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Artemis Environmental Services is a women-owned small-business consulting firm focused on providing strategic lead-ership in regulatory permitting and environmental plan-ning services related to biological and natural resources throughout the southwest. We provide our clients with an efficient and cost-effective approach by utilizing staff with senior experience who have the capability to come quickly up to speed. Our seasoned in-house staff comes with a com-bined 40 years of experience and a number of certifications, specialties, memberships, and USFWS species permits. Our teaming partners of top scientists and professionals provide a deep bench of scope of services from project design through post-construction. While our in-house staff and teaming part-ners provide a full suite of field services, such as sensitive species surveys and aquatic resource delineations, our work doesn’t just start and end in the field. We are dedicated to producing high-quality, scientifically supported technical re-ports, studies, and environmental documents.

Contact

[email protected]

www.artemis-environmental.com

Statement of Qualifications

Special points of interest: Table of Contents

Artemis Approach 2

Certifications 2

Services 3-6

Key Personnel & Teaming Partners 7-15

Existing Clients and Projects 16

Contact Information 1,7-9,

Contact Information 16-18

Introduction

Certified Small Business & Women Business Enterprise

Serving the Southwestern United States

Regulatory Permitting Expertise

Focused on Biological and Natural Resources

Located in Carlsbad, California

NAICS

541690, 541620, 541320, 541370,

541330

DUNS

080254668

CAGE Code

7PBX0

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Premier Service at an Affordable Price Artemis is an independent firm providing clients with a cost-effective ap-

proach by utilizing highly experienced, senior experts who have the capa-

bility to come quickly up to speed. In addition to our in-house biologists

and experts, Artemis teams with top scientists and professionals in the

field as partners or independent contractors. This allows us to provide

quality service while also maintaining low overhead costs.

Personal Advantage The environmental consulting field is constantly in flux with changing regu-

lations and protocols. As such, we are dedicated to providing our clients

with personal, agile service that can respond quickly to changing condi-

tions, while maintaining our clients’ goals with a communicative and per-

sonalized approach to each individual project. Our small size, yet broad

network of experts, allows us to operate as if we were a larger firm with

the resources available to strategize and develop peer-reviewed solutions

to issues and problems.

Technical Excellence Our services don’t just start and end in the field. We produce high-quality,

scientifically supported technical reports, studies, and environmental doc-

uments. Our experts hold the highest degrees in their profession, maintain

professional licenses and permits for their respective fields, maintain con-

tinuing education credits to stay abreast of changing industry conditions,

and are published in scientific journals and legal publications. We take

great pride in our written products. All work products, whether developed

in-house or by a teaming partner, go through a rigorous quality review pro-

cess by Artemis management so that all work has the appropriate tone,

style, format, and consistency. All scientific and technical studies are peer-

reviewed by senior scientists.

Artemis Approach


Certifications

California Department of

General Services, Small

Business Enterprise

#2002010

California Public Utili-

ties Commission, Women

Business Enterprise

#16000256

California Unified Certifi-

cation Program,

Disadvantaged Busi-

ness Enterprise #43648

SANDAG Architecture

and Engineering Small

Business Bench Certi-

fied

U.S Small Business Ad-

ministration, Woman-

owned Small Business

The Artemis in-house team has a combined 40 years of experience. Our

staff comes with a number of certifications, specialties, memberships, and

USFWS species permits, providing clients with a wide scope of services

ranging from field surveys to high-level environmental documents. Artemis

also strategically partners with other independent natural resources ex-

perts whose skills complement each other. This allows us to provide a full

suite of services from project design through post-construction. This sec-

tion describes the services Artemis offers at each stage of a project.

Project Planning and Design Before starting a permit application or environmental review document, it

is critical to understand as much as possible about a project’s constraints

and opportunities. This stage of a project is often the most overlooked and

hastily executed phase. But it is vital to the success of a project to take the

little extra time and effort needed to support strategic decisions during the

environmental review and permitting phase. Artemis recommends engag-

ing our services concurrently with engineering and design to work together

to find solutions that avoid or minimize a potential environmental impact.

When project time constraints will not allow complete design prior to envi-

ronmental review and permitting, Artemis can assist in developing solu-

tions that would be acceptable to regulatory agencies. Decisions made in

this stage will have direct implications on the type of environmental review

documents or permits to pursue in subsequent phases, and taking the time

to plan strategically will lead to time and cost savings later. Artemis

provides the services listed below during the project planning and design

phase.

