Stabilization. Erosion control, planting and seeding streambank areas for the Milwaukee Riverkeeper organization. Menomonee Falls, WI

Urban Ecology Center Centennial Arboretum & Trail. Slope stabilization and trail rehabilitation. Milwaukee, WI

Midwest Remediation Project. Restoration and bank stabilization using a variety of bioengineering and erosion control techniques. WI

Lake Forest Cemetery Ravine Restoration. Restoration and bank stabilization using a variety of bioengineering and erosion control techniques. Lake Forest, IL

Invasive Species ControlGuardian Pipeline. Invasive species control in various Wisconsin DNR regulated wetlands. Ixonia, WI

Glacier Hills County Park. Invasive species control in sensitive bog community areas with threatened and endangered species. Richfield, WI

Wahl Ave Bluff. Herbicide exotic species and woody resprouts for Milwaukee County Parks on a stabilized bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. Milwaukee, WI

Cedarburg Bog State Natural Area Brushing. Invasive species eradication for the WI DNR for the most intact large bog in southeastern WI. Site included diverse vegetative types, from emergent aquatic vegetation, successional shrub-carr, and a string bog composed of ridges of stunted cedar and tamarack in an open flat sedge mat to meadow and a conifer-swamp hardwood forest. Ozaukee County, WI

Milwaukee River and Swamp State Natural Area Brushing. Invasive species eradication for the WI DNR in a combination of southern and northern wet-mesic forests along a warm water stream with shrub zones and vegetative communities including lowland hardwood forest, conifer swamp and a small bog lake. Fond du Lac County, WI

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Josh Kraemer, B.S.Construction Manager – Ecosystem Restoration

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Aaron Kubichka is an ecological restoration professional with seventeen years of experience designing, scheduling, installing and conducting ongoing maintenance and management activities. He has managed hundreds of ecosystem restoration and management projects involving wetlands, prairies, woodlands and streambank/riparian environments. Kubichka’s expertise with all areas of project management extend to client communications, estimating, contract administration, documentation, project tracking and invoicing. He is also extremely knowledgeable about the ecological functions of his projects, and has conducted extensive vegetative monitoring, seeding, planting, brush removal, prescribed burning, erosion control, herbicide application, seed collection, mowing, invasive species control and GPS/GIS projects.


Illinois State Tollway Authority Endangered Species Mitigation. Project Director. Lemont, IL

Springbrook Wetland Mitigation and Restoration. Project Director. Naperville, IL

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation Natural Area Reclamation. Project Director. Elgin, IL

Jelkes Creek Quarry Reclamation/Wetland Restoration. Project Manager. Sleepy Hollow, IL

Mallard Ridge Landfill Burn. Project Director/Prescribed Burn Manager/Ecologist. Delevan, WI

Indiana DNR Bongi Nature Preserve. Project Director. Gary, IN

Carrington Crossing Management. Project Manager. West Dundee, IL

Shullsburg Mine Reclamation. Project Manager. Shullsburg, WI

National Park Service Wetland Revegetation/Invasive Species Control. Project Director. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

St. Joseph Creek South Branch Stream Stabilization. Project Manager. Downers Grove, IL

Middle South Platte River Wetland Mitigation Bank. Project Manager. Erie, CO

Milwaukee River North Avenue Dam Removal/Revegetation. Project Manager. Milwaukee, WI

Spella Wetland Mitigation/Management. Project Manager. Algonquin, IL

Flambeau Mine Reclamation. Ladysmith, WI

Jelkes Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank. Sleepy Hollow, IL

Butterfield Wetland Mitigation Bank. Libertyville, IL

Ferson Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank. St. Charles, IL

Prairie Crossing Conservation Development. Grayslake, IL

Aaron Kubichka, B.S.Construction Manager – Ecosystem Restoration

EDUCATIONB.S. in Reclamation, University of Wisconsin - Platteville, 1996

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCommercial Pesticide Applicator: IA, IL, IN, WI

CPR/First Aid Certifications

HAZWOPER 24-Hour Certification

I-100 Incident Command System Certification

Prescribed Burn/Fire Training Certifications: Certified Prescribed Burn Manager, RX-410, S-130/S-190/S-290/S-390

Skidsteer Training Certification

AFFILIATIONSInvasive Plants of Wisconsin

Lower Sugar River Watershed Assoc.

National Mitigation Bankers Assoc.

The Prairie Enthusiasts

WI Prescribed Fire Council

Wisconsin Volunteer Stream Monitor (WAV)

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Dr. John Larson has over 23 years of professional experience in ecological restoration and management planning and design, as well as in wetland delineations. His work not only addresses the flood control aspects of stormwater management, but also water quality enhancement and groundwater recharge benefits not normally possible with conventional designs. Dr. Larson’s experience includes floristic analysis, land cover type mapping, threatened and endangered species investigations and ecological design. He applies this experience to restoration design, natural resource inventories, wetland determinations, wetland mitigation, wetland permitting and design of detention/retention/infiltration systems for stormwater management and treatment. Larson has completed over 250 wetland delineations throughout the US and has prepared over 100 annual reports for wetland mitigation projects.


