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Brian Smith
Ecologist
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4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
Matteson, IL 60443
Ph: (708) 283-3553
FAX: (708) 283-3501
bsmith@dot.gov
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Education
• Bachelor, Biological Sciences, Illinois State University
• Masters, Geology, Northern Illinois University
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Expertise/Specialty |
• Section 10/404 - Clean Water Act
• NEPA
• Soil Erosion/Sediment Control
• Stormwater Management/Quality
• Wetland Delineation
• Wetland Functional Assessments
• Indirect and Cumulative Impacts
• Wetland/Stream Restoration, Mitigation Banking
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Professional Associations |
• Transportation Research Board Committee Participant
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Professional Highlights |
• Currently, I´m a member of the Midwest Natural Resource Group and I´m working with several transportation Research Board (TRB) committees in the areas of environmental analysis, water quality, hydrology, ecology and soils.
• My work focuses on techniques and tools for analyzing cumulative impacts and integrating transportation and watershed planning.
• Other technical areas: Cumulative Effects Analysis, Threatened and Endangered Species, Interagency Coordination, Rapid assessment methods.
• 1992 to 2001, I worked for USACE on Section 404 and Section 10 permitting activities, Programmatic Permits, mitigation design, dredging.
• I also have experience with many major projects including transportation and utility corridors, wetland mitigation, fen restoration and stream restoration.
• I lead the Mitigation Banking Review Team for about three years, developed mitigation banking instruments, reviewed monitoring and compliance activities and resource agency coordination.
• I served with several innovative Technical Advisory Committees to develop habitat/watershed restoration plans and McHenry County Advanced Identification (ADID) of Wetlands study, Fox River Water Quality and Conservation Group,
• Kane County (Fox River) Bridges, and Lake County Transportation Improvement Project. Facilitator at Midwest Area Clean Water Action Plan (CWAP) Conference.
• Special interests in: geohydrology/hydrology of wetlands, geomorphology, water quality BMPs, groundwater investigation techniques, urban wetland development and GIS applications.
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