Services

Artemis Environmental Services, Inc.

Due Diligence, Opportunities, and Constraints Analysis

Habitat Assessments and Inventory Surveys

Protocol or Focused Biological/Botanical Surveys

Natural Resources Technical Studies/Reports

Vegetation Classification and Mapping

GIS Modeling and Analysis

Conservation Planning and Research

Natural Resources Management Plans

Aquatic Habitat Assessments and Surveys

Jurisdictional Waters and Wetland Delineations

Regulatory Permitting Strategic Planning

Environmental Review and Permitting Process The keys to success during the project review and permitting phase are

early engagement with regulatory agencies, working together on a solution

accepted by all parties and stakeholders, and persistent follow-up and co-

ordination throughout the application process. In addition, the quality of

field surveys and written technical studies to support environmental re-

view, as well as the rapport with regulatory agency representatives, are all

critical to developing and maintaining the trust required for a successful

outcome. Artemis takes great care to implement these keys to success and

to provide the highest quality of service no matter the project size—

whether it involves a simple permit package or a complex regional-scale

permit. Artemis professionals have experience permitting projects of vari-

ous scope and scale throughout southern California, including renewable

energy, utility infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, private devel-

opment, and water infrastructure projects. Artemis provides the following

services during the project review and approval process phase.

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Permit Applications and Agency Coordination with the Following Agencies:

- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Nationwide Permit | Individual Permit | Regional General Permit

- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Marine Fisheries Service

§ 7 Consultations | § 10 Habitat Conservation Plans

- California Department of Fish and Wildlife

§ 1600 Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreements | § 2081 Incidental Take Permits | § 2080.1 Con-

sistency Determinations

- Regional Water Quality Control Board/State Water Resources Control Board

§ 401 Certifications | Waste Discharge Requirements | National Pollution Discharge Elimination

System Permits

- State Lands Commission, California Coastal Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, Cali-

fornia Energy Commission, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service

California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act Sections

Alternatives Analysis

Mitigation and Monitoring Plans

Natural Environment Studies

Section 4(f) Evaluations

Pre-Construction, Construction, and Post-Construction

Compliance Artemis enjoys the ability to see a project through implementation and

post-construction. Because of our experience in this phase of a project, we

are able to identify lessons learned and improvements in crafting appropri-

ate mitigation and conservation measures that actually work in the field.

Things happen fast during construction. Constant communication is critical,

which is why the personal, agile service that Artemis provides becomes a

vital key to success. Artemis professionals have strong organizational skills

required for tracking and understanding the implications of dynamic and

simultaneous implementation of mitigation measures under a tight con-

struction schedule. We also work well with construction crews and agency

representatives alike with the understanding that we all have the same

goal to complete a project in compliance, on schedule, and on budget. Ar-

temis will work closely with the client and agency representatives to con-

firm compliance with permit conditions using these skills and our techno-

logical solutions described in Other Project Services. Artemis provides the

following services during the project implementation and post-

implementation phase.

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Resource Specific Mitigation and Monitoring Plans

Worker Environmental Awareness Program Development

Pre-construction Engineering Fielding Work Plans

Pre-construction Surveys/Monitoring for Biological Resources

Environmentally Sensitive Area Fencing and Flagging

Special-Status Species Translocation/Relocation

Agency Coordination

Environmental Compliance Tracking and Reporting

Construction Monitoring and Reporting

Post-construction Permit Compliance Reporting

Other Throughout all phases of a project, Artemis provides strong project man-

agement skills, such as budget analysis and management, scheduling, and

task tracking to keep a project on schedule and on budget. Artemis staff

are experts at using the Microsoft and Adobe suite of products, and use

these tools daily to support project work. In addition, Artemis staff have

experience developing web-based solutions integrated with robust data-

base back-ends for mobile data collection and management. Mobile data

collection is critical to successful field efforts and supports our production

of technical studies and our ability to conduct monitoring and compliance

reporting. Artemis can work with a client’s existing technologies or develop

a custom solution. Artemis provides the following additional services

throughout all phases of a project.

