Terry J. Vandewalle Senior Biologist
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PLEASANT RIDGE EXHIBIT 102 Terry J. VanDeWalle Senior Biologist Mr. VanDeWalle is a Senior Biologist with over 25 years of experience specializing in animal and natural areas surveys, herpetology, threatened and endangered species surveys, ESA Section 7 and Section 10 consultation, wetland delineation and permitting, wetland mitigation design and monitoring, and coordination of environmental impact statements and assessments. Terry specializes in herpetology and is a recognized expert in the Midwest and has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed papers and regional herpetological guides. In addition, he has been involved with wildlife rehabilitation in the Midwest for over 20 years and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Wildlife Center and is an Adjunct Professor at Hawkeye Community College where he teaches a course on Wildlife Ecology. At Stantec, he is responsible for managing Stantec’s Independence, Iowa office and designing and managing natural resource studies in support of regulatory compliance and permitting for clients in the energy, transportation, governmental and private sectors. EDUCATION Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation, MA, Biology, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Federal Highway Administration, Ames, Iowa, 2008 1993 Butler's Garter Snake Training, Wisconsin BS, Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, Ames, Department of Natural Resources, Milwaukee, Iowa, 1986 Wisconsin, 2007 AA, Fisheries & Wildlife Biology, Kirkwood MEMBERSHIPS Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1984 Member, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Wetland Delineation Training, Environmental Technology Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1997 Member Representative, Society of American Military Engineers, Rock Island Post Wetland Construction and Restoration, Wetland Training Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, 1998 Member, Iowa Ornithologists' Union NEPA Practitioners Conference, Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, Iowa, 2004 Fellow, Iowa Academy of Science Wetland Plant Identification (Spring) - Robert PROJECT EXPERIENCE Mohlenbrock Instructor, Iowa Department of Wind Energy Transportation, Ames, Iowa, 2000 WEBAT Bat Data Analysis, Various Locations Project manager. Coordinated the analysis and provided technical review and QA/QC for an analysis of correlations Wetland Plant Identification (Fall) - Robert between bat activity and temperature from 25 site-years of Mohlenbrock Instructor, Iowa Department of bat acoustic data collected at various sites across the eastern Transportation, Ames, Iowa, 2001 U.S. to determine temperature thresholds for activity. Basic Processes in Hydric Soils, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2000 USDA Hydric Soils for Wetland Delineation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ames, Iowa, 2001 * denotes projects completed with other firms Design with community in mind Terry J. VanDeWalle Senior Biologist Iowa Ridgeport Wind Farm, Boone County, Iowa Adams Wind Farm, Adams County, Iowa Project manager. Conducted a wetland delineation, Project manager. Conducted a pre-construction acoustic bat threatened and endangered species screening, hazardous survey, avian use survey, raptor nest search, eagle use materials screening, and pre-construction acoustic bat survey surveys, and threatened and endangered species habitat using Anabat detectors at the site of a 120 MW wind farm. assessment at the proposed wind farm, analyzed acoustic and Wetlands were delineated using both the Food Securities Act avian data, analyzed eagle use data following guidelines set and 1987 COE Manual methods. Mapped wetlands using a forth in the USFWS Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance and the GPS system and wrote reports describing findings. Pre- USFWS 2013 predictive model, wrote reports describing construction bat surveys utilized ANABAT equipment. results of the surveys. Salt Creek Wind Farm, Tama County, Iowa Prairie Wind Farm, Mahaska County, Iowa Project manager. Conducted a pre-construction acoustic bat Project manager. Conducted a pre-construction acoustic bat survey using full-spectrum detectors, avian use survey, and survey, avian use survey, raptor nest search, eagle use threatened and endangered species habitat assessment at the surveys, and threatened and endangered species habitat proposed wind farm, analyzed acoustic and avian data, wrote assessment at the proposed wind farm, analyzed acoustic and reports describing results of the surveys. avian data, analyzed eagle use data following guidelines set forth in the USFWS Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance and the EcoVista Wind Farm, Howard and Mitchell USFWS 2013 predictive model, wrote reports describing Counties, Iowa results