B.S. Environmental Planning and Management
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Biology, graduate coursework complete
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAYWARD
Ms. Dexter has nineteen years of professional experience as a wildlife biologist, emphasizing herpetology, raptor biology, and large freshwater branchiopod biology. Over the years she has gained valuable experience with local, state and federal government projects. She has provided biological documentation, Section 7 consultation, and directed special-status species surveys for various private, county, state and federal clients including the San Francisco Water Department, San Mateo County Public Works, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/University of California, California Energy Commission, Caltrans, Contra Costa County Public Works, and the City of Hercules.
Examples of projects she has participated in include endangered species recovery actions, habitat enhancement efforts, habitat management plans, numerous road construction and realignment projects, flood control projects, construction monitoring, long-term mitigation and monitoring for a dam project, hydroelectric facility recertification, timber harvest projects, natural community conservation planning, and numerous small development projects. Her involvement with these projects included performing habitat assessments, preparing biological assessments and Natural Environment Studies (NESs), GIS/GPS habitat mapping, mitigation site analysis, surveys and/or trapping for San Francisco garter snake, Alameda whipsnake, California red-legged frog, foothill yellow-legged frog, California tiger salamander, fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, western pond turtle, numerous raptors, bats, small mammals, and fish. She has also prepared habitat assessments, biology sections for CEQA and NEPA documents, and managed formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS and USFWS regarding salmonids, spotted owls, and other federally listed species.