KENNETH THOMSON WETLAND SCIENTIST / OCEANOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN
Years with Other
Firms: 12
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
·
Wetland
Delineation
·
Habitat
Restoration
·
AutoCAD/ArcView
·
Oceanographic
and Meteorological Surveys
·
Installation
and Maintenance of Electronic Sensor Systems for Environmental Monitoring
·
Coring
Operations
EDUCATION
1992 - 1999 OSHA 40 Hour Health and Safety
Training and Refresher courses
1992 Graduate soils courses,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1989
Graduate
school candidate Soil Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
1988 Graduate
soils courses, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1980 - 1984 B.S., Botany, Univ. of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Habitat
evaluation procedures, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
PADI scuba diver
certification
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr.
Thomson has more than 14 years of experience in environmental consulting. He
specializes in field operations for wetland and oceanographic surveys, and has
conducted water quality studies and hazardous waste site audits and monitoring. As project manager, Mr. Thomson has
specialized in wetland delineation (federal methodology), ACOE federal highway
functional assessment methodology, Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Procedures U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service, wetland design for pretreatment resulting from
non-point stormwater run-off (Federal Urban Run-Off Program), and all levels of
wetland and water permitting. Most recently for CR Environmental he has been
conducting wetland surveys of pipeline corridors and compiling information for
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filings and wetland permits.
While
at EG&G Washington Analytical Services he conducted oceanographic and
meteorological surveys off China, side-scan surveys for cable lines across Long
Island Sound, ocean current data collection in the Gulf of Mexico, and
real-time acoustic current doppler profiler construction and deployment in
Tampa Bay, Florida. For a time he was responsible for managing EG&G’s
equipment lease and repair center. His computer hardware/software capabilities
include Autocad, Microstation, and ArcView.
WORK HISTORY
CR Environmental, Inc., Falmouth, MA 1995
- present
Oceanographic technician
and wetland scientist, who as of July 1, 1999 became a full-time CR
Environmental employee assisting with wetlands replication and delineation,
ship mobilization and survey support. He recently completed wet meadow wetland
restoration along the Malden River in Everett, MA and supervised wetland
replication work for a three mile pathway along the Charles River in Waltham,
Watertown and Newton, MA for the Metropolitan District Commission. Mr. Thomson
is presently supervising wetland replication work at the Nyanza Superfund site
in Ashland and conducting wetland delineations and report preparation for gas
pipeline work in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Stone & Webster, Boston, MA 1995
– June 1999
Responsible for
field operations during an extensive wetland delineation effort in Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont for extension of Teneco gas pipeline services. Numerous
other pipeline construction monitoring and delineation efforts, compilation of
information for FERC licenses and wetland permits throughout the East.
The Thomson Company, Rockland, MA 1990
- 1995
Consultant to
several small engineering firms and construction companies, providing wetland
support for residential and commercial developments throughout eastern
Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Provided wetland design and construction for over 20 sites including Red
Maple swamps, wet meadows, and pretreatment marshes for storm water runoff.
Science Support Corp. Superconducting
Super Collider, Texas 1993 - 1995
Environmental
scientist conducting plant inventories for SEIS and stream characterizations
for NPDES discharge permit. For NEPA compliance helped develop plans and
procedures for the management of federal lands with active agricultural
operations and initiated pesticide management activities; reviewed wetland
mitigation plans; assisted with ecological monitoring investigations; and
participated in developing an air particulate monitoring system to monitor
construction impacts.
EG&G Washington Analytical Services
Center, Waltham, MA 1990 - 1993
Environmental
scientist conducting RCRA audits, PCB sediment survey St. Lawrence Seaway,
monitored the cleanup of contaminated sites, assisted in the construction and
installation/deployment of real-time profiling systems, oceanographic and
meteorological surveys Gulf of Mexico and China, and conducted bathymetric and
side-scan surveys in Boston Harbor, MA.
Sanford Ecological Services, Inc.,
Natick, MA 1985
- 1989
Conducted field
sampling efforts including wetland delineations (State and Federal
Methodologies), wildlife habitat surveys, impact assessments, water quality
sampling, aquatic surveys, ocean sediment sampling, stream flow measurements,
resource evaluations, and HEP analysis.
Report preparation included Notices of Intent, Environmental
Notification Forms, Environmental Impact Reports (wetland section), and Impact
Assessment Reports.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1981
- 1984
Research
technician conducting phytoplankton experiments and algal taxonomy.
United States Air Force
Avionic
electronic technician, Top Secret clearance USAF.
RELEVANT
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Nyanza Superfund Project – Working
in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Thomson helped to design and
write the construction work plan for the 239,580 square foot (5.5 acre) wetland
restoration area at the Nyanza Superfund Site in Ashland, MA. Mr. Thomson supervised all phases of
construction and planting. Unique to this project was the need to develop a
large volume of soil. Due to site
contamination, all existing wetland soils were excavated. The wetland substrate was replaced by 3,900
cubic yards of recycled leaf mulch mixed with a sandy soil mixture resulting in
manufactured soil for over 3 acres of wetland.
The project design included open water areas,
forested swamp, shrub swamp, wet meadow and emergent wetland construction. To date all areas have been planted except
the emergent wetlands which will be planted in the spring of 2000 and involve
planting of 15,000 aquatic plants.
Washington Gas & Light Company - Designed and constructed a 4,800 square foot wet-meadow/
forested swamp for mitigation associated with natural gas pipeline
construction. The project was located
in Prince George County, Maryland.
Upper Charles River Reservation Restoration Project -
Designed and constructed 4,000 square feet of forested wetlands for the
Metropolitan District Commission’s Charles River corridor restoration and
pathway construction in Watertown, Massachusetts. The project restored recreational access to the Charles River
over a 2-mile section by removing industrial encroachment and constructing a
multiuse path and river overlooks. This
design of the walkways and overlooks minimized impacts to trees and shrubs
along the banks of the river. The
overlooks, large open decks elevated above the water, allow easy access to open
water for local residents to fish, bird watch and relax. The project is located in a heavily
developed urban setting and provides a greenway along the river for wildlife
and open space for the local residents.
Colonial Gas
- Designed
and constructed a 5,000 square foot marsh/forested wetland restoration area in
Lynnfield Massachusetts. The design was
to mitigate a series of small impacts resulting from the construction of a
natural gas pipeline in forested, shrub and marsh wetlands along the pipeline
right-of-way.
Granite State Gas
- Designed
a six-acre wetland restoration plan, which includes a 2-acre pond island
system, marsh, shrub swamp and forested swamp for the proposed LNG facility in
Wells, Maine under a contract with Granite State Gas. The design includes construction of a vernal pool and turtle
nesting area on a south-facing slope for the enhancement of wildlife habitat. The plan was approved by ACOE/USFWS and the
state of Maine and the FERC.