Tanner Research provides general consulting, project management and wildlife & plant surveys.
ONGOING PROJECTS:
2008-2010
Population Monitoring of the California Spotted Owl on San Bernardino National Forest
Client: USDA Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest
Project requires USFS protocol level monitoring of 165 spotted owl territories across San Bernardino N.F. in three different mountain ranges conducted as part of the Healthy Forest Initiative Fuels Projects intended to protect communities and people across the southwest. Subcontracted to ECorp Consulting, a GSA Schedule Holder.
2008
California Spotted Owl Monitoring on Angeles National Forest
Client: USDA Forest Service, Angeles National Forest
Project requires USFWS protocol level surveying of four distinct Fuels Management Project Areas totaling 13,000 acres in the San Gabriel Mountains within Angeles N.F. Surveys are being conducted as part of the Healthy Forest Initiative to protect communities and developed areas within the forest.
PAST PROJECTS:
2007
Population Monitoring of the California Spotted Owl on San Bernardino National Forest
Client: USDA Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest
Project required USFS protocol level monitoring of 156 spotted owl territories across San Bernardino N.F. in three different mountain ranges conducted as part of the Healthy Forest Initiative Fuels Projects intended to protect communities and people across the southwest.
2007
California Spotted Owl Monitoring on Angeles National Forest
Client: USDA Forest Service, Angeles National Forest
Project requires USFWS protocol level surveying of 10 spotted owl sites in the San Gabriel Mountains. Project was conducted as part of the Healthy Forest Initiative Fuels Projects to protect the community of Wrightwood.
2007
Church of the Woods Environmental Impact Report Spotted Owl Surveys
Client: PCR Services, Irvine, CA
Project involved protocol level surveys for California spotted owl on parcel near Blue Jay, CA in San Bernardino County.
2005
Chilao Circuit Rebuild and Job Circuit Rebuild/Bailey Peak Tower Construction
Client: Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA
Habitat assessment and subsequent protocol level surveys of California Spotted Owls for SCE on Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Subcontracted to BioResource Consultants, Ojai, CA.
2005-2006
California Tiger Salamander Drift Fence Survey for Rancho Maria Golf Course and Los Alamos Ranch Development Project
Lead researcher on two large-scale studies at proposed development sites in northern Santa Barbara County. Subcontracted to VJS Consulting, Santa Barbara, CA.
2005 and 2006
California Spotted Owl Monitoring Projects on Angeles, Cleveland, and San Bernardino National Forests
Project leader on three separate projects with a total of 157 territories. Projects designed for standard monitoring compliance and to assess the impacts of long-term drought on spotted owl population viability. With BioResource Consultants, Ojai, CA.