Bay View Wetland Restoration. Milwaukee, WI

Pennsauken Outfall Repair. Design/permitting. Pennsauken Township, NJ

Lafitte Corridor Revitalization Plan. Lafitte, LA

Seneca Meadows Landfill Mitigation & Wetland Restoration. Waterloo, NY

Vernon County Landfill Wetland Design & Master Plan. Viroqua, WI

Mississippi River Museum. Lead ecologist for outdoor wetland exhibit design. Dubuque, IA

Seneca Lake State Park Restoration. Geneva, NY

Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Ecologist for the native landscaping, wetland permitting & mitigation. Lake Forest, IL

First Energy Little Blue Run Dam Impoundment Closure. Site assessment & re-use plan. Shippingport, PA

Autumn Lake. Conceptual design/stormwater design. Madison, WI Cherry Valley Wetland Mitigation Bank. Design/permitting for Northern IL Wetland LLC. Cherry Valley, IL

International Crane Foundation Whooping Crane Exhibit Design. Ecologist for design and plant species selection. Baraboo, WI

City of Muskego Ecological Assessment/Management Plan. Lead Ecologist. Muskego, WI

City of Dixon Riverfront Design Team. Lead Ecologist. Dixon, IL

John Larson, Ph.D.Principal Ecologist

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EDUCATIONPh.D., Biological Sciences: Wetland Ecology & Restoration, University of WI-Milwaukee, 1989

M.S., Biology, University of WI-Eau Claire, 1981

B.S., Biology, University of WI-Eau Claire, 1978

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertified Wetland Scientist, Lake County, IL

Certified Wetland Delineation Training, State of WI Coastal Management Program

Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America

AFFILIATIONSAmerican Institute of Biological Science

Society of Wetland Scientists

Ecological Society of America

Society for Ecological Restoration


Josh LaPointe directs all AES Contracting Operations in Illinois and Wisconsin. LaPointe’s experience managing a wide array of projects and his ability to anticipate and implement corrective measures is extremely valuable to AES. He has a vast knowledge of the labor and equipment needs that are required to accomplish project goals on time and within budget constraints along with the scientific principles underlying all restoration activities. He has extensive knowledge of all aspects of the restoration process including site preparation, seeding, planting, invasive species control and prescribed burning. His pro-active, hands-on approach to project and employee management ensures that AES’ Contracting Division provides accountable, timely and cost-effective project results to help clients achieve successful restoration goals.

LaPointe began working with AES in 2002 as a staff ecologist, managing all hydrological monitoring and reporting while also assisting with vegetative monitoring, wetland delineations and natural resource inventories. Prior to becoming Director of Construction in 2011 and then Regional Manager of Ecosystem Restoration in 2014, LaPointe was a Restoration Project Manager for large- and small-scale restoration efforts throughout the country. Previously, LaPointe was a Restoration Associate for the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He managed and restored property around the famous Leopold Shack, located near Baraboo, Wisconsin. A key component of LaPointe’s work was to promote the Leopold land ethic, which is also a fundamental principle AES uses to guide all restoration projects.


Ashtabula River Habitat Restoration. Construction Manager. Installation of vegetation along 800 linear feet of river shoreline along a U.S. EPA Area of Concern. Ashtabula, OH

Seneca Meadows Landfill Mitigation & Wetland Construction. Construction Manager. Waterloo, NY

Albany Landfill Pine Bush Wetland Mitigation & Restoration. Construction Manager. Albany, NY

Geddes Brook Streambank & Floodplain Restoration. Syracuse, NY

Native Vegetation Management for Stormwater Facilities. Restoration Project Manager. Appleton, WI

Little Beaver Island Habitat Improvement Project. Construction Manager. Grand Island, NY

Sanctuary of Bull Valley. Project Manager. 180-acre conservation development. Woodstock, IL

Carrington Reserve. Project Manager. West Dundee, IL

Woods of South Barrington. Construction Manager. South Barrington, IL

Butterfield Wetland Mitigation Bank. Libertyville, IL

EDUCATIONB.S. in Biology & Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONWetland Delineation Training

Environmental Corridor Delineation Training

First Aid and CPR Certification

Licensed Commercial Pesticide Applicator: IL, WI

Woodlands School Burn Training

WCG S-190/130/134/290 Wildfire Training

HAZWOPER 24 Training

OSHA 30 Construction Certification


Josh LaPointe, B.S.Regional Manager – Ecosystem Restoration

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Susan Lehnhardt is a Senior Ecologist with more than 15 years of professional experience in ecological assessment and restoration planning, and extensive field experience in native plant communities throughout the contiguous US, Alaska, Canada, and parts of Central and South America. She directs and manages investigations in watershed restoration planning, vegetation monitoring in regulated wetlands, floristic and rare plant inventories, community classification and mapping, ecosystem health and habitat assessment, wetland delineation and restoration and management planning for public, corporate, and private lands. In developing an effective long-term restoration and management plan for a degraded urban savanna site in Dane County, WI, she designed and implemented a long-term demonstration test plot program, which also served to engage and train volunteer stewards. She is researching the propagation and use of hairy-fruited lake sedge (Carex trichocarpa) an aggressive native mat-former in stream bank and wetland restorations to control exotic reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.).


