Field Services Unit

This Unit is responsible for natural resource identification and impact assessment for MaineDOT transportaion projects. These responsibilities include investigating wetlands, waterbodies, terrestrial and aquatic organisms, rare flora and fauna, and coastal habitats. This group is also involved in studies and workgroups aimed at reducing animal and vehicle collision on Maine's Highways and with ensuring fish passage through highway and bridge structures.

This Unit prepares and reviews environmental reports and reviews NEPA documents for the department. The Unit also coordinates with state and federal resource agencies to ensure compliance with regulations and laws administered by the Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Maine Department of Inland and Fisheries and Wildlife Service, and Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

Richard Bostwick, Supervisor/ ES IV  B.S. Biology,  richard.bostwick@maine.gov

John Perry, BIO I, B.S. Biology,  john.perry@maine.gov

Dan Tierney, BIO I, B.S. Wildlife Ecology, M.S. Conservation Biology, dan.tierney@maine.gov

Links:

Scientific Journals
Biological Journals

 

Wetland Science

USGS National Wetlands Research Center

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Research Technology Center

Maine Vernal Pools Project

Plants and Soils
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory
http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/

Wildlife

http://www.gulfofmaine.fws.gov
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~MIAL/
http://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/mamtable.htm

Fisheries

http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/fishidentification.htm

MDOT Fish Passage Policay & Design Guide

Threatened and Endangered

http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/nrimc.htm

http://www.state.me.us/ifw/wildlife/etweb/index.htm

Invasive Aquatics

http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/topic/invasives/index.htm