Craig Gump

Experience

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  Southeast Missouri State University

  Aug 2005 - May 2007

  Graduate Assistant
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  Missouri Department of Conservation

  Mar 2006 - Dec 2006

  Resource Technician

  Resource Technician at Open Rivers and Wetland Field Station in Jackson, MO.

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  Terra Technologies, Inc.

  May 2007 - Apr 2012

  Ecologist/Environmental Scientist

  Conducted wetland delineations, threatened and endangered species surveys, and Clean Water Act permitting & mitigation in the Kansas City area. Also assisted with rain garden, low impact development, and stream restoration design.

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  URS Corporation

  Apr 2012 - Aug 2013

  Staff Ecologist

  Responsible for environmental and natural resource assessments and permitting for energy, water, and transportation projects with URS. Specific skillls include wetland delineations, threatened and endangered species surveys, ecological site monitoring, report writing, habitat evaluations, jurisdictional waters determinations, and GIS mapping.

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  Park Hill School District

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Science Educator

  Middle School Science Teacher for Park Hill Schools.

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  Swallow Tail D/B, Inc.

  Jun 2014 - Dec 2018

  Senior Ecologist

  Responsible for the permitting, design, construction, maintenance, and monitoring of large scale mitigation projects in Kansas and Missouri. Also performs wetland delineations and stream system jurisdictional assessments in central and western Missouri. Project manager for threatened and endangered species clearance as well as conservation banking.

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  Terra Foundation, Inc.

  Jan 2015 - now

  President

  Terra Foundation, Inc. is a registered not-for-profit corporation in the State of Missouri that was first incorporated in 1999 with the purpose of educating the public on the importance of native vegetation and proliferating its use in engineering, water resources and landscape projects. We Sponsor the State of Oklahoma In-Lieu Fee Stream & Wetland Mitigation Program. The Program satisfies mitigation requirements of permits issued under Section 404 and/or 401 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 by creating centralized in-lieu fee mitigation project within the State. Show less