Franklin Park Savanna State Natural Area. Restoration & Management Plan. WI

Crystal Lake Club Resource Inventory & Ecological Assessment. Marquette/Waushara counties, WI

Sycamore Island Ecological Assessment & Management Plan. Pittsburgh, PA

Dane County Parks/Lake View Woods. Ecological Assessment, Restoration Planning & Educational Stewardship Programming. WI

Stronghold Camp Ecological Assessment & Management Plan. Oregon, IL

Kansas City Natural Resource Inventory & Conservation Planning. Kansas City, MO

Watershed Restoration Planning & Migratory Bird Habitat Restoration. Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Don River Mouth Naturalization & Port Lands Flood Protection. Toronto

Albany Rapp Road Landfill Ecosystem Mitigation & Restoration. Albany, NY

Freshkills Landfill Final Closure & Restoration Planning. NY

Wood-Tikchik State Park. Ecological Assessment of Salmon Spawning Habitat. AK

Zion National Park/Virgin River. Riparian and Endangered Fish Restoration Plan. UT

Fort McCoy Military Reservation. Species Recovery & Relocation for a Federal Special Concern Species. Tomah, WI

Western Hiawatha National Forest Ecosystem Mapping. MI

EDUCATIONB.S., Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995

Awarded Raper Prize for Excellence in Botany, 1995

B.A., Applied Arts, Iowa State University, Ames, 1973

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONAdvanced Hydric Soils, Wetland Training Institute, Lake County, IL

MN Dept. of Natural Resources Land Cover Classification Methodology

Advanced Wetland Delineation Training, UW-La Crosse

Wetland Delineation Basic Training, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Methods

Governor’s Council on Aquatic Invasive Species, Science Advisory Group 2007–2013

Faculty, Watershed Restoration & Entrepreneurship, UVM, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 2003–2006

AFFILIATIONSLower Sugar River Watershed Association, Founding Board Member; WI Invasive Plants Association, Founding Board Member; Society for Ecological Restoration; Ecological Society of America; Science Advisory Team, Natural Land Institute, Nygren Wetland Preserve

Susan M. Lehnhardt, B.S., B.A.Senior Ecologist

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Todd Polacek is responsible for business development for significant opportunities at AES including remediation and mitigation projects. He supports sales for Technical Practice Leads and represents AES during initial client contacts. Polacek is often the initial point of contact for project procurement and is adapted to function with a wide variety of different clients and business units within AES including municipalities, developers, non-governmental organizations, agency staff and private landowners. With technical training and experience in limnology and fisheries, he is well versed in water quality parameters, chemical constituents and water resource related natural resource projects. A trained staff limnologist, Polacek worked professionally as a Fisheries Research Technician at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and as a Fisheries Technician for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WNDR). At USFWS, Polacek sampled fish, invertebrates and macrophytes and maintained electrofishing equipment. He used radio telemetry to track paddlefish migrations. He also conducted research on interaction between zebra mussels and native mussels in the upper Mississippi River, organized data and maintained an extensive database with over 50 parameters. At WDNR, Polacek raised coho salmon to juvenile stage, planted elastomer tags and sampled lakes and coldwater fisheries for ongoing monitoring projects and maintained research data on a statewide database.

Polacek worked as Sales Representative for AES’ Restoration Nurseries (an AES subsidiary) from 2005-2010 and worked closely with the Nursery Director to increase sales from approximately $1M to $2.5M, which included direct involvement in securing several native materials contracts equaling $1M. Prior to joining AES, Polacek acquired six years of business experience as owner and manager of Madison Outfitters Ltd., a full-service specialty fly fishing Orvis dealer, retail store and outfitting service generating over $250,000 in annual sales. Polacek was directly responsible for all aspects of the business including customer service, sales, purchasing, advertising, employee supervision and financial reporting to a board of directors. He is also well suited as a team member for design and planning of outdoor recreational developments and ecological restoration projects involving hunting and fishing properties.


Riverboat Road Design-Build Streambank Restoration, Milwaukee, WI

Sheboygan River Habitat Restoration, Sheboygan, WI

Pike River Watershed Plan, Kenosha County, WI

Tinley Creek - Bartel Parcel, Tinley Park, IL. Coordination for production of bulk nursery plant and seed materials for Chicago O’Hare Mitigation Bank Projects, 2009–2010.

Oneida Lake Fishery Habitat Restoration Recommendations/Oneida Lake Conceptual Design, Brown County, WI

Pier 53 / Washington Avenue Design-Build EcoPark, Philadelphia, PA

Pike River Dam Removal Conceptual Plan, Kenosha County, WI

Northerly Island / Former Meig’s Field Airbase, Chicago, IL

Autumn Lake Development, Madison, WI.

Oneida Lake Design, Brown County, WI

Black Brook Stream Relocation/Restoration, Waterloo, NY

Seneca Meadows Landfill Wetland Mitigation, Waterloo, NY

Geddes Brook, Syracuse, NY

EDUCATIONB.S. in Limnology and Fisheries, University of WI – Stevens Point. 1995

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONHuthwaite Professional Sales Development Course, Boston, MA. 2006

Natural resource studies in Germany & Poland. Course included limnology study of Lake Constance, Bodensee, Germany; forestry timber stand improvement (TSI); and restoration of coldwater fisheries impacted from acid rain and mining activities. 1995

Natural resource management and fishery courses, Macquarie University, Australia. 1993

AFFILIATIONSAmerican Fisheries Society

Trout Unlimited - National

Ruffed Grouse Society - John Keener Chapter Committee Member since 1998

Todd Polacek, B.S.Business Development

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Bill Stoll has 15 years of professional experience in ecological assessment and management of natural, disturbed, and restored areas. He also has extensive project management experience on large-scale ecological studies and restoration projects. His work as a consulting ecologist includes natural resource assessments, vegetation monitoring, wetland delineations and permitting, threatened and endangered species surveys, design of comprehensive restoration plans and shoreline and stream restorations. Large-scale project experience includes design and management of reclaimed surface mine and landfill sites and conservation development sites and creation of assessment reports and management plans for urban greenways, preserves and parks. Stoll currently manages a project for a mining company to develop a Habitat Conservation Plan for four threatened and endangered species in the lower Des Plaines River valley in Illinois.


