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.

Jennifer Jespersen, Senior 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 currently coordinates lake monitoring and watershed-based plans for watershed groups and develops stormwater ordinances for municipalities.

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

Tricia has been with FB Environmental since January of 2006. 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, and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission. As a project manager at FBE, Tricia conducts water quality monitoring and data analysis for lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries; technical report writing; watershed-based planning; GIS mapping and modeling; and conservation easement monitoring, management planning and baseline documentation for land trusts.

Deborah Mayo, Office Mngr/Project Assist (207) 221-6699 debm@fbenvironmental.com

Deb joined FB Environmental in 2007 to assist with project administration in the Portland office where she provides exceptional client and business management 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 provides assistance to FBE staff for lake and stream monitoring and has been involved in several area watershed surveys as a technical leader assessing waterfront properties for stormwater management and erosion control needs and implementation of Best Management Practices.

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

Cayce has worked for ten years in southern Maine on issues of bacterial water quality, eutrophication, aquatic monitoring, and 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, 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, conducted land use analysis using GIS for several salt marsh indicators in Casco Bay and the York River, Maine, and used computer modeling to estimate bacteria loads to New Hampshire beaches. 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.

Emily DiFranco, Water Quality Specialist (603) 343-6311 emilyd@fbenvironmental.com

Emily joined FB Environmental in July 2010. She received a B.S. in Geography from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, in 2001 and an M.S. in Natural Resources with a focus on Water Resources from the University of New Hampshire in 2009. While at the University of New Hampshire, she worked as a research assistant for the Water Quality Analysis Laboratory and designed and implemented separate projects on the ground and surface water hydrology of the New Boston Air Force Station and on nitrogen cycling in the Lamprey River Watershed. Emily has also worked for a local watershed group implementing Best Management Practices on public and private properties to reduce sediment and phosphorus loads to lakes in Maine and New Hampshire, built fish ponds in the Peace Corps in Zambia, and worked with the Nature Conservancy on Catalina Island in the AmeriCorps. As a Water Quality Specialist at FBE, Emily conducts water quality monitoring for lakes, rivers, streams, and estuaries, analyzes water quality data, and writes technical reports including statewide regulatory documents, assists municipalities with the implementation and completion of their water quality grants, and leads bi-state watershed-based planning efforts.

Patrick Marass, Project Scientist I (207) 221-6699 patm@fbenvironmental.com

Patrick Marass joined FB Environmental in September of 2010. He graduated with a B.S. in Biology, B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in Chemistry from the University of Maine. His focus centered upon the relationship between government, scientific research, and environmental conservation. Prior to coming to FB Environmental he was awarded a position in the competitive Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Maine State Government Internship Program at the Department of Environmental Protection. He then became an AmeriCorps Member with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in the Division of Watershed Management. While there, he focused on watershed characterization, stream and lake watershed restoration, non-point source pollution, and public outreach. At FB Environmental, Patrick conducts stream sampling, manages data, designs Best Management Practices, assists with watershed planning, and performs GIS mapping and analysis.

Laura Diemer, Project Assistant (207) 221-6699 laurad@fbenvironmental.com

Laura joined FB Environmental in June 2011. She received a B.S. in Ecology and Environmental Science from the University of Maine at Orono, with a concentration in Natural Resource Management. Laura's experience includes managing national park trails using best management practices (BMPs) as a Student Conservation Association trail crew member, developing a feasibility report for a proposed anaerobic digester as an environmental intern at New England Organics, and conducting salt marsh hydrology and vegetation monitoring as a NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Fellow at Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. After graduation, she served as a Conservation Program Assistant for The Nature Conservancy at their Prairie Coteau office in South Dakota. Laura's academic honors include the Charles Bickford Prize, John Boyle Prize, Morris K. Udall Scholarship, and the Senator George Mitchell Scholarship. She currently volunteers as a Water Quality and Animal Care Community Volunteer at the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (MARC) on the University of New England campus. At FB Environmental, Laura assists with stream and lake monitoring, watershed planning, and GIS mapping.