Forrest Bell, Owner (207) 650-7597 info@fbenvironmental.com

Forrest has directed more than 75 successful environmental planning, assessment, monitoring and restoration projects since 1991 for private and public sector clients including natural resource agencies, municipalities, and conservation organizations. Forrest has worked directly with well over one thousand land owners in his career. He is an experienced grant writer and fund raiser, having acquired more than $4.5 million dollars for several environmental and conservation groups. Forrest completed undergraduate work in Geography and Land Use Planning from the University of Southern Maine and completed his Master’s coursework at the University of New Hampshire in the Natural Resource Management Program. He has been extensively trained in lake, river, and stream assessment and restoration, project management, watershed management, community planning, public outreach, and meeting facilitation. He also serves in a volunteer capacity as the Vice President of the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust and as the Vice Chair of the Presumpscot River Watershed Coalition. Forrest enjoys every opportunity to assist community stakeholders to actively protect our collective natural resources.

Fred Dillon, Project Manager (207) 807-0013 fredd@fbenvironmental.com

Fred has been working as an environmental professional for over 20 years. His career began with water resources protection at the Falmouth, ME, Water Pollution Control Department where he worked in various capacities for over a decade until becoming the Superintendent. During this time, Fred obtained a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern Maine with concentrations in biology and geography. He then attended USM’s Muskie School of Public Service to study Community Planning and Development with a particular interest in using geographic information systems (GIS) to examine the effects of land use changes on natural resources. Fred’s graduate research assistantship consisted of a two year microbial source tracking project through Maine Sea Grant that was the first of its kind in the state to employ genetic fingerprinting to identify the origins of fecal contamination in coastal waters. Since joining FB Environmental in 2003, Fred has conducted numerous NPS control, watershed restoration, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), water quality monitoring and land use planning projects. He is an experienced project manager and currently oversees the stream non-point source TMDL projects and directs all field monitoring and GIS mapping services for FB Environmental. Fred’s volunteer activities include assisting the Presumpscot River Watch with their water quality monitoring and community outreach programs, writing and editing educational briefs for GrowSmart Maine, and serving on Portland’s City Manager’s Policy Advisory Committee.

Jennifer Jespersen, Project Manager (207) 215-8506 jenj@fbenvironmental.com

Jen has more than 15 years of combined education and experience in the Environmental Science field. She received a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Science from the University of Maine at Farmington, and a Master's degree in Ecology and Environmental Science from the University of Maine's Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Science. Her research focused on understanding the role of estuarine subaqueous soils in the global carbon budget, and determining sources of organic matter in these ecosystems. Jen spent several years on the west coast conducting rare plant surveys for the U.S. Forest Service, and overseeing a Non-Point Source/BMP Implementation Program in Lake Tahoe, CA. Additional experiences in Maine include working for Woods End Research Laboratory, Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District, the USDA Farm Service Agency, and the Maine Conservation Corps. Her interests include restoration and preservation of native species and open space. Beyond these experiences, Jen enjoys delineating wetlands, collecting and analyzing water quality data, and working with local stakeholders. Jen has been with FB Environmental since May of 2005, and is currently leading several projects including the Maine Lakes TMDL Program, and the Aroostook County Stream TMDL Project.

Tricia Rouleau, Project Manager (207) 899-5515 triciar@fbenvironmental.com

Tricia has over 8 years of experience in environmental science and conservation work. She received a B.A. in Ecology and Environmental Science from the University of Maine in Orono, with a concentration in soil and water science. While at the University of Maine, she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences studying watershed nitrogen budgets. Prior to joining FB Environmental, Tricia worked as a Soil Conservation Technician for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Maine, and conducted research in freshwater wetlands in Acadia National Park for the U.S. Geological Survey. Additional professional experiences include working for the Nature Conservancy, the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, and College of the Atlantic. As a project manager at FB Environmental, Tricia conducts water quality monitoring and data analysis for lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries; field assessments; technical report writing; and GIS mapping and modeling. Tricia’s interests also include soil morphology and classification, land conservation, and environmental planning.

Theresa Galvin, Project Manager (207) 317-6482 theresag@fbenvironmental.com

Theresa’s professional experience combines her more than eight years of habitat restoration with monitoring expertise, implementing conservation plans, and erosion control BMP planning. Prior to joining FB Environmental, Theresa was project manager for Save The Bay in San Francisco, managing numerous salt marsh restoration projects bay-wide. Prior to that, she coordinated the restoration program for The Watershed Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay, designing and implementing revegetation and monitoring plans for riparian restoration projects and spent a year in service with AmeriCorps in Oregon, supervising a watershed restoration crew. Theresa holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Queens College, City University of New York, with a concentration in Biology. Theresa performs field assessments, develops and implements erosion control BMP plans, assembles permitting applications and conducts water quality monitoring for FB Environmental. Beyond these activities, Theresa’s interests include community-based habitat restoration, wetland ecology, native plants, and environmental stewardship.

Deborah Mayo, Office Mngr/Project Assist (207) 650-1580 debm@fbenvironmental.com

Deb joined FB Environmental in 2007 to assist with project management and administration in the Portland office where she provides exceptional client and organizational support. She was formerly the District Manager for the York County Soil and Water Conservation District where she gained considerable natural resource assessment and restoration experience. Deb also provides crucial administrative support services for an experiential learning center in southern Maine.

Ken Hickey, Senior Scientist (978) 501-5111 kenh@fbenvironmental.com

Ken is a water resources investigator with 16 years of experience evaluating and restoring surface water systems. He has expertise in designing and conducting hydrologic and water quality field investigations, data analyses, mathematical modeling applications, and in providing clear and compelling technical information. For several New England states and EPA Region 1, Ken has successfully completed over 40 watershed TMDL projects focused on assessment and reduction of a variety of pollutants including nutrients, bacteria, and suspended solids. Ken has also successfully designed and completed watershed based planning and watershed restoration projects. He has worked extensively with Clean Water Act programs, such as TMDL and NDPES, and specializes in combining regulatory strategies with state-of-the-science technical approaches to assess and achieve water quality goals. He frequently designs and conducts projects focused on identifying the causes of stream impairment and collaborating with stakeholders to select and implement restoration measures. Ken has designed and conducted a wide range of surface water modeling projects from simple watershed screening level tasks to complex 3-D models. Ken has also conducted marine sediment impact, dredge monitoring, and physical oceanography projects.

Cayce Dalton, Project Manager (207) 221-6699 cayced@fbenvironmental.com

Cayce has worked for seven years in southern Maine on issues of bacterial water quality, eutrophication, estuarine monitoring and ecology, and the human dimensions of environmental policy implementation. He received his Bachelor of Science in environmental science, with a minor in economics, from the College of William and Mary. He served two years in the Maine Conservation Corps, coordinating volunteer water sampling and supporting laboratory and data analysis. He coordinated the System Wide Monitoring Program at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve for a year, and is familiar with data sonde deployment and maintenance. More recently, he applied NOAA’s Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status (ASSETS) methodology to New England estuaries, and conducted land use analysis using GIS for several salt marsh indicators projects in Casco Bay and the York River, Maine. Cayce is very familiar with municipal land use regulation, in particular Maine’s Mandatory Shoreland Zoning regulations, septic system permitting and enforcement, and municipal zoning.