Hines Emerald Dragonfly Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Project manager for development of an HCP for Federally endangered dragonfly in the lower Des Plaines River valley. Romeoville, IL

Harvest Wind II. Lead author on a Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy and contributor to an Eagle Conservation Plan for wind farm. Huron County, MI

Lawndale Park Stream Restoration. Lead ecologist for stream stabilization and naturalization design. Algonquin, IL

Ratt Creek Stream Restoration. Lead ecologist for stream stabilization and naturalization design. Algonquin, IL

Ft. Sheridan Ravine Restoration. Project Manager for restoration design of eroded ravine along Lake Michigan shoreline. Highland Park, IL

Rock River Restoration. Project Manager for design of bio-engineered shoreline stabilization treatments. Rockford, IL

Kingsbrook Crossing. Project Manager for residential detention pond shoreline stabilization design. Oswego, IL

Flambeau Mine Reclamation. Project Manager for monitoring and maintenance of 180-acre surface mine reclamation. Ladysmith, WI

Sanctuary of Bull Valley. Project Manager for ecological restoration of 180-acre conservation development. Woodstock, IL

McHenry County MPEV. Lead ecologist for ecological assessment and restoration plan for conservation area of a community events center. Woodstock, IL

Fresh Kills Landfall Master Plan. Project Manager for developing an ecological restoration plan for 2,200-acre landfill. Staten Island, NY

Baird Creek Greenway Ecological Study and Restoration Plan. Project Manager of 500-acre urban greenway project. Green Bay, WI

Rockford Park District Sewer Line. Project Manager for providing ecological assessment and restoration plan for a sewer line easement through three parks. Rockford, IL

Harding Lucas. Conducted surveys for seven State-listed T&E species and their habitats at proposed construction site adjacent to an INAI site. Calumet City, IL

Bill Stoll, M.A.Senior Ecologist

EDUCATIONM.A., Biology, San Francisco State University, 1998

B.S., Government, University of Notre Dame, 1987

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertified Wetland Specialist, McHenry County, Illinois

Advanced Wetland Delineation Training, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

USACE Wetland Delineation Training (IWEER)

Sedge Identification and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Fundamentals of Project Management

S-130/S-190 Prescribed Fire Training Certified

Phi Beta Kappa

Hensil Endowment Scholarship

Bachelor of Arts with honors

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EDUCATIONDoctorate of Liberal Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., ABD, 2015

Ph.D., Natural Resources Economics, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, 2008

M.S., Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983

B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1977


Dan Spethmann has over 30 years experience in natural resource management. He joined AES in 2014 as CEO/President. Spethmann is also a Managing Partner with Working Lands Investment Partners, LLC, an independent investment management firm specializing in environmental markets. Most recently, he was Manager of Investment Programs for New Forests, Inc., where he helped to raise and place institutional and private capital into ecosystem markets. Prior to this, he led the Non Timber Resources Development effort at Temple-Inland, Inc., where he developed stream and wetlands mitigation instruments, working forest conservation easements, and endangered species credit programs. He was Founder and President of Strategic Controls Corporation, which provided supervisory control and data acquisition systems for the natural gas industry. Prior to this, he served as Project Manager at Moncon, Inc., where he provided controls systems for hydroelectric facilities as well as the municipal water and wastewater industries. He holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources Economics from Stephen F. Austin State University, a M.S. in Forestry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He is an adjunct faculty member at Stephen F. Austin State University.

KEY PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Completed the first Forest Legacy Program grant in Texas with two successive successful applications, representing $5.5M committed by the Forest Service over 2004–07 funding period.

• Successfully worked to develop matching grants creating a public/private partnership resulting in the Texas Council on Environmental Quality, Army Corps of Engineers, and EPA Region 6 in committed participation for development and publication of a regional hydrogeomorphic model guidebook for East Texas Riverine systems.

• Founded and built a technical consulting business in an emerging market space built strictly on written proposals. Generated $6M/year based on these proposals and performance developing supervisory control and data acquisition systems for the natural gas industry.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Board of Directors - Piedmont Environmental CouncilWoodlands Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors - American Forest FoundationAmerican Agricultural Economics AssociationEnvironmental Law InstituteInternational Society for Ecological EconomicsNational Association of Mitigation BankersSociety of American ForestersSociety of Wetland Scientists

Dan Spethmann, Ph.D.CEO/President

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2014–Present CEO/President, Applied Ecological Services, Inc., Brodhead, WI.

2008–Present Managing Partner, Working Lands Investment Partners, LLC, New Haven, CT. -Advisory service focused on land-use planning and stewardship to capture the value of emerging

ecosystem markets. -Developing a portfolio of properties on which to employ healthy lands stewardship to capture

traditional & ecosystem service values. Assets under management include 25,000 acres of bottomland hardwoods.

2007–2008 Manager, Investment Programs, New Forests, Inc., Washington D.C. -Participated in the creation of the Eco Products Fund (EPF) raising $100M for investment in carbon

sequestration, wetlands mitigation and water quality trading. -Identified and engaged negotiation of $40M in wetlands mitigation projects to fill the EPF funds

allocation for mitigation.

2004–2007 Temple-Inland, Inc., Diboll, TX.

Manager, Non Timber Resources Business Development -Responsible for ecosystem services revenue development on 2.5 million acres -Developed stream/wetland mitigation instruments in GA & TX. Worked with USACE, EPA, USFWS,

EPA and state agencies to incorporate wetland mitigation banking into routine forestry and real estate development business activities.

