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r ESA THOMAS A. ROBERTS, CWB Director, Biological Resources Group Mr. Roberts is a Senior Wildlife Biologist and Land Management Ecologist with almost 30 years of experience. He served for ten years as a Biologist and Planner for the U.S. Forest Service, where he concentrated on habitat restoration, endangered wildlife issues and forest planning. After leaving the USES, he entered the private sector in Central California, specializing in biological data gathering and analysis for biological assessments and permitting in major planning and construction efforts, such as pipelines, energy development and other linear facilities, projects spanning several years, vast areas and highly complex data sets. He is an accomplished writer and technical editor, with three novels, two essay collections and many scientific and non - technical reports and published articles. Relevant Experience • Education M.S., Wildlife Biology, City of San Leandro Shoreline Marshlands Management Plan. Project University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Manager. Tom provided wildlife monitoring for San Leandro's Shoreline B.A., Anthropology, Magna Marshlands. He developed five -year shorebird, mammal and vegetation Cum Laude. Harvard monitoring plans for restored marsh on the San Francisco Bay, within the University, Cambridge, MA approach pattern for Oakland International Airport. The project restored tidal action to lands that had been diked off from the Bay since the turn of the century Certifications I Registrations Certified Wild ire Biologist, and returned the historic Roberts Landing Slough to regular tidal action, The Wildlife Society, 1984 enhancing habitat for at least two endangered species. The project also expanded environmental education and recreational opportunities by constructing public - Specialized Training access trails and interpretive signage and creating habitat islands within the Welland Delineation Training enhancement arca. Course, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Palo Alto Baylands Comprehensive Conservation Plan. Project Director. Tom directed a comprehensive conservation plan that will serve as a working guide for City of Palo Alto (City) staff and volunteers to protect important habitat. The comprehensive conservation plan identified sites with high restoration potential, and determined feasible methods for endangered species habitat enhancement, restoration, and control of invasive non - native species. The plan also included a trail use and management plan that balances conservation objectives with recreational access by clarifying use designations; concentrating visitor use away from sensitive natural resources; providing maintenance standards; and identifying priority patrol areas. Marina Center Mixed -Use Development EIR, Eureka, CA. Senior Biological Task Manager. Tom was senior reviewer and responded to comments on this EIR, in which wetland restoration was used to enable a project in the coastal zone. Designation of potential ESHAs was a particularly challenging issue. ESA prepared and submitted a Draft EIR for a former railroad turntable yard in Eureka, California. The 43 -acre project site is in the Coastal Zone, currently being investigated for subsurface contamination of soil and groundwater. New site development would include retail, office; restaurant;