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<title>Matthew Colston | Services</title>
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<h1>Services</h1>
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I have more than twelve years of experience in the field of natural resource managment and ecosystem conservation/recovery. For nearly half of that I have worked in local government for about six years and one year for the state of Washington. In my role as a natural resource scientist and ecosystem recovery coordinator, my focus was on surface water management and Pacific Northwest habitat conservation and restoration. I worked on a number of projects throughout my career including:</p>
<h2>Surface Water Management</h2>
<p>I worked as Natural Resource Specialist and the lead of the Surface Water Quality Team for Island County Department of Natural Resources. There I had many responsibilities working with other departments within the government and directly with citizens across the county.</p>
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<li><h3>Surface Water Quality Monitoring</h3></li>
<img src="Images/KIMG0164.jpg" alt="Water Quality Sampling at Cavelero Creek on Camano Island, WA." width="560">
<ol><li><h4>Point and Non-point Source Pollution Monitoring and Detection</h4></li>
<li><h4>Flow Monitoring and Modeling</h4></li>
<li><h4>Benthic Invertebrae Indexing (BIBI)</h4></li></ol>
<li><h3>Lake Management</h3></li>
<img src="Images/KIMG0195.jpg" alt="Collecting water quality data at diffent depths to create a lake profile for Cranberry Lake in Oak Harbor." width="560">
<p>As the senior surface water manager, I was a lake manager for Island County for four public lakes.</p>
<ol><li><h4>Harmful Algae Bloom Management</h4></li>
<li><h4>Nutrient Management</h4></li>
<li><h4>Citizen and Lake Associations Outreach</h4></li>
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<li><h3>Surface and Drinking Water Infrastrure Planning</h3></li>
<p>As the lead surface water quality specialist, I coordinated and collaborated with our planning, public works, and environmental health department's staff in surface and drinking water permitting and protection.</p>
<ol><li><h4>Drinking Water System Planning and Coordination</h4></li>
<li><h4>Onsite Sewage Permitting</h4></li>
<li><h4>Onsite Sewage Enforcement</h4></li>
<li><h4>Land Use Permitting</h4></li>
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<h2>Ecosystem Recovery and Conservation</h2>
<p>In my work at the county and the state level, I have worked on many ecosystem recovery and conservation projects in several different components </p>
<ul><li><h3>Grant Management</h3></li></ol>
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<li><h4>Grant Writing</h4></li>
<li><h4>Contract Negotiation</h4></li>
<li><h4>Contract Management</h4></li>
<li><h4>Quality Assurance Plan Writing</h4></li></ol>
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<li><h3>Salmon Recovery</h3></li>
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<li><h4>Adaptive Management Methods</h4></li>
<li><h4>Salmon Passage Permitting Review</h4></li>
<li><h4>Salmon Seining for Monitoring</h4></li>
<li><h4><a href="https://www.islandcountymrc.org/media/20101/2-6-forage-fish-report.pdf"> Forage Fish Egg Sampling<h3></a></h4></li>
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<li><h3>Habitat Recovery</h3></li>
<p>I have worked on both sides of the habitat recovery grant application process. I will bring that information to any project.</p>
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<li><h4>Site Assessment</h4></li>
<li><h4>Watershed Planning</h4></li>
<li><h4>Project Planning</h4></li>
<li><h4>Grant Applications</h4></li></ol>
<li><h3>Geospatial Analysis</h3></li>
<p>I have more than eleven years of GIS experience also have and maintain a commerical drone pilot license which allows me to add another level quality to my work.</p>
<ol><li><h4>Geographic Information Systems</h4></li>
<ol><li><h4>Site Mapping and Site Review</h4></li>
<li><h4>Land Cover Analysis</h4></li>
<li><h4>HEAT mapping</h4></li>
<li><h4>Storymapping Through GIS</h4></li>
<li><h4>UAS Operation</h4></li>
<li><h4>Site Photography</h4></li>
<li><h4>Wetland Mapping</h4></li>
<li><h4>3D Photogrammetry</h4></li>
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