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Database Development

Data Management

Web-based Data Collection Tools

Program-level Management, Development, Implementation

Project Management

Work Breakdown Structure Analysis

Budget Management

Excel Support

Scheduling

Julie Ogilvie, MS, JD—Founder and President Whether it’s a transportation project that will allow a parent to get home

to his kids safely or a solar development project that will deliver clean en-

ergy to homes, Julie is passionate about supporting projects that help to

improve lives while protecting our natural resources. As a California-

licensed attorney with a Master’s in Ecology and a knack for finance, she is

uniquely suited to aid clients on a wide range of matters. Through her ca-

reer, she has supported a diverse array of clients and industries, including

renewable energy, utilities, transportation, water, wastewater, private/

public development, and the military. Prior to founding Artemis, she was a

senior project manager with a global architecture and engineering firm

where she gained more than 10 years of experience working in the envi-

ronmental consulting field in California. She brings “big firm” competence

to the personalized service she provides at Artemis.

Julie has supported projects through various stages of planning, per-

mitting, implementation, and post-implementation. She understands the

direct implications of decisions made in the planning stage, or of terms

negotiated in mitigation measures and permit conditions. Her areas of fo-

cus include environmental planning, waters and wetlands permitting, en-

dangered species consultations, the unique-energy permitting process,

environmental compliance tracking and reporting, and project manage-

ment of multi-million dollar projects with multi-disciplinary teams. She

obtained a B.A in Economics from Claremont McKenna College, an M.S. in

Ecology with emphasis in Environmental Policy Analysis from the Universi-

ty of California, Davis, and a J.D. from the University of California, Davis,

School of Law.

Contact: [email protected]

Key Personnel


Certifications

and Member-

ships

California State Bar Li-

cense #251775

Environmental Law Sec-

tion

Association of Environ-

mental Professionals,

San Diego Chapter

WTS International


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Jasmine Bakker—Senior Biologist and Project Manager Jasmine Bakker is a senior biologist with more than 15 years of experience

working on a variety of biological surveys, habitat restoration, and environ-

mental compliance projects for private clients and public agencies to sup-

port renewable energy, utilities, water infrastructure, and private/public

development. Her field work includes general botanical and zoological sur-

veys, focused rare plant surveys, stream bioassessment and water quality

sampling, protocol Quino checkerspot butterfly surveys, and presence/

absence surveys for other sensitive species such as burrowing owl, least

Bell’s vireo, nesting raptors, flat-tailed horned lizard, and arroyo toad. As

an environmental compliance monitor for large-scale construction pro-

jects, Ms. Bakker has participated in design-review of project plans and

specifications, conducted environmental trainings for project personnel

and crew, coordinated and scheduled as-needed species surveys and sub-

consultants for noise, archaeological, and paleontological monitoring,

monitored and made recommendations for installation of Storm Water

Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Best Management Practices (BMPs),

and has prepared environmental compliance reports. She has also collabo-

rated with contractors, subcontractors, clients, and regulatory agencies to

help ensure successful project implementation. She obtained a B.S. in Ecol-

ogy and Systematic Biology with an emphasis in botany from California

Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.


Certifications

Certified Erosion, Sedi-

ment and Storm Water

Inspector (CESSWI)

#2451

California Stormwater

Quality Association:

Qualified SWPPP Practi-

tioner (QSP) #22143

California Wetlands

Monitoring Group: Certi-

fied California Rapid

Assessment (CRAM)

Practitioner

USFWS 10(a)(1)(A) Per-

mitted biologist for Qui-

no Checkerspot Butterfly


Key Personnel Continued

Tara Baxter—Senior Biologist Tara Baxter is a biologist/wildlife ecologist with over eight years of experi-

ence as a biological consultant in Southern California. Project experience

includes general and sensitive wildlife and floral surveys, native habitat

restoration and mitigation monitoring, second and third-party construction

compliance monitoring, and environmental document preparation. She is

adept at identifying native bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, and plant

species; she specializes in birds where she has experience conducting

coastal California gnatcatcher surveys, least Bell's vireo surveys, south-

western willow flycatcher surveys, brown-headed cowbird surveys, bur-

rowing owl surveys, raptor migration surveys, avian point count surveys,

general nesting bird surveys, and she also has experience in bird banding.

Ms. Baxter is also experienced in handling and transporting species requir-

ing relocation during construction, where she has experience working on

large-scale transmission, wind, and solar projects throughout Southern

California with a specialty in third-party helicopter compliance monitoring.

She obtained a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with an emphasis

in population dynamics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.


