VINCENT LAMARRA

val@ecosysres.com

Dr. Vincent Lamarra received his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Minnesota, where he specialized in limnology and fisheries science. From 1975 to 1981, he taught Aquatic Ecology and Limnology at Utah State University. Since 1981, he has been Director of Ecosystems Research Institute.

Dr. Lamarra's has extensive experience directing multi-disciplinary projects. He was involved in the White River shale data management and aquatic investigations in the early 1980s. He has published extensively regarding his work in the Colorado River, associated with both oil shale development and water pollution. He has worked for over 20 years as Principle Investigator of the Bear Lake Preservation Project. His activities have included continued baseline monitoring, development of water quality management plans, implementation of stream and riparian reclamation projects, and watershed management. Recently, he directed the TMDL process in developing a Water Quality Management Plan for the Bear River in Utah, as well as serving as project manager for two mainstem TMDL studies on the Bear River.

• Title Transfer-Chester Diversion/Crosscut Canal BOR Environmental Assessment
• Bear Lake and Bear Lake Marsh Water Quality Monitoring
• Hydrology / Geomorphology / Habitat San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program
• Island Park Reservoir Water Quality Monitoring and Annual Report
• FERC Licensing Process-Hebgen Lake Project
• FERC Licensing Process-Chester Diversion
• Shiprock-Gallup water pipeline-BOR Environmental Assessment
• FERC Licensing Process - Applegate Dam Project
• FERC Licensing Process Dorena Lake Dam Project
• Study of habitat quality and distribution of Colorado pikeminnow on the Colorado River.
• TMDL Water quality investigation for the Upper Bear River, Idaho.
• TMDL Water quality study of the tributaries, springs, fish hatcheries and main stem of the mid-Snake River, Hells Canyon, Idaho.
• Section 7 Consultation for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, New Mexico.
• Water quality investigation of Bear Lake and Bear Lake Marsh , Utah-Idaho.
• Upper Bear River non-point source pollution project.
• Bear River Cutler Reservoir Exhibit E Compliance Water Quality Investigations

• 2004 - Applegate Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No 11910, Final License Application (Stage III). August 2004.
• 2004- Arthur R. Bowman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11925, Final License Application (Stage III), July 2004.
• 2004 - Applegate Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No 11910, Draft License Application (Stage II). June 2004.
• 2004 - Dorena Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11945, Final License Application (Stage III). June 2004.
• 2004- Arthur R. Bowman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11925, Draft License Application (Stage II), May 2004.
• 2004 - Hebgen Lake Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11882, Final License Application (Stage III). April 2004.
• 2004 - Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11879, Final License Application (Stage III). April 2004.
• 2004 - Dorena Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11945, Draft License Application (Stage II). April 2004.
• 2004 - Bear Lake and Bear Lake Marsh Monitoring Data Summary Bear Lake Regional Commission Fish Haven Idaho. September 2004
• 2004 - Hebgen Lake Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11882, Draft License Application (Stage II). February 2004.
• 2004 - Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11879, Draft License Application (Stage II). January 2004.
• 2003 - Bear Lake and Bear Lake Marsh Monitoring Data Summary. Bear Lake Regional Commission Fish Haven Idaho. July 2003
• 2003 - Hydrology / Geomorphology / Habitat Final Report San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program May 2003
• 2003 - Arthur R. Bowman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11925, First Stage Consultation Document, August 2003.
• 2003 - Dorena Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11945, First Stage Consultation Document. April 2003.
• 2002 - Applegate Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No 11910, First Stage Consultation Document. August 2002.
• 2002 - Hebgen Lake Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11882, First Stage Consultation Document. April 2002.
• 2001 - Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11879, First Stage Consultation Document. November 2001.
• 2001 - Bear Lake and Bear Lake Marsh Monitoring Data Summary. Bear Lake Regional Commission Fish Haven Idaho. July 2001
• 2001 - Logan Wetland Development Environmental Assessment. January 2001.

• 1997 Bear River Water Quality Forum: A History and Overview of Bear River and Bear Lake Marsh Water Quality Issues
• 1997 Bear River Water Quality Forum: Upper Bear River Remediation - Thomas Fork and Bridger Creek
• 1996 National Association of Lake Management Society: Bear Lake - A Limnological Overview
• 1996 Desert Fishes Council: A comparison of the productivity of Colorado squawfish nursery habitat in the San Juan and Colorado rivers.
• 1993 Bear River Water Quality Symposium: Limnological Conditions in Bear Lake Over the Last Decade

• Exhibit E and FERC license for the Proposed Island Park Hydroelectric on the Henry's Fork River.
• Hydroelectric Project Investigation of endemic fishes in the Wailua River, Hawaii.
• The projected environmental impacts of the proposed Smiths Fork Hydroelectric Project upon the Bear River/Bear Lake ecosystem.
• Stage One Consultation for Grace Cove, Oneida and Alexander Hydroelectric Projects.
• The development of a Fisheries Management Plan for Ashton Reservoir, Idaho, as fulfillment of a FERC license condition.
• The development of a Wildlife Management Plan for Ashton Reservoir, Idaho, as fulfillment of a FERC license condition.
• Fountain Green Hydroelectric License Environmental Assessments.
• American Fork Hydroelectric License Compliance Environmental Studies.
• Payette River, Idaho Hydroelectric Project License and Compliance Studies.
• St. Anthony Hydroelectric Project Environmental Compliance of Fish Barriers.
• Re-evaluation of the State of Utah's 401 Certification process.
• Wetland Mitigation plan for Salt Lake Airport Authority.
• Pre-assessment wetland determination and mitigation plan for Logan City.
• Hyrum Reservoir 314 investigation, Utah.
• Biological services (fish salvage) for the protection of the Woundfin and Virgin River Chub on the Virgin River, Utah.
• Determination of food web structure in the Colorado River.
• 404 Permit Application for the San Joaquin Levee District, California.
• Development of resource management plans for Island Park Hydroelectric Project, Idaho.
• Habitat Evaluation Procedure for Black Pine Mining Company.