Principal, Senior Environmental
Scientist/Restoration Ecologist
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
MSc. Environmental Science, University of East London, United Kingdom, 2003.
B.S. (cum laude) Business Administration, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1979.
Federal Wetlands Delineation Certification Workshop, Environmental Technology Center, Tampa, Florida, 1995.
Graduate-level course in Field Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1995.
Florida Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certificate #CM19885, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Categories 5A & 21 (Issued 7/1/09 – Expires 7/31/13).
Private Pesticide Applicator Certificate #C00040, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Bureau of Plant Industry, 2005.
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Kelly specializes in Ecological Restoration (project planning and supervision, installation, maintenance, compliance monitoring, and reporting), Plant Species Inventory, Natural Areas Inventory, Jurisdictional Wetlands Delineation, Vegetation Mapping, Hydric Soils Determinations and Project Management.
HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS
Lake County Parks & Trails PEAR Park Observation Platform & ADA Ramp Native Landscape Project, Lake County, FL
Install Solar Irrigation & Erosion Control Fabric and Native Landscape Planting, Completion 2010
Lake County Parks & Trails PAL Park Scrub Restoration, Lake County, FL
Conduct project restoration, nuisance/exotic vegetation control, fireline installation & prescribed burning, In progress
Lake County Parks & Trails Ferndale Preserve at Lake Apopka Wetland Floodplain Restoration Project Lake County, FL
Conduct pre/post mechanical treatment of exotic vegetation & post-herbicide application(s), Completion 2010
Lake County Public Lands Northeast Lake Scrub (Royal Trails) Preserve Restoration/Enhancement Project, Lake County, FL
Fireline Installation & Prepare Restoration Work Plan & Rx Fire, In progress
Lake County Public Lands South Pine Lakes Reserve Restoration/Enhancement Project, Lake County, FL
Prepare Restoration Work Plan & Fireline Installation, In progress
Lake County Public Lands Ellis Acres/Akron Meadows Reserve Longleaf Pine Restoration,
Prepare Restoration Work Plan, site preparation, supply/install longleaf pines within 100 acre project area, In progress
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC. Four Corners/Kingsford Mine Scrub/Flatwoods Groundcover Restoration, Manatee & Hillsborough Counties, FL
Supervised native seed harvest at donor site, preparation of +400 acre recipient site and installation of native seed. Completion January 2007
BOTANICAL INVENTORY & PLANTING PROJECTS
Lake County Parks & Trails Ferndale Preserve Native Groundcover Restoration Botanical Inventories, Lake County, FL
Conducted ongoing plant identification, inventory & vegetation monitoring in native direct seed restoration areas, In progress (2009-11)
Lake County Parks & Trails PEAR Park Native Groundcover Restoration Botanical Inventories, Lake County, FL
Conducted plant identification, inventory & vegetation monitoring in native direct seed restoration areas, In progress
Land Trust for Mississippi Coastal Plain Turkey Creek Greenway Conservation Area Baseline Inventory Report , Harrison County, MS
Prepared baseline inventory report and management plan with recommendations for ecological restoration, August 2008
Land Trust for Mississippi Coastal Plain Tchoutacabouffa River Baseline Inventory Report & Management Plan, Harrison County, MS
Prepared baseline documentation and management plan with recommendations for ecological restoration, In progress
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Oak Seed Planting, Manatee County, FL
Collect, germinate & install a variety of native oak seed within Moody Branch Wildlife Environmental Area Area, Completion 2009
Mosaic Fertilizer Four Corners Mine Reclamation/Restoration Contract Grow & Planting, Hillsborough & Manatee Counties, FL
Conducting long-term contract to grow more than 645,000 upland/wetland native trees and shrubs for installation on phosphate-mined land
reclamation/restoration projects in Hillsborough and Manatee Counties, In progress (nearing completion)
WETLAND DELINEATION & MITIGATION MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain Turkey Creek Greenway Conservation Area Wetland Delineation, Harrison County, MS
Delineated and mapped federal jurisdictional wetlands on 178 acres of pine savanna and bottomland hardwoods, Completion 2011
Wetland Solutions, LLC. Mitigation Bank Management, Hancock County, MS.
Consulting Restoration Ecologist, prepared baseline inventory reports & compliance reports for +4000 acre mitigation bank, Completion 2009
Natural Capital Development, LLC. Pascagoula River bottomland hardwoods Delineation, George County, MS
Delineated and mapped federal jurisdictional wetlands on 703 acres of bottomland hardwoods, Completion 2008