Certifications &

Memberships


mitted biologist for

coastal California gnat-

catcher (#TE-87004B-0)


mitted biologist for Qui-

no Checkerspot Butterfly

(#TE-87004B-0)

California Department

of Fish and Wildlife

(CDFW) certified flat-

tailed horned lizard

biologist

Member of: San Diego

Management & Moni-

toring Program, Western

Field Ornithologists, the

Wildlife Society, Desert

Tortoise Council, Friends

of Audubon Society

Ed Kentner, PhD—Senior Botanist Dr. Kentner is a botanist specializing in the flora and vegetation communi-

ties of California. He has conducted and led botanical surveys for many

projects located throughout the state, and has training and experience in

vascular plant taxonomy, vegetation classification and mapping, and wet-

land delineations. He is experienced with performing jurisdictional delinea-

tions in desert ecosystems throughout Southern California and Nevada. He

has led the botanical survey efforts for more than ten large-scale renewa-

ble energy and infrastructure developments in the Southern California de-

serts, the Tehachapi Mountains, and the Southern Sierra Nevada Moun-

tains, and has contributed to several large-scale vegetation classification

efforts in California. Dr. Kentner is equally comfortable conducting field

surveys, designing and implementing GPS / GIS data collection strategies,

producing GIS maps, and serving as the primary author of technical reports

and permit applications. Dr. Kentner is skilled in environmental document

production and technical editing, and has authored or contributed to

many types of environmental documents. He obtained a B.S. in Botany

from Humboldt State University, an M.A. in Biology from Humboldt State

University, and a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Georgia.

Justin Palmer—GIS Specialist Mr. Palmer is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and graphics special-

ist with 16 years of project experience, including professional coordination

with public and private clients, project managers, engineers, and plan-

ners to ensure that the data, maps, and graphics produced accurately re-

flect the needs of the individual project. Experience includes more than

400 land development, resource management, restoration, transportation,

education, and recreation projects.

Mr. Palmer brings thorough knowledge of data management practices to

Artemis and assists with software solutions that help manage this data. He

specializes in implementing ArcCollector to provide both front-end and

back-end interfaces to quickly record, organize, and report, ensuring prop-

er use of data throughout the project. Mr. Palmer coordinates solutions for

mobile field data collection that syncs in real-time via GPS solutions to

back-end databases for immediate processing and reporting. His solutions

are used throughout the life of a project for field surveys, monitoring, com-

pliance tracking, and reporting. He obtained a B.A. in Geography, Natural

Resources and Environmental Conservation.

Featured Teaming Partners


Chloe Scott— Biologist/Technical Editor Ms. Scott is a biologist and technical editor with 17 years of experience in

the environmental compliance field. She has written or contributed to nu-

merous natural resources and environmental compliance documents in-

cluding Biological Assessments/Biological Evaluations, Environmental As-

sessments, Environmental Impact Statements/Environmental Impact Re-

ports, Natural Environment Studies, biological data reports, vegetation

management plans, protocol-survey reports, biological constraints anal-

yses, and other technical reports and studies. As a technical editor, she has

provided editing, proofreading, and peer review to hundreds of products,

from large environmental studies covering a range of disciplines to white

papers, presentations, and environmental education materials. Ms. Scott is

skilled at reviewing products to ensure that content is accurate, concise

and consistent, appropriately presented to the target audience, and adher-

ent to special formats or requirements. Ms. Scott received her B.A. in Envi-

ronmental Studies from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2002.

Brian Lohstroh— Principal Biologist Brian Lohstroh has a unique skill set that combines diverse listed species

survey capabilities, and aquatic resource training, with environmental

compliance, permitting, monitoring, and constraints analysis. He is a

USFWS-permitted biologist and has over 21 years of expertise in southern

California ecology. His USFWS permit allows him to conduct presence/

absence surveys for Quino checkerspot butterfly, California gnatcatcher,

southwestern willow flycatcher, and all California Vernal Pool Branchio-

pods (fairy shrimp). He is also approved to locate and monitor nests of Cal-

ifornia gnatcatcher and least Bell’s vireo, and is qualified to handle arroyo

toad. Mr. Lohstroh has participated in and managed all aspects of focused

wildlife surveys, habitat assessments, construction monitoring and exotic

predator control programs. His wide range of experience also includes au-

thoring biological assessments, jurisdictional delineation, habitat restora-

tion, botanical surveys including focused rare plant surveys, vegetation

mapping, pitfall trapping, submeter global positioning system, environ-

mental permitting and analysis, and project management. Mr. Lohstroh

graduated from the University of California at San Diego in 1997 with a BS

in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.

