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1. Demetrius Fletcher 12624 Roseberg Ave S Seattle, WA 98168 ▪ 206-310-3466 ▪ demetriusfl@gmail.com
SUMMARY
A United States Air Force veteran and energetic ecologists with excellent knowledge of terrestrial,
grassland, and aquatic ecological processes with strong data collection and analytical skills, great
multitasker. Equally effective as a team leader, team member or independent worker with strong
communication and leadership skills.
EDUCATION
MS-Ecosystem Analysis, School of Forest Resources,College of the Environment, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2010.
BS-Conservation of Wildland Resources,College of Forest Resources, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Applied Sciences & Information Systems, INC. Present
Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Coordinator for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM),WA
Manage all five components of the ITAM program (Training Requirements Integration, Range and
Training Land Assessment,Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance, Sustainable Range Awareness,
and Geographic Information Systems) as well as a staff of 3-10 personnel. Maintain sustainable
management of training lands and natural resources maintaining training requirements and ensuring
environmental compliance in acheived.
Provide information to support higher level decision makers by preparing and presenting briefings
and documents outlining land management options. Assist in the preparation of scopes of work for
contracts to perform work in training lands.
Prepare and manage accurate and detailed documentation on JBLM ITAM activities involving
training land use, land management, ecological data, and program budgets. Ensure ITAM training
mission support objectives are included in JBLM planning documents for managing natural and
cultural resources,endangered species,and the development and modernization of firing ranges.
Plan activities for the program with substantial lead time while managing for budgetary and
contract uncertainty. Plan contracts for projects with components that include activity descriptions,
locations, methods, review process,hours to complete the activities and equipment to be used.
Participate in intra-agency meetings with US Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife, non-profit entities, and others.
Work with Trimble GPS equipment, ArcGIS (10.x) and ArcPad (10.x).
King County Department ofTransportation Oct 2015-Apr2016
Transit Operator
Provide safe,professional, and courteous on-time bus service for customers in King County.
Follow all traffic laws and regulations, account for fares and issue transfers.
Operate transit vehicles and equipment (commercial driver’s license), and communicate effectively
with all customers and maintain effective client interaction with all passengers.
Effectively communicate with Transit Control Center, and accurately complete written reports.
Center for Natural Lands Management/Veterans Conservation Corp Apr 2015-July 2015
Intern
Identified, monitored and documented native and non-native plants, shrubs, trees and grasses on
grassland prairies for distribution, composition, endangered and invasive species documentation,
prairie land status and overall health status for management studies.
Utilized GPS and GIS (Trimble) technology to locate preexisting plots for data collection and
accurate monitoring and rehabilitation efforts of prairie lands.
Created species richness and plant cover databases for prairie ecosystem analysis, invasive species
monitoring, and restoration efforts for endangered species including Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly
2. Demetrius Fletcher 12624 Roseberg Ave S Seattle, WA 98168 ▪ 206-310-3466 ▪ demetriusfl@gmail.com
(Euphydryas editha taylori),Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama),streak horned lark
(Eremophila alpestrisstrigata),and golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta).
Weyerhaeuser
Environmental Forestry Technician (Contractor) May 2011-Dec 2012
Conducted protocol electro-fish presence/absence stream typing surveys and stream electro-fish
population surveys to determine species composition including endangered and invasive species,
population density and distribution, conduct future population modeling in storm damaged basins in
high and low elevation state,federal, and private forested lands.
Measured and documented fish biometric data including mass,length, age, species, and
documented data in fish biometric databases and organized data in spreadsheets to create graphs,
charts,tables, and pivot tables.
Determined stream channel characteristics including conductivity, temperature, depth, bankfull and
wetted widths, flow characteristics,dominant and sub-dominant substrate characteristics,
instantaneous flow measurements and gradients to help quantify ambient environmental factors on
population and species dynamics.
Completed required state documentation associated with stream typing surveys and made
modifications to state Forest Practices Application and Review System watershed maps for private
road design and mitigation efforts affecting fish habitat, distribution and passage.
Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Research Technologist Jul 2010-Apr 2011
Collected fish tissues and samples for fish including endangered and threatened species such as
Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho (O. kisutch) salmon, and also conducted pit
tagging, and documented ambient oceanic environmental data.
Prepared fish tissue samples for chemical analysis including tissue homogenization and
contaminant load determination, and removed Chinook and coho otoliths for age determination.
Retrieved shallow ocean shore and shallow lake sediment cores for contamination studies and
environmental compliance for various contaminants including lead.
King County, Solid Waste Division, Closed Landfill Environmental Engineering
Intern 20-40 hours per week Feb 2006-Dec 2008
Collected gas and surface water samples for environmental analysis and compliance of federal,
state,and county environmental standards for landfills.
Assisted civil engineers and scientist in the evaluation of environmental data and preparation of
quarterly environmental regulatory compliance reports.
Collaborated with civil engineers and environmental scientist on environmental science issues,
environmental health, regulatory, and property management related projects, and maintained
existing filing system of environmental hard copy data and electronic databases including Microsoft
Access and EQUIS.
Assisted engineers with project and facility management, and performed yearly inspection of
county facilities to ensure EPA guidelines were met and maintained.
3. Demetrius Fletcher 12624 Roseberg Ave S Seattle, WA 98168 ▪ 206-310-3466 ▪ demetriusfl@gmail.com
University ofWashington, College ofForest Resources
Hourly Helper Jun 2003-Oct 2005
Collected water samples from catch basins, overflow catch basins, street drains, and storm water
ponds for a project designed to look at biological controls for West Nile Virus.
Set mosquito traps in/near catch basins, overflow catch basins, street drains, and storm water ponds.
Documented environmental data including dissolved oxygen, salinity, and pH.
Collected, assorted and quantified macroinvertebrates by family, genera and species.
Academic Research
University of Washington, College of the Environment, School of Forest Resources.
Examining the correlation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Pacific salmon as a delivery
mechanism of POPs to the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish watershed.
Master’s Research
Deployed and retrieved semipermeable membrane devices into and from the water column for
passive monitoring of biotoxins in the water column, also managed and guided field crews and was
responsible for all work and equipment logistiscs.
Collected juvenile and adult salmon (O.. tshawytscha and O. kisutch) samples from local hatcheries
for chemical tissue analyses for polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls,
collected and documented salmonid biometrics including gender, and removed eggsacs and scanes
for chemical analysis.
Analyzed data using parametric and non-parametric statistics and compared results with established
EPA and Washington State guidelines for water quality and tissue contaminant loadings.
Ensured all aspects of project fell within preset guidelines by federal, state,and local authorities for
sampling endangered or threatened species,applied for animal collection permits, property access
permits, and collection of endangered or threatened species permits, and coordinated with federal,
county, city and private stakeholders including United States Forest Service, King County,
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and Seattle Public Utilities.
Publications and Presentations
Fletcher, Demetrius. 2006. Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest. Boersma,
P.D.,Reichard, S.H.,and Van Buren, A. N. University of Washington Press p. 138-9.
Fletcher, Demetrius. 2010. Concentration of PBDEs and PCBs in water in the Cedar River and fish
from the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed Master’s Thesis,University of
Washington, Seattle. 105p.
Annual Review of Research,University of Washington, College of Forest Resources. April 18,
2008.
2009 National Forum on Contaminants in Fish, Portland, Oregon. November 2-5, 2009.
Earth Revealed, Pacific Science Center Portal to the Public, 2009.