of the surveys. Analyzed acoustic data collected using ANABAT detectors during pre-construction bat surveys at the proposed wind Independence Wind Farm, Buchanan and farm. Delaware Counties, Iowa Project manager. Conducted a pre-construction acoustic bat Scranton Wind Farm, Greene County, Iowa survey, avian use survey, raptor nest search, eagle use Project manager. Collected pre-construction acoustic bat data surveys, and threatened and endangered species habitat using Anabat detectors within the project area and a single assessment at the proposed wind farm, analyzed acoustic and season (fall) of bat activity data at a reference site along the avian data, analyzed eagle use data following guidelines set North Raccoon River near the proposed project area. forth in the USFWS Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance and the Conducted a raptor nest search within the project area and a USFWS 2013 predictive model, wrote reports describing 10-mile buffer, eagle use surveys, and threatened and results of the surveys. endangered species habitat assessment at the proposed wind farm, analyzed acoustic data, analyzed eagle use data Ida Grove Wind Farm, Ida County, Iowa following guidelines set forth in the USFWS Eagle Project manager. Prepared a Site Characterization Report Conservation Plan Guidance and the USFWS 2013 predictive including a desktop avian, bat, and threatened and model, wrote reports describing results of the surveys. endangered species screening analysis. Conducted a desktop wetland determination and field review. Highland Wind Farm, O’Brien County, Iowa Buffalo Creek Wind Farm, Franklin County, Iowa Project manager. Conducted a wetland delineation, threatened and endangered species screening, pre- Project manager. Conducted a wetland delineation and construction acoustic bat survey using Anabat detectors, habitat assessments for three state-listed species at the site of avian point count survey, eagle use survey, and raptor nest a proposed 13,000 acre, 210 MW wind farm. Wetlands were search. Prepared reports describing results of the surveys. delineated using both the Food Securities Act and 1987 COE Manual methods. Mapped wetlands using a GPS system and wrote report describing findings. Conducted a separate Yellow Springs Wind Farm, Louisa County, Iowa avian/bat screening analysis to determine potential risk of Project manager. Oversaw and provided technical review and avian/bat mortality as a result of the project. Prepared QA/QC of an analysis of eagle use data using methods set separate habitat evaluation and avian/bat risk screening forth in the USFWS Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance and the analysis reports. USFWS 2013 predictive model. * denotes projects completed with other firms Terry J. VanDeWalle Senior Biologist Illinois Big Sky Wind Farm, Lee and Bureau Counties, Illinois Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, Iroquois and Ford Counties, Project manager. The project included consultation with the Illinois Illinois DNR and preparation of a conservation plan for the Project manager. Conducted pre-construction acoustic bat state-listed Blanding’s turtle, Illinois mud turtle, western surveys using Anabat detectors at the proposed 150 MW wind hognose snake and regal fritillary butterfly as part of an farm, analyzed acoustic data, wrote report describing results application for an incidental take authorization. The plan of the survey. Prepared and Avian and Bat Protection Plan included a description of the proposed wind farm project, an for the project. assessment of the impacts to the target species and measures to minimize and/or mitigate impacts. In addition, a public Prepared a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in support of an notice for the project was prepared for publication in local and ESA Section 10 Incidental Take Permit application for the statewide newspapers. Wetland delineation and threatened endangered Indiana bat and proposed endangered northern and endangered species surveys for a 13,000 acre wind farm long-eared bat, including calculating an estimate of take, and 15-mile transmission line corridor. Delineated wetlands impacts of minimization measures, and utilization of the using a GPS system and prepared two separate reports Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA) model for impact of describing findings. Coordinated with USACE on permitting. take and mitigation calculations. Assisted owner with development of mitigation options and consultation with the Ford Ridge Wind Farm, Ford County, Illinois USFWS. Project manager. Conducted an acoustic presence-absence survey for the northern long-eared bat using full spectrum detectors at the site of the proposed wind farm, analyzed data, Hoopeston Wind Farm, Vermillion County, Illinois and prepared a technical memorandum describing the results Project manager. Conducted a fall migration acoustic bat of the survey. survey using full spectrum