Laura Moran
Senior Biologist
laura.moran@cajaeir.com
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Experience Summary

Ms. Laura Moran, is a senior biologist at CAJA, with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience in both biology and project management. She has directed managed and conducted a broad range of wetland delineation and resource studies, biological resource inventories, special status species surveys, environmental impact analyses, multi-agency permitting, and environmental monitoring plans for mitigation and construction projects for a variety of public and private sector clients on both the east and west coasts. Ms. Moran has a thorough understanding of NEPA and CEQA, both state and federal endangered species acts, and state and federal regulations and permits involving biological and water resources. She has worked on a wide variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional and environmental compliance projects, involving EIR and EIS compliance documentation as well as multi-agency consultation, reporting and permit application preparation. Ms. Moran maintains an excellent rapport with state and federal resource agencies. Ms. Moran’s professional specialty includes multiple aspects of environmental studies and analyses, wetland delineation, restoration and mitigation design.

Project Experience

• Barstow Wal-Mart, Barstow, CA (biological site assessment, wetland delineation, rare plant survey)
• Big Wave Office Park and Wellness Center, San Mateo, CA  (EIR, biological resources section)
• Wal-Mart Super Center EIR, Ridgecrest, CA  (burrowing owl surveys, multi-agency permitting)
• 2400 Allesandro, Los Angeles, CA (biological site assessment)
• State Route 4 Ramp Relocation Project, Hercules, CA (wetland delineation, RLF and CTS surveys, CEQA and CalTrans documentation, mitigation analysis, inter-agency coordination and permitting)
• Former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital Site, Oakland, CA (IS, Supplemental EIR, biological site assessment, wetland delineation, rare plant and animal surveys,  creek restoration plan, oak tree mitigation, and open space management plan)
• Tejon Mountain Village, Lebec, CA  (oak management program, wetland delineation, habitat and vegetation mapping)
• Tejon Ranch, Centennial LLP, Los Angeles County, CA (wetland delineation, vegetation mapping and modeling studies, rare plant and grassland surveys, SEATAC biota report)
• RNES for I-5/Route 126 Magic Mountain Parkway Interchange Improvement Project, Santa Clara River, Los Angeles County, CA  (RNES CalTrans, EIR/EIS biological resources sections)
• Chapel of the Chimes, Union City and Hayward, CA  (biological site assessment, native plant restoration plan, burrowing owl and golden eagle surveys, tree and rare plant surveys, pre-construction nesting bird surveys)
• New Beginnings Center, Novato, CA (biological site assessment, wetland delineation, multi-agency permitting)
• River Village Development, Santa Clarita, CA  (SEATAC biota report, DEIR biological resources section)
• Franklin Canyon, Hercules, CA  (biological site assessment, peer review and revisions to DEIR biological resources section)
• Vineyard RV Park, Vacaville, CA  (multi-agency permitting, creek restoration plan)

Educational Background and Professional Affiliations

• B.S. in Biology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY (1985)
• BLA/MUP Degree Program, City University of New York, New York 1987-1988
• HEP (Habitat Evaluation Procedure) Certified, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Wetlands Training Certificate, Rutgers University
• Wetland Systems of the Northeast, Rutgers University
• Understanding Soil Conditions of Wetlands, Rutgers University
• Native Plants in the Landscape, Rutgers University
• Wetland Mitigation, Rutgers University
• The Hydrology of Wetlands, Rutgers University
• Methodology of Delineating Wetlands, Rutgers University (Ralph Tiner, USFWS)
• Wetlands: Restoration, Enhancement and Construction, Environmental Concern, Inc., St. Michaels, MD
• Wetland Laws and Regulation, Rutgers University
• Ecology and Use of Wetlands for Water Treatment, UC Berkeley
• Successful CEQA Compliance, UC Davis
• Habitat Restoration, UC Davis
• Conservation Planning for California’s Oak Woodlands, IHRMP, UC Berkeley
• Erosion Control and Land Restoration, UC Davis
• 50 Plant Families in the Filed, Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley
• Poaceae, Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley
• Advanced CEQA Workshop (AEP), Oakland CA (2007 and 2009)
• Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)
• California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
• Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)