-Successfully proposed Army Compatible Use Buffer grant, Ft. Polk. Proposal rated in top tier among the competing military bases for 2007 funding to create conservation mitigation bank for RCW incorporating endangered species management and population recovery with the Department of Defense, the USFWS and the State of Louisiana.

-Successfully proposed US Forest Legacy Program for 2006 & 2007. Developed working forest conservation easement with Texas A&M University Real Estate Foundation and the Texas Forest Service to maintain large contiguous tracts in working forest to support biodiversity and the local economy.

Manager, Applied Research & Development, GIS & IT/Biometrics -Managed these departments in the interim year between VPs. Developed budgets, personnel reviews

and coordinated technical direction. -Guided operations and investment for Corporate ArcGIS and Forest Decision support and modeling. -Applied economic discipline to decision processes.

2000–2007 Managing Partner, Stewardship Consulting, TMA Group, LLC, Tyler, TX. -Developed first Forest Legacy Program property in Texas; $500k. -Developed complimentary NAWCA grant for waterfowl; $50k. -Created wetland mitigation banking instrument and stewardship plan for 3,000-acre bottomland

hardwoods recreational property.

1989–2000 Founder & President, Strategic Controls Corporation, Dallas, TX. -Provided state-of-the-art supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) for the natural

gas industry. -Generated >$6M in annual revenue. -Acquired complimentary companies resulting in >$6M annual sales.

1984–1989 Project Manager-Instrumentation and Controls, Moncon, Inc., Dallas, TX. -Provided systems for the municipal water and wastewater industry. -Provided monitoring and control systems for hydroelectric facilities.

Dan Spethmann, Ph.D.CEO/President

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Ry Thompson is an AES Ecologist and Project Manager with fifteen years of professional experience. Thompson has managed and led projects in field ecology, watershed assessment, watershed planning, ecological restoration and renewable energy. He has experience with ecological consulting firms, non-profit organizations and local and regional government agencies in the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest. Thompson is currently managing numerous projects and functioning as an ecologist on a variety of AES projects, including vegetation and wildlife surveys, wetland delineations, wetland restoration and mitigation banks, soil investigations, stream habitat assessment and restoration projects, land management and master planning and habitat restoration projects.


Johnson Creek Conservation Plan: Phase I Restoration. Arlington, TX

Petrifying Springs Park Natural Resources Inventory, Erosion Assessment and Conceptual Restoration Plan. Kenosha County, WI

Stream Habitat Assessment and Mapping Projects. Western/eastern OR & WA

Developing a Large-Scale Agricultural Soil Carbon Transaction in the Palouse Region for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. WA, ID & OR

Wetland Water Cooling Partnership: The Use of Constructed Wetlands to Enhance Thermoelectric Power Plant Cooling and Mitigate the Demand of Surface Water Use for the U.S. Department of Energy and Progress Energy Service Company, LLC. Bartow, FL

Wildlife Habitat Management Plan and Long-term Care Plan at Shullsburg Mine. Shullsburg, WI

Soil Carbon and Native Prairie Biomass Investigations in Cajun Prairie Sites. LA

Soil Carbon Study on Reclaimed Mine Lands. Cumberland, OH

Wildlife Habitat Management Plan at Badger Mining Corporation, Taylor Plant. Jackson & Trempealeau counties, WI

Faunal Surveys at Seneca Meadows Landfill. Waterloo, NY

Faunal Surveys at Shullsburg Mine. Shullsburg, WI

Avifaunal Surveys at Potential Wind Farm Sites. MN & IA

Breeding Bird, Herpetological and Vegetation Surveys at Wetlands along Green Bay. WI

EDUCATIONM.S. Candidate, Project Management, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 2013–Ongoing

Coursework for Master of Environmental Science and Resources, Portland State University, 2001–2005

Bachelor of Science and Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, 1998

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertificate in Project Management, UW-Platteville, Fall 2013

Basic Wetland Delineation Certification, UW-La Crosse, August 2014

Basic Hydric Soils Identification Certification, UW-La Crosse, June 2014

AFFILIATIONSAmerican Bird Conservancy, The Prairie Enthusiasts, Project Management Institute, Society for Ecological Restoration

Ry L. Thompson, B.S. (M.S. Candidate)Ecologist/Project Manager

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Steve Zimmerman is a Senior Ecologist and Project Manager working out of AES’ West Dundee, Illinois, branch office. He has fifteen years of professional experience in natural resources management with specialties in stream ecology, restoration ecology, fisheries management, stream and shoreline restoration, watershed planning, green infrastructure planning, native vegetation establishment/ monitoring, and wetland delineations. As an Ecologist and Project Manager, Mr. Zimmerman is active in all phases of prairie, woodland, wetland, stream, or pond/lake management, restoration, and monitoring. He is proficient in natural community and stream health evaluations and has hands on experience with water quality monitoring, fish community sampling and habitat analysis/restoration using a variety of sampling techniques. Many aspects of these projects include acquiring and administering permits, preparation of construction documents, erosion control design, and natural resources surveying. In addition, Mr. Zimmerman has given dozens of ecological related presentations.


Ecological Consultant, Village of Algonquin, IL (2002-Present). Project manager for over 25+ ecological restoration projects involving plan review, implementation, management, and monitoring.

Ecological Consultant, Village of West Dundee, IL (2002-Present). Project manager for restoration, maintenance, and monitoring of natural areas at Carrington Reserve Conservation Development.

