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71m Messick is a botanist with 7 years' experience in biological impact assessment, rare plant surveys, and wetland delineation. He has extensive knowledge of California flora and vegetation and has completed a training course in wetland delineation methods used by the Corps. Mr. Messick has delineated vernal pool and other wetland boundaries, performed rare plant surveys, conducted biological constraints analyses, and prepared wetland restoration plans for numerous sites in central California. Mr. Messick received an M.A. in biology in 1982 and a B.A. in botany in 1980, both from Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, and an A.A. in natural resources from Columbia Junior College, Columbia, California, in 1977. Brent Helm is a wildlife biologist and botanist with special experience in wetland ecology. He recently participated in wetland delineation studies for permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and mapping and classification of wetland, riparian, aquatic, and upland habitats based on aerial photograph interpretation. He has conducted vernal pool surveys and wetland delineations and participated in projects to reestablish herbaceous plants endemic to serpentine soils in the Sierra Nevada foothills. He has also conducted research on aquatic invertebrates for the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center's avian botulism studies at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Mr. Helm has also worked at aquaculture ponds, where he captured, spawned, and released salmonids, and monitored growth rates of white sturgeon. He has collected and analyzed sediment samples from the continental shelf of San Diego Bay to study marine fauna for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mr. Helm received a B.S. in wildlife management/fisheries and a minor in botany from Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, in 1988. Daniel Airola is a certified wildlife biologist with extensive technical and project management experience in biological studies. Mr. Airola has assessed impacts of many projects and land uses on wildlife species and habitats including transmission lines, reservoirs, flood control facilities, and residential and industrial development. He has also worked extensively in coordinating timber harvest, grazing, mining, and recreational uses with wildlife resources. He has evaluated wetland and riparian habitats, and assessed impacts to many threatened and endangered species. He directed recent biological studies for the 300-mile California-Oregon transmission line, the Los Vaqueros and Bedford Delta Island reservoirs, a 1,000-acre U.S. Air Force radar facility on the Modoc National Forest, wetland status and water supply for duck clubs in the San Joaquin Valley, and bank protection on the Sacramento River. He has prepared biological assessments for federally endangered species, participated in wetland mitigation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and analyzed impacts using the habitat evaluation procedures. Mr. Airola received an M.S. in wildland resource science in 1979, and an A.B. in biology in 1976, both from the University of California, Berkeley, California. Jim Estep is a wildlife biologist with expertise in raptor biology and endangered species management. He worked for the DFG for 5 years conducting wildlife surveys for a variety of threatened and endangered species,evaluating wildlife habitats,coordinating the development of habitats for various threatened and endangered species on state wildlife areas,and designing and conducting long-term biological studies. Mr.Estep has also worked for several years as a consultant to various state agencies and private groups on a variety VI-5