BIO-Logic, Inc. can provide a detailed Statement of Qualifications and staff resumes upon request.
We are dedicated to providing quality natural resources consulting to government, industry, and private landowners.
BIO-Logic, Inc. has been providing professional consulting services throughout Colorado and the Western United States since 1991.
Steve Boyle, Principal & Senior Biologist
Principal/Senior Biologist Steve Boyle holds a Master's degree in Wildlife Biology (Colorado State University, 1981) and has 28 years of experience in wildlife research, management, and conservation planning in Colorado and the western U.S. Mr. Boyle founded the company in 1991 as BIO-Logic Environmental. In 2008 the company became incorporated as BIO-Logic, Inc. Since founding BIO-Logic Mr. Boyle has led biological field surveys and written impact analysis reports for more than 50 projects involving electric transmission line siting and reauthorization, oil and gas development, buried utility siting, land transfers, and terrestrial and aquatic habitat restoration projects. For these projects he has performed agency consultations, designed and led biological field studies, and prepared Biological Assessments, Biological Evaluations, and NEPA document sections. Mr. Boyle has prepared regional conservation assessments for the U.S. Forest Service including Management Indicator Species assessments for the San Juan National Forest and species assessments for Region 2, and prepared a Sagebrush Conservation Assessment & Strategy and Gunnison Sage-grouse conservation agreement documentation for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
As former Senior Wildlife Biologist for AGEISS Environmental, Inc., Mr. Boyle was Principal Investigator for research projects on pronghorn, feral horses, bats, and bird communities at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah . Mr. Boyle authored a Training Area Management Plan at DPG and provided expert consultation on vegetation community changes and associated effects on wildlife. Mr. Boyle also has extensive research experience investigating spotted owls, kit fox, mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, wild turkey, and desert tortoises. He was an invited reviewer of the Colorado and Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Projects, critically reviewing theoretical models linking vertebrate species distributions to habitat characteristics. He performed extensive fieldwork for and co-authored the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas. Mr. Boyle was certified in Denver Federal Circuit Court in 1999 as an expert witness for wildlife biology, wildlife habitat, and hunting safety. Prior to consulting work, Mr. Boyle was District Wildlife Manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Research Technician for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fort Collins , Colo. , and Research Associate of the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University.
Geologist, Wetlands Scientist, and GIS SpecialistLynn Connaughton holds a Bachelor‘s degree in Geology from Western State College, CO where she received academic awards from the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Association of Women Geoscientists, and college faculty . Ms. Connaughton has also completed additional coursework in Hydrogeology/Groundwater Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Wetland Ecology & Conservation and Botany at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory/Western State College, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation & Management Training Program, and graduate-level courses in Geographic Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University . Ms. Connaughton has over 8 years experience in field geology, hydrology, and soils analysis. She has been Project Manager at BIO-Logic for numerous Minerals Assessments and Wetland Assessments and Delineations, and is approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Wetland Consultants for the Sacramento District and Colorado/Gunnison Basin. Her recent wetlands experience includes delineating wetlands for municipal, private, and commercial real estate developments, recreational trail projects, and gas pipeline projects in Montrose and San Miguel counties; inventorying fens and other jurisdictional wetlands for a Tri-State transmission Line EIS, San Miguel County; and wetland habitat classification and inventory for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Fork Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, Delta County.
Ms. Connaughton was formerly a soil scientist and geologist at Buckhorn Geotech in Montrose, where she performed geological hazard analysis, soil and hydrological analysis, wetland delineations, and managed the soil analysis laboratory. She has identified geological, hydrological, and soil features for numerous conservation easement Baseline Inventory Reports, performed field investigations of inactive mine physical characteristics and acid drainage hydrology for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Colorado , and performed hydrological analyses of water quality and contaminant plume migration for the U.S. Geological Survey at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver.
Jim Le Fevre, Wildlife Biologist & Ecologist
Wildlife Biologist and Ecologist Jim Le Fevre
Jim Le Fevre holds a Bachelor's degree in Conservation from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He has been a staff biologist and ecologist at BIO-Logic since 2005, where he has conducted field studies on special status wildlife and plants and documented natural resources on conservation easements in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. Previously, Mr. Le Fevre was a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Paonia, Colorado for 15 years. For the Forest Service he conducted field studies on pine marten, goshawk and other nesting raptors, Colorado River cutthroat trout, breeding bird surveys, big game habitat mapping, and old growth forest inventories. He provided comments on wildlife impacts from timber harvest, road construction, and oil/gas exploration.
Contact Information
BIO-Logic, Inc. Home Office:
635 East Main Street, Suite 100,
Montrose, CO 81401
Voice phone: 970-240-4374
Fax: 970-252-1969
Web site: www.bio-geo.com
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Summary of Services
BIO-Logic, Inc. can provide a detailed Statement of Qualifications and staff resumes upon request.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Services —Biological Assessments, Biological Evaluations, Environmental Assessments; Biology-Geology-Hydrology-Wetlands sections for Environmental Impact Statements.
Endangered Species Act Compliance —research, literature reviews, and surveys for threatened and endangered plants and animals; on-site compliance monitoring for biological resources and wetlands; Section 7 consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Biological Research and Inventory —Field research of vertebrate wildlife including population trends, distribution, habitat use, and management strategies; vegetation studies including floristic surveys, population delineations, and reclamation strategies.
Environmental Site Assessments, Geology, and Mineral Assessments —Phase I / II ESA to ASTM Standards; Assessments of Minerals Potential; literature review and surface analysis of geology and geologic hazards, soils, and surface hydrology.
Wetland Studies —Jurisdictional wetland delineations, wetland and aquatic habitat assessment and restoration, 404 permitting and compliance.
GIS/Conservation Planning —Natural resource inventories and documentation for conservation easements; map-grade GPS data acquisition and GIS resource mapping and analysis; regional conservation planning for special status species and environments.
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