Six IEPA Approved Watershed Management Plans (2001-Present). Project manager and author of six watershed management plans in Lake, McHenry, Kane, Will and Cook counties, IL, and Racine and Milwaukee counties, WI. Plans include post-construction review of over 300 detention basins.

Boneyard Creek, Champaign, IL (2012-Present). Lead ecologist conducting wetland and water quality monitoring and design of planting plans for detention/retention basins and reconstructed stream reach.

30+ Wetland Delineations (2001-Present). Lead ecologist on over 30 wetland delineation projects in northeast IL and southeast WI.

10 Detention Basin Retrofit Designs/Installations (2001-2013). Lead ecologist/project manager and designer for 10 detention basins that were retrofitted with native vegetation in northeast IL.

Two Lake/Pond Shoreline Stabilization Designs (2001-2014). Project manager and co-designer for 3,500 lf of bioengineered shoreline stabilization at four ponds within Ironwood Golf Course in Normal, IL, and Cambridge Country Park in Mundelein, IL.

Six Streambank Stabilization Designs (2001-2014). Project manager and co-designer for over 4,000 lf of bioengineering stream stabilization along six stream reaches in Barrington, Algonquin, Mundelein and West Dundee, IL.

Eight Natural Resource Inventory/Management Plans for Degraded Natural Areas (2001-Present). Lead ecologist/project manager for eight projects involving an assessment of natural areas and development of management plans.

EDUCATIONM.S. in Biology, Western Illinois University, 2001B.S. in Biology, Culver-Stockton College, 1998

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONCertified Wetland Specialist, Lake County and McHenry County, IllinoisEPA Water Quality Sampling and QAPP PreparationUSACE Wetland Delineation TrainingAdvanced Macroinvertebrate Identification, Purdue UniversitySoil Erosion and Sediment Control TrainingInstitute of Botanical Training, LLC: Wetland FloraBollinger Environmental: Winter BotanyStream Fish ID and IBI Calculation via Masters Thesis

AFFILIATIONSMember of Spring Creek, Flint Creek, Bull Creek, Woods Creek, Jelkes-Fox River, & Silver Creek/Sleepy Hollow Watershed Committees (IL) and of Wind Point Watershed Committee (WI)

Steve Zimmerman, M.S.Senior Ecologist

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Project Name/Location:WaterTreatmentPlantNumber3RainGardenDesignandInstallation,Algonquin,ILOwner’s Name/Contact Info:VillageofAlgonquin110MeyerDriveAlgonquin,IL60102847-658-2754Reference:MicheleZimmermanAssistantDirectorofPublicWorks847-658-2754mzimmerman@algonquin.org

Project Name/Location:BoneyardCreekDesign/BuildSecondStreetBioswales,Champaign,ILOwner’s Name/Contact Info:CityofChampaignPublicWorksDepartment702EdgebrookDriveChampaign,IL61820217-403-4710Reference:EleanorBlackmonAssistantCityEngineer217-403-4710Eleanor.blackmon@ci.champaign.il.us

Project Name/Location:RiverboatRoadShorelineRestoration,Milwaukee,WIOwner’s Name/Contact Info:RiverRevitalizationFoundation2134N.RiverboatRoadMilwaukee,WI53212414-271-8000Reference:KimberlyGleffeExecutiveDirector414-271-8000x1kgleffe@riverrevitalizationfoundation.org

Project Name/Location:SchoolDistrictofSouthMilwaukeeNativeLandscapeDesign,Installation&Maintenance,SouthMilwaukee,WIOwner’s Name/Contact Info:SchoolDistrictofSouthMilwaukee90115thAvenueSouthMilwaukee,WI53172414-766-5020Reference:JeffSiegmanBuildingandGroundsManager414-766-5075siegman.jeff@sdsm.k12.wi.us

Project Name/Location:PennoyerBeachOutfallInfiltrationBasin,Kenosha,WIOwner’s Name/Contact Info:CityofKenoshaDepartmentofPublicWorks/StormwaterUtility62552ndStreetKenosha,WI53140262-653-4050Reference:[email protected]

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Project Name/Location:JelkesCreekQuarryReclamationandWetlandRestoration,SleepyHollow,DundeeTownship,KaneCounty,ILOwner’s Name/Contact Info:DundeeTownship611EastMainStreet,Suite201E.Dundee,IL60118(847)428-8092Reference:SueHarneyTownshipSupervisor847-428-8092x1suedt@dundeetownship.org

Project Name/Location:ValleyViewParkMasterPlanning,DesignandPhaseIImplementation,WestDesMoines,IAOwner’s Name/Contact Info:CityofWestDesMoines4200MillsCivicParkwayWestDesMoines,IA50265515-222-3444Reference:RyanPetersonLandscapeArchitect,RDGPlanning&Design(515)[email protected]

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Water Treatment Plant Number 3 Rain Garden Design and Installation, Algonquin, ILIn 2011, the Village of Algonquin applied for and received a $5,000 grant from the McHenry County, Illinois, NRCS/SWCD to install a rain garden at a Village-owned site. The Village supplemented the grant with an additional $6,000, allowing them to hire Applied Ecological Services to provide ecological consulting services for stormwater management.

AES assessed the potential for installing rain gardens at several Village-owned locations. From these site visits, AES determined that the best placement for the rain garden was at the Village’s Water Treatment Plant #3. The site features two stormwater downspouts that drain a 1,250-square foot section of the building, thereby providing an ideal location for a rain garden. The area is also adjacent to the main treatment building and is visible to the public from Square Barn Road.

