Kentner Botanical

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

SCE WRC Focused Botanical Surveys, Riverside Co. Lead botanist for focused surveys for rare plant taxa covered under the Western Riverside MSHCP at power pole replacement locations throughout the MSHCP area. Mapped populations of Atriplex coronata var. notatior, Brodiaea filifolia, Centromadia pungens subsp. laevis, Deinandra paniculata,  and Myosurus minimus.

SCE Eagle Mountain-Blythe Wetland Delineation, Riverside Co. Lead delineator for the mapping of Waters of the State using the CPUC's MESA delineation guidelines at 228 survey sites located along approximately 50 miles of transmission line right-of-way.

Camp Pendleton Rare Plant Surveys and Population Monitoring, San Diego Co. Served as a member of a team of botanists conducting botanical surveys for Phacelia stellaris and other coastal dune species such as Acmispon prostratus, Nemacaulis denudata var. denudata, and Abronia maritima. Located and mapped these species, and conducted an annual population census for Phacelia stellaris. Collected field data for a population study of Eryngium pendletonense in coastal grasslands and mapped this species in addition to populations of other rare plant taxa such as Atriplex coulteri and Dudleya blochmaniae.

Bright Star Canyon Wind Energy Project. Kern Co. 8,756 acres. Lead botanist for protocol-level floristic surveys in desert transitional and montane habitats in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Managed the GIS mapping of rare plants and invasive weeds using field-collected GPS data and aerial photographs. Primary author of the technical report describing the survey results.

Vegetation Thematic Accuracy Assessment for San Nicholas Island, Ventura Co. Implemented the placement of vegetation plots by stratified random sampling according to National Park Service protocols. Identified vegetation communities in approximately 300 plots placed throughout the island. Analyzed the results using standardized NPS contingency tables. Co-author of report describing the Accuracy Assessment results.

Vegetation Classification of Camp Pendleton, San Diego Co. Conducted vegetation surveys throughout the base using National Parks Service field methods and NPS PLOTS vegetation database. Analyzed plot data to develop a classification compliant with the National Vegetation Classification System. Conducted field validation of vegetation polygons mapped by photo interpretation.

Vegetation Classification of Remote Training Site Warner Springs, San Diego Co. Conducted vegetation surveys throughout the base using CDFW/CNPS field methods and vegetation database. Analyzed the survey data to develop an NVCS-compliant vegetation classification for the base. Completed vegetation mapping using standard GIS software.

Vegetation Classification of Fallbrook Naval Weapons Station, San Diego Co. Conducted vegetation surveys throughout the base using National Parks Service field methods and NPS PLOTS vegetation database. Classified the plots using the keys and membership rules published in the Vegetation Manual for Western San Diego County.

Vegetation Classification of Orange Co. County wide. Conducted over 300 vegetation surveys throughout the county using the CNPS/CDFG Vegetation Rapid Assessment survey protocol. Coordinated with many public and private land managers for access to land and properties. Analyzed the data and developed the classification of vegetation types for the county.

Meadow Monitoring Research, Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Contract botanist for plant identification within grazing plots for a binational project between the US Forest Service and the Mexican Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)

Forest Ecology Research, , Baja California, Mexico. Contract botanist for the U.S. Forest Service and a U.C. Davis graduate student for plant identification in forest ecology plots in the coniferous forests of the Sierra Juarez and Sierra de San Pedro Mártir mountains.