Featured Teaming Partners Continued


Antonette Guiterrez— Biologist With a bachelors of science in biology and marine biology, Ms. Gutierrez is

a highly experienced biologist who has been performing ecological surveys

in marine and terrestrial environments in urban contexts and in remote

undisturbed biological settings for over 20 years. She has specialized in

protocol threatened and endangered species inventories for plants, inver-

tebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Ms. Gutierrez has

managed and been a key participant in several long-term biological moni-

toring programs for wetland and native habitat restoration in southern

California. She has been involved in all phases of large-scale, multi-use pre-

serve management planning, including restoration design, implementa-

tion, monitoring and mitigation bank management for aquatic and terres-

trial systems. Her comprehensive background and skill set also includes

technical writing capabilities, jurisdictional delineations, SWPPP/BMP im-

plementation, environmental compliance, and regulatory agency experi-

ence.

David Varner— Biologist Mr. Varner works in applied ecological restoration in the American West.

With experience on river and upland restoration projects, he works as a

private consultant to design and implement natural resource management

and conservation projects. David received a B.S. from Montana State Uni-

versity and worked as a seasonal field biologist before returning to school

to study coastal stream restoration at Humboldt State University. Since

then, he has worked in a variety of freshwater habitats in the Great Basin

and Pacific Northwest, as well as, charitable natural resource conservation

projects in South Asia, Mexico, and the American West. David was Director

of Resource Management at San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy 2011 – 2015

and has served on the board of California Native Plant Society and as Presi-

dent of the San Diego Chapter. Having worked on a variety of natural re-

source conservation efforts over the past twenty-plus years, David recog-

nizes the vital contribution that planting and fostering native plants in suit-

able locations (ideally on protected land!) is toward environmental resto-

ration. His current focus on the intersection of native plant landscaping

and wildland restoration informs that strategy.



Frankie Coburn— Botanist/Ecologist Frankie Coburn is a botanist and ecologist specializing in the flora of the

desert southwest and southern California. He has over 15 years of

professional experience working for federal agencies, universities, and as a

consultant designing and conducting surveys, monitoring projects,

population demographic research on federal and state-listed rare plant

species, ecological research and restoration, vegetation/habitat mapping,

and floristic inventories that have included over 5000 plant species

throughout the desert, coastal, mountain, and transition zone ecoregions

of the southwestern United States. Frankie has published technical

botanical field guides for southwestern US wildlife refuges, composed

habitat assessment and rare plant reports for energy projects and federal

agencies, and published research papers in plant taxonomy and ecology.

As a biological consultant, Frankie utilizes botanical distribution and

geologic databases to predict potential occurrence of species of concern in

project areas, designs and implements GPS/GIS collection and mapping

strategies, performs taxonomic plant identification, employs sampling

protocols in accordance with state and federal guidelines, and is skilled at

analyzing, summarizing, and presenting results in technical reports. He

holds a B.S. in Biology from Northern Arizona University and an M.S. in

Plant Biology and Conservation from Arizona State University.

Tim Searl— Wildlife Biologist Tim Searl is a wildlife biologist specializing in the fauna of California. He has conducted and led biological surveys for many projects located throughout the state, Arizona, and Nevada. Mr. Searl has training, experience, and per-mits to conduct protocol-level surveys for numerous regulatory-status spe-cies, vegetation classification and mapping, and wetland delineations. He has managed projects and participated in survey efforts for more than ten large-scale renewable energy and infrastructure developments in Southern California, the Central Valley, and the Arizona/Nevada deserts. Mr. Searl is equally comfortable conducting botanical field surveys, designing and im-plementing GPS / GIS data collection strategies, producing and managing GIS maps and data, and serving as the primary author of technical reports and permit applications. Mr. Searl is skilled in environmental document production and technical editing and has authored or contributed to many types of environmental documents, including Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analyses. Mr. Searl received his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from Humboldt State University in 2004 and his Associate of Science degree and certificate in Geographic Information Sys-tems (GIS) from Mt. San Jacinto College in 2010.