After determining where the rain garden would provide the most beneficial usage for the Village, AES designed a rain garden large enough to capture stormwater following all rain events up to the two-year event. Based on local soil conditions, AES then developed a planting plan. AES also provided oversight during the excavation of the project, which was done using in-kind services provided by the Village. AES completed the project by installing native seed and plugs within and around the rain garden in May 2011.

Finally, the Village added educational signage to provide citizens with an explanation of how rain gardens function and the benefits of installing rain gardens, which include stormwater infiltration, wildlife habitat creation, and water quality improvement.

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Boneyard Creek Design/Build Second Street Bioswales, Champaign, ILIn Champaign, IL, Boneyard Creek is an important urban environmental corridor that had been degraded by streambank erosion and lack of maintenance. The City of Champaign retained AES in 2012 to begin a 5-year schedule of wetland and water quality monitoring to meet mitigation requirements of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. AES Senior Ecologist Steve Zimmerman has led the monitoring effort, which was initiated in 2012 and will be completed in 2016. In addition to wetland delineations and monitoring, AES has also taken grab samples of water in the detention basins and stream to analyze water quality and report to the Corps.

AES was also asked to help the City of Champaign retrofit a series of bioswales adjacent to the Boneyard Creek project along Second Street that were failing. Zimmerman and AES Landscape Architect Cole Clayton collaborated on suggesting changes to the grading and inlet elevations of the Second Street bioswales to support a native prairie plant palette for the bioswales.

AES’ Restoration Contracting staff installed the revegetation design in 2013 using plant materials from AES’ in-house native species nursery, Taylor Creek Restoration Nursery. The bioswale retrofit is performing well, due to correcting the drainage in the swales and the selection of appropriate species for various planting zones, quality installation from experienced crews, and high quality plant materials.

As an additional part of the Boneyard Creek update, Zimmerman has advised the City of Champaign with monitoring and maintenance recommendations for the native planting areas along Boneyard Creek. In early 2015, Zimmerman and Clayton are designing a revegetation of native prairie and wetland plantings where previous plantings have failed along Boneyard Creek and the detention basin.

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Riverboat Road Shoreline Restoration, Milwaukee, WIThe River Revitalization Foundation, a prominent Milwaukee non-profit conservation organization, acquired a significant property along the Milwaukee River with important connections both recreationally and ecologically. The property had been neglected and degraded over the years, and was in need of ecological restoration. The Foundation decided a design/build process would be most expedient and hired Applied Ecological Services to design the site and construct the improvements. Site elements designed and constructed by AES included a naturalized shoreline complete with root wads, native vegetation, and a “backwater” habitat zone that was designed to fluctuate with the seiche effect of Lake Michigan. AES designed and installed two rain gardens, including one that captures water from the parking lot then directs excess water over a rocky terrace, under a trail, and through a stone runnel and then to the river. The design featured a handicapped accessible trail system that connects the northern end of the Milwaukee Riverwalk system to the southern end of the Milwaukee Greenway trail system while also providing access to the river itself and includes a scenic overlook with surfacing and bench seating. The project site, which now serves as the Foundation’s headquarters, is located near downtown Milwaukee, in the Lower Milwaukee River (within the Area of Concern boundary) in a dynamic seiche-driven freshwater estuary. Habitat for fish (northern pike are a target species), amphibians, birds and reptiles within the river corridor is at a premium, particularly in this urban setting. For this high-profile site, RRF had an ambitious list of goals: 1) Naturalize and stabilize the streambank with native vegetation to reduce non-point pollution loading to the river; 2) Remove artificial structures (iron and concrete) and re-grade a steep eroding slope to improve water quality and stormwater management; 3) Improve the riparian habitat for fish and wildlife; and 4) Contribute to delisting of the beneficial use impairments (BUIs) in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC) related to fish and wildlife.

AES led a skilled team of scientists, engineers and contractors in executing design-build strategies by managing the process, design and delivery of concept plans; drafting construction documents; submitting state and federal permits; establishing pre-construction erosion controls, which included preparation of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP); performing earthwork including invasive species removal, cut-fill, and re-grading and terracing the slope; stabilizing the riverbank; installing native vegetation; and maintaining the site for three years post-construction. While constructing the project, AES was also asked to assist the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (WDNR) Fisheries Department in creating a unique fish spawning reef project immediately adjacent to the site. AES provided installation and oversight of the reef project, which is anticipated to provide critical habitat for lake sturgeon, walleye and other native fish.



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School District of South Milwaukee Native Landscape Design, Installation & Maintenance, South Milwaukee, WIAES was retained by the South Milwaukee School District to prepare a master landscape plan–including an ecological restoration plan and a planting plan–and install all native plants for the new South Milwaukee Middle School and High School Campus. The site is unique because a state endangered perennial–bluestem goldenrod–as well as the state threatened Butler’s gartersnake are known to exist at the site. These two species populations directly affected development plans for the site.

AES worked with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the school district to develop a Stormwater Treatment Train™ stormwater management system and restoration plans for the site as well as the adjacent Rawson Woods, a high-quality woodland. The design team at AES worked to develop a highly detailed planting plan that would complement the new architecture of the school building while providing an aesthetically pleasing landscape interest throughout the year. AES completed all of the installation and continues to maintain natural areas and formal landscapes. Formal landscape maintenance includes two visits yearly to address weed control and aesthetic concerns in native perennial and shrub beds and small prairie units surrounding the school by hand pulling or selective herbiciding of weeds/cutting out of dead material as appropriate.



