From chasing butterflies and catching frogs since she was a little girl, winning first place in a fifth-grade science fair, and being a teacher’s assistant for her high school biology teacher and later her college professors, Jasmine Bakker always knew she was going to have a career in science and the great outdoors.
Jasmine Bakker is a senior biologist with 20 years of experience working on a variety of biological surveys, habitat restoration, aquatic resources delineations, and environmental compliance projects for private clients and public agencies to support renewable energy, utilities, water infrastructure, and private/public development. Her field work includes general botanical and zoological surveys, focused rare plant surveys, stream bioassessment and water quality sampling, protocol Quino checkerspot butterfly surveys, and presence/absence surveys for other sensitive species such as burrowing owl, least Bell’s vireo, nesting raptors, flat-tailed horned lizard, and arroyo toad. Her habitat restoration work has involved mitigation planning, preparation of Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (HMMPs), and implementation of HMMPS from installation, maintenance and monitoring, and achievement of success criteria for final acceptance by resource agencies.
As an environmental compliance monitor for large-scale construction projects, Jasmine has participated in design-review of project plans and specifications, conducted environmental trainings for project personnel and crew, coordinated and scheduled as-needed species surveys and subconsultants for noise, archaeological, and paleontological monitoring, monitored and made recommendations for installation of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Best Management Practices (BMPs), and has prepared environmental compliance reports. She has also collaborated with contractors, subcontractors, clients, and regulatory agencies to help ensure successful project implementation.
Jasmine obtained a B.S. in Ecology and Systematic Biology with an emphasis in botany from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. She is a Certified California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Practitioner and a USFWS 10(a)(1)(A) Permitted biologist for Quino checkerspot butterfly. She also has completed the Wetland Training Institute’s Wetland Delineation class and participates in the San Diego Management & Monitoring Program (SDMMP) Rare Plant Inspect and Manage Monitoring.
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