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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />t <br /> <br />' RICHARD W. THOMPSON -Survey Leader, Crew 1 Leader <br />t <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />7.0 APPENDICES <br />7.1 QUALIFICATIONS OF SURVEY PERSONNEL <br />Thompson is a professional wildlife biologist with 17 years of professional experience. He <br />is the president and senior biologist of Western Ecosystems, Inc. and ecological consulting <br />company. He has a B.S. in Wildlife Research (1977) and M.S. in Zoology and Physiology <br />(1981) from the University of Wyoming. He is a Certified Wildlife Biologist through The <br />Wildlife Society. He completed the October 2, 1985 workshop on black-footed ferret survey <br />techniques sponsored by the Wyoming Cooperative Fishery and Wildlife Research Unit, in <br />cooperation with the USFWS. In 1987 he led a nocturnal ferret survey at the Bowles Ave. <br />C-470 Interchange for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Thompson has <br />conducted over 100 ecological studies in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Montana, <br />Utah, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. These investigations were associated with alpine <br />and nordic ski areas, residential and recreational developments, ecotourism, coal, metal, and <br />hard rock mines, synfuel plants, oil shale, oil, and gas developments, reservoirs, transmission <br />lines, pipelines, urban developments, and open space and conservation easements. <br />Western Ecosystems, Inc. <br />905 West Coach Road <br />Boulder, CO 80302 <br />(303) 442-6144 <br />1 <br /> <br />JON D. HOLST -Crew 2 Leader <br />629 S. Whitcomb St. <br />Fort Collins, CO 80521 <br />(303) 498-0269 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Hoist is a professional wildlife biologist with a B.S in Biological Science (1988) and M.S. in <br />Wildlife Biology (1994) from Colorado State University. He is also a graduate of the <br />University of Colorado School of Law. He is currently consulting for Defenders of Wildlife <br />(Washington, D.C.), where he is responsible for implementing a litigation strategy to <br />promote the conservation of biological diversity in the western United States. He is also <br />involved in cooperative efforts with state and federal agencies to promote the conservation <br />and recovery of federally listed threatened and endangered species. He is also consulting <br />for Western Resource Development (Boulder, CO), where he is responsible for <br />coordinating with state and federal wildlife agencies and designing and implementing cost <br />effective sampling methods to detect the presence of rare and sensitive vertebrate species. <br />In July 1994, this work included leading a nocturnal black-footed ferret survey of a project <br />area in Weld County, Colorado. <br />20 <br />