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Pennoyer Beach Outfall Infiltration Basin, Kenosha, WIThe City of Kenosha owns 4.5 of the six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline within city boundaries. This includes five city-owned beaches classified as “impaired” by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. There are also nine major outfalls within Kenosha that discharge directly into Lake Michigan. Beach and water health were often compromised by turbulent stormwater flows, causing sedimentation to be discharged into the lake, and from seagulls.

With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the City of Kenosha has been able to improve near shore health and lessen non-point source pollution. Pennoyer Beach is the first project to enhance water quality at an outfall within the City limits. The project focused on the design and construction of a stormwater treatment/infiltration basin at a storm sewer outfall on Pennoyer Beach and the implementation of a system of upstream best management practices (BMPs) to aid in the performance of the basin. BMPs included sub-surface installation vaults and parkway bioswales, which act as a pretreatment device for the infiltration basin.

AECOM designed the stormwater treatment infiltration basin, which will: collect, detain, store, filter and infiltrate stormwater from the drainage area; reduce bacterial loading onto the beach; reduce non-point source pollutants (sediments) by reducing some of the turbulent flows; and modify the outfall location to allow for more acceptable grade transition from the top of the hillside to the beach.

Applied Ecological Services planted the stormwater treatment infiltration basin with native plants and beach grasses, creating a berm/dune around the outer limits and reducing erosion issues. Over the course of the project, AES planted thousands of native plugs and seed to increase the species diversity of the areas. Our crews installed shoreline erosion control treatments such as coir logs and erosion blanket to help establish new plantings and buffer them from dynamic water fluctuations that are typical of urban stormwater facilities. AES also provided two years of ecological management for the native species as they matured to ensure successful plant establishment.



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Jelkes Creek Quarry Reclamation and Wetland Restoration, Sleepy Hollow, Dundee Township, Kane County, ILAES was hired to reclaim and restore this 160-acre former gravel quarry on Jelkes Creek – a tributary of the Fox River, located southwest of the Village of Sleepy Hollow in Kane County, Illinois. The site is currently a part of the 244-acre Jelkes Creek Bird Sanctuary, which is complete with pavilions, educational signage, multi-use public trails and fishing access. A bridge over Jelkes Creek connects the new trail system to the previously existing Bird Sanctuary, which AES also constructed and maintained.

To accomplish this goal, the AES team, along with the prime contractor GA Blocker: 1) Reconfigured the site by re-grading to reduce slopes, re-spreading the topsoil berms, and installing 54,000 native plants in the re-spread topsoil zones; 2) Constructed six biofiltration swales totaling 3,250 linear feet to treat and infiltrate runoff from the site; 3) Converted three existing ponds into stormwater wetlands to improve pollutant removal before discharging stormwater; and 4) Constructed six stormwater detention basins to improve water quality, remove suspended and soluble non-point source pollutants, enhance habitat and aesthetics, and improve water retention and other beneficial hydrologic functions.

AES began the project in July 2009 and completed work in November 2013. Crews performed work on the site in spring, summer and fall. Crews installed native plants from June-October 2010, and planted native seed from July-November 2009 and again in March-June of 2010. AES also performed invasive species control for herbaceous plants from June 2010-November 2013, except in the dormant months of December-February. Ecological maintenance work included invasive species control for Phragmites australis, Phalaris arundinacea, Lythrum salicaria, Cirsium arvense and Euphorbia esula. Depending on density, techniques varied from non-selective broadcast spray to eliminate monocultures to methods as selective as hand wick applications. Selective techniques such as spot spraying with selective herbicides or hand wicking were used whenever possible.

Jelkes Creek Restoration Project has been recognized as an “environmental and recreational showcase” by the International Erosion Control Association (IECA), winning IECA’s 2012 “Environmental Achievement of the Year Award” for erosion and sediment control. The project also won the 2012 Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management’s “Stormwater Management Award” for project excellence.



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Valley View Park Master Planning, Design and Phase I Implementation, West Des Moines, IAValley View Park is a signature park in West Des Moines, a rapidly growing community outside Des Moines, Iowa. West Des Moines values high amenity developments and affords its residents a varied and comfortable lifestyle. The City turned to RDG Planning and Design (project lead) and Applied Ecological Services to engage the community in a master planning process for Valley View.

The challenge at Valley View Park was to improve the site’s ecology and sustainability, while creating multiple recreational and cultural venues. Other challenges were constraints placed on the park by surrounding residential developments, the need to blend with an existing water park, the City’s stormwater management ordinances, and the necessity of creating affordable open space that could be maintained largely by City park staff.

Through a collaborative process, RDG and AES designed the master plan using a strong ecological concept provided by AES. RDG and AES were also selected to design and oversee the construction of Phase 1. The agricultural ditch in the park is being transformed to a braided stream and pond system using stormwater runoff from the park and its surroundings. Functioning as a watershed, water flowing through the park is now cleansed and regulated through additional ponds.

The park demonstrates the positive attributes of native vegetation and the natural water cycle while offsetting impacts from development. Ecological features throughout the park are not only instructional and recreational, but also lower maintenance costs, reduce stormwater runoff volume, and promote infiltration. Stormwater management includes a series of bio-filtration galleries, nutrient removal biocells, stormwater wetlands, wet ponds, bio-retention filters, and an underground cistern to capture and reuse runoff to supplement irrigation and feed the interactive water features. A restored ecosystem and wildlife habitat were created alongside playing fields, playgrounds and parking lots.


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