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Smallwood CV 2 <br />reviewed the science underlying the Alameda County Avian Protection Program, and advised <br />the County on how to reduce wildlife fatalities. <br />Consulting Ecologist, 2004-2007, California Energy Commission (CEC). Provided consulting <br />services as needed to the CEC on renewable energy impacts, monitoring and research, and <br />produced several reports. Also collaborated with Lawrence -Livermore National Lab on research <br />to understand and reduce wind turbine impacts on wildlife. <br />Consulting Ecologist, 1999-2013, U.S. Navy. Performed endangered species surveys, hazardous <br />waste site monitoring, and habitat restoration for the endangered San Joaquin kangaroo rat, <br />California tiger salamander, California red -legged frog, California clapper rail, western <br />burrowing owl, salt marsh harvest mouse, and other species at Naval Air Station Lemoore; <br />Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, Detachment Concord; Naval Security Group Activity, <br />Skaggs Island; National Radio Transmitter Facility, Dixon; and, Naval Outlying Landing Field <br />Imperial Beach. <br />Part-time Lecturer, 1998-2005, California State University, Sacramento. Taught Contemporary <br />Environmental Issues, Natural Resources Conservation (twice), Mammalogy, Behavioral <br />Ecology, and Ornithology Lab. <br />Senior Ecologist, 1999-2005, BioResource Consultants. Designed and implemented research and <br />monitoring studies related to avian fatalities at wind turbines, avian electrocutions on electric <br />distribution poles across California, and avian fatalities at transmission lines. <br />Systems Ecologist, 1996 to present, Consulting in the Public Interest, www.cipi.com. Member of a <br />multi -disciplinary consortium of scientists facilitating large-scale, environmental planning <br />projects and litigation. We provide risk assessments, assessments of management practices, and <br />expert witness testimony. <br />Chairman, Conservation Affairs Committee, The Wildlife Society --Western Section, 1999-2001. <br />Prepared position statements and led efforts directed toward conservation issues, including <br />travel to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress for more wildlife conservation funding. <br />Systems Ecologist, 1995-2000, Institute for Sustainable Development. Headed ISD's program on <br />integrated resources management. Developed indicators of ecological integrity for large areas, <br />using remotely sensed data, local community involvement and GIS. <br />Associate, 1997-1998, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, <br />Davis. Worked with Shu Geng and Mingua Zhang on several studies related to wildlife <br />interactions with agriculture and patterns of fertilizer and pesticide residues in groundwater <br />across a large landscape. <br />Lead Scientist, 1996-1999, National Endangered Species Network. Headed NESN's efforts to <br />inform academic scientists and environmental activists about emerging issues regarding the <br />Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws pertaining to special -status species. Also <br />testified at public hearings on behalf of environmental groups and endangered species. <br />Ecologist, 1997-1998, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. Conducted field research to <br />