Ryan Hendren

Experience

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  Southwest Florida Water Management District

  Jun 2000 - Nov 2001

  Assistant Water Technician

  Water Quality Monitoring Program (WQMP), which provides long-term water quality data on key issues such as springs water quality and saltwater intrusion impacts. Conducted Surface and Groundwater monitoring throughout the 16 county southwest district. Worked as a team and at times independently to acquire water samples for SWFWMD and other State agencies that contracted through WQMP such as the Department ofAgriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Show less

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  Flordia Department of Environmental Protection

  Nov 2001 - Jul 2002

  Environmental Specialist 2

  Phosphogypsum Management, Main responsibilities are to assist Engineers in enforcement and compliance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits. Other duties consist of reviewing of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR), manage compliance and enforcement tracking on District database (COMET), inspect gypsum stacks, and coordinate and perform sampling events.

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  Register & Associates, Inc.

  Jul 2002 - Sept 2004

  Project Manager

  This positions responsibilities include coordinating and performing standard wetland delineations, mitigation bank monitoring, and threatened and endangered species surveys. Duties also include coordinating and writing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nationwide Permits and Individual Permits, technical reports dealing with jurisdictional determinations; threatened and endangered species survey reports, and mitigation bank monitoring reports. Additionally this position involved extensive GPS/GIS technical mapping, which was utilized in nearly every project from jurisdictional determinations to protected species surveys. Show less

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  Florida Design Consultants, Inc.

  Sept 2004 - Jul 2007

  Ecologist

  Primary responsibilities include coordinating with clients and agency personnel, wetland delineations, GPS data collection and GIS mapping, Environmental Resource Permits (ERP), Federal Section 404 and Section 10 permitting, Section 7 consultation, enforcement action resolution, wetland mitigation design and permitting, listed species surveys, water quality monitoring and analysis, qualitative and quantitative ecological monitoring, gopher tortoise incidental take permitting.

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  EcoSciences of Georgia

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

  Sr. Project Manager

  This positions responsibilities include managing projects/budgets, coordinating with clients and agency personnel, creating project specific permitting strategies, enforcement action resolution, water quality monitoring and analysis, coordinating company personnel to perform standard wetland delineations, mitigation bank monitoring, permit writing, technical reports and listed species surveys.

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  Florida Design Consultants, Inc.

  Sept 2008 - May 2009

  Sr. Ecologist

  Primary responsibilities include wetland delineations, Environmental Resource Permits (ERP), Federal wetland permitting, enforcement resolution, wetland mitigation design and implementation, preparation of permit support documentation, (ERP, NEPA, Section 404, etc.), listed species surveys, gopher tortoise incidental take permitting, and drafting proposals.This positions responsibilities include managing projects/budgets, interacting with clients and agency personnel, maintaining schedules, and analyzing data to be used in technical reports. Show less

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  Redroot Environmental, LLC.

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2022

  Principal/Senior Ecologist
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  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

  Nov 2009 - Aug 2016

  Endangered Species Act Consultant

  Earth Resources Technology, Inc. contractor for NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Protected Resource Division. As a Endangered Species Act Consultant, my primary responsibilities are conducting Section 7 consultations with Federal agencies to ensure their activities do not adversely affect endangered and threatened species under NMFS’ purview in the Southeast U.S.

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  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

  Aug 2016 - now

  · Ensure the conservation of marine, aquatic, and wetland habitat through comprehensive evaluation of all levels of Department of the Army permit applications to ensure the protection of environmental resources, including fisheries and marine resources, and navigation of waterways.· Process, evaluate and issue permit all levels of Department of the Army permits pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Marine Research and Sanctuaries Act, and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Magnuson Stevens Act.· Prepare formal and informal consultation requests for Section 7 ESA consultations with NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources Division (PRD) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).· Review projects and work with applicants to bring proposed projects into compliance with the Acts as well as current regulatory policy and procedural guidelines.· Prepare environmental assessments and 404(b)(1) compliance evaluations. · Coordinate with the USFWS, NMFS Habitat Conservation Division (HCD) and PRD, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other local and state agencies to ensure the compliance with the requirements of the ESA and promote conservation federally listed endangered species, essential fish habitat (EFH), and other aquatic resources.· Provide guidance to individual applicants and consultants as well as other federal and state agencies regarding avoidance and minimization of adverse impacts and the conservation of ESA listed marine and wetland species. Assist applicants in designing mitigation plans to fully offset any unavoidable adverse environmental impacts.· Conduct field surveys to identify terrestrial and aquatic resources, perform wetland determinations and jurisdictional determination. Show less

  • Mitigation Programs Team Project Manager

    Jul 2021 - now

  • Regulatory Biologist/Project Manager

    Aug 2016 - Jul 2021