Josh Holloway— Wildlife Biologist Josh Holloway is a wildlife biologist of over 22 years and the principal in-

vestigator of Big Creek Co, which focuses on environmental compliance in

California and the desert southwest. Josh has experience with renewable

energy and linear projects during siting and licensing, pre-construction,

construction and operations, with an emphasis on mitigating impacts to

federal and state protected species. Writing includes many NEPA and

CEQA environmental documents, compliance reports, statistical design and

analysis, as well as development of monitoring and survey protocols. Josh

is an approved state and federal Designated Biologist and holds several

agency permits, including for Mojave desert tortoise. His work includes

other desert species such as golden eagle, burrowing owl, desert kit fox,

American badger, big-horn sheep, mountain lion, small mammals, and mi-

gratory birds. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in wildlife ecolo-

gy and worked with many other protected species such as Canada lynx,

grey and eastern wolf, and black bear. In addition, Josh has maintained an

active U.S. Coast Guard Master’s license for 15 years with over 15,000

hours logged in Southeast Alaskan waters.

Marc Baker, Ph.D — Botanist Dr. Baker has worked as a professional botanist for over 40 years; with most of his professional work centered on the autoecology, taxonomy, and distribution of rare plant species; vegetation analysis and mapping, range analyses, and biological assessments. Dr. Baker maintains an academic ca-reer that focuses on the evolution and taxonomy of the Cactaceae, primar-ily Cylindropuntia, and has published numerous journal articles. Dr. Baker has created and maintained two research gardens to study native flora and promote the use of native plants in landscaping. The garden in northern Arizona is primarily for studying cold-hardy plants, primarily cacti, and has over 3,000 accessions. The garden in southern Arizona near Tucson was recently established for the study of frost-sensitive species. Dr. Baker qualifications include identification of vascular plants of Arizona,

California, Nevada, and New Mexico; GIS mapping, methods of vegetation

analyses, cultivation of native flora, and DNA extraction and analyses. He

obtained a M. A. in Biology from Humboldt State University and a Ph.D. in

Botany from Arizona State University.



Bill Graham— Environmental Planner Bill Graham is an environmental planner with almost 35 years of experi-

ence in preparing environmental documentation under state and federal

regulations. He has experience in both the public and the private sector.

Much of Mr. Graham’s career has been spent leading multi-disciplinary

teams conducting environmental analysis for large-scale energy, transpor-

tation and water infrastructure projects. He is very experienced in prepar-

ing NEPA and CEQA documents, as well as overseeing the ancillary permit

approvals needed for project implementation. He is experienced in consul-

tations required under both the Endangered Species Act and the National

Historic Preservation Act. Mr. Graham has extensive experience in the de-

velopment of construction monitoring programs and in compiling the doc-

umentation necessary to substantiate compliance with permit conditions

and mitigation measures, particularly power generation and transmission

facilities. He has a broad geographic base of experience both nationwide

and across California, which provides insight into the application of envi-

ronmental regulations in a wide variety of contexts. Mr. Graham is a mem-

ber and Past President of the California Association of Environmental Pro-

fessionals (AEP). He obtained a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and an M.C.P.

in Urban and Regional Planning from San Diego State University.



Artemis has relationships with other wildlife biologists, botanists, and wetland spe-

cialists. Our teaming partners have the following biological resources capabilities:

California gnatcatcher (P)

Southwestern willow flycatcher (P)

Least Bell’s Vireo (P)

Fairy Shrimp (P)

Quino checkerspot butterfly (P)

Arroyo toad (H)

Flat-tailed horned lizard (H)

Burrowing owl (E)

Desert tortoise (E)

Blunt-nosed leopard lizard (P)

Desert bighorn sheep (E)

Light-footed Ridgway's rail (P)

San Joaquin kit fox

Brown-headed cowbird (E)

California least tern (P)

Western snowy plover (P)

Belding’s savanna sparrow (E)

Santa Ana sucker (E)

California red-legged frog (E)

Southern Mountain yellow-legged frog

(E)

Special-status plants (P)

Special-status bats (E)

Raptors and nesting birds (E)

Tidewater goby (P)

P = Permitted

H = Handler

Existing Clients and Featured Projects

AECOM and Southern California Edison

Transmission Line Rating and Remediation Program, Devers-Colorado River #1 500 kilovolt (kV) Project,

Riverside County, CA

− Jurisdictional delineation field survey and report, Permit applications to USACE, RWQCB, and

CDFW.

TLRR Strategic Planning/Programmatic Permitting, Various Counties, CA

− Programmatic permitting strategic planning for operations and maintenance activities throughout

Southern California.

Eldorado Line Swap Project, Clark County, NV

− Waters assessment, raven nest and desert tortoise predation surveys, Nevada Temporary Permit

for Working in Waterways package.

TLRR Surveys for Mojave Desert, Western Riverside County, and Magunden South Projects

− Desktop analysis, habitat assessment field surveys, and vegetation mapping. Protocol surveys for

burrowing owl, focused fairy shrimp surveys, and focused rare plant surveys.

Devers to Palo Verde #2 & Red Bluff Substation Raven Nest Surveys, Riverside County, CA

− Raven nest and desert tortoise predation surveys.

TLRR Eagle Mountain-Blythe Habitat Assessment Desktop Analysis and Field Surveys, Riverside County, CA

− Desktop analysis, habitat assessment, and vegetation mapping.

San Dieguito Lagoon Wetland Planting, San Diego County, CA

− Avian monitoring and reporting.

El Dorado Restoration Project and Year 2, EITP Restoration, DVP2 Restoration, and Silver State South Resto-

ration, Riverside County, CA and Clark County, NV

− Desert tortoise monitoring and seed collection.

Live Fuel Sampling Study, Various Counties, CA

− Vegetation Sampling.

TRTP Segments 7 and 8, 500 kV Chino Hills Underground Restoration Project, San Bernardino County, CA

− Avian monitoring and reporting

TLRR Western Riverside County and Serrano Valley Focused Surveys, Riverside County, CA

− Fairy shrimp, burrowing owl, rare plant, and Stephen’s kangaroo rat trapping.


510.364.7285

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MTM Builders, Inc. and SANDAG

Bayshore Bikeway Segments 4B and 5 Project, San Diego, CA

− Weekly environmental compliance monitoring and reporting.

Calmex Engineering, Inc. and Caltrans

Route 371 Preventative Maintenance Treatment Overlay Project, Riverside County, CA

− Biological Resources Information Program training and implementation, pre-construction surveys

and report, construction monitoring and reporting.

City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department

Rare Plant Surveys for Multiple Species Conservation Plan Required Monitoring, San Diego, CA

− Rare plant surveys and monitoring reports.

Environmental Intelligence and Southern California Edison

Valley-Ivyglen Subtransmission Line, Riverside County, CA

− Jurisdictional delineation field survey and report, Permit applications to RWQCB and CDFW, Inva-

sive Weed Management Plan, and Nesting Bird Management Plan

CO 131 Environmental Checklist Evaluations, Various Counties, CA

− Habitat assessments, jurisdictional delineations, CEQA review, GO 131 checklists, GO 131 memos,

GIS desktop analysis, and more.

Circle City Transmission Line Project, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, CA

− Biological Resources Technical Report

SCE Coastal Development Projects, Various Counties, CA

− Desktop analysis, habitat assessment field surveys, jurisdictional delineations, and permitting.

Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service Master Special Use Permit Pole Evaluations, Various

Counties, CA

− Desktop analysis, habitat assessment field surveys, jurisdictional delineations, and permitting.

Sespe Creek Deteriorated Pole Replacement Proejct, Ventura County, CA

− Habitat assessment field surveys, jurisdictional delineations, and permitting.


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J. McGloughlin Engineering Co. and Caltrans District 8

State Route 111 Bridge Repair Project, Riverside County, CA

− Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard surveys and monitoring

Barnard Construction Co. Inc. and Southern California Edison

West of Devers Transmission Upgrade Project, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, CA

− Environmental compliance and tribal monitoring

PHE and Mountain View Housing Ventures

NASA Ames Campus housing Development Project, Santa Clara County, CA

− Burrowing owl protocol surveys, bat surveys, and reporting

PHE

Naval Base Point Loma Nesting Bird Surveys and Monitoring, San Diego County, CA

− Avian monitoring and reporting

Placeworks and High Speed Rail Authority

High Speed Rail Central Valley Wye, Ranch Road to Merced, and EINU Connections, Various Counties, CA

− Permitting

Gothic Landscaping and EC Source Solutions

Ten West Link Transmission Line Project, Arizona and California

− Weed surveys, salvage surveys, native plant surveys, and PUP

Gothic Landscaping and LADWP

Barren Ridge Habitat Restoration and Revegetation Project, Los Angeles County, CA

− Biological monitoring

ESA and City of San Diego

El Cuervo Phase 2 Restoration Project, San Diego County, CA

− Permitting


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