M.S. Botany, California State University, Chico, 1997
B.S. Botany, California State University, San Francisco, 1974
- Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting: Senior Botanist, 2001 – present
- Jones and Stokes Associates: Field Botanist, 1990-2001
- CA Dept. of Fish and Game, Shasta County, CA: Vegetation Specialist, 1993
- U.S. Forest Service, Modoc National Forest, CA: Seasonal Botanist, 1990-1991
Mr. Hale is a botanist and wetland ecologist with more than 15 years of professional experience. He is an expert on California’s flora and plant communities with particular knowledge of California’s Sierra Nevada and Central Valley regions. Mr. Hale has conducted botanical surveys throughout California in many plant communities including vernal pool, salt marsh, riparian, alkali and desert habitats. He recently took a specialized course in the Flora of the Northern Siskiyous through the U.C. Berkeley Jepson Herbarium and has served as a botanist for the Modoc National Forest. His expertise includes special-status plant surveys, floristic inventories, noxious weed surveys, vegetation mapping, wetland delineations, and vegetation/biological monitoring. Through his project work, Mr. Hale has discovered numerous rare plant occurrences including several significant range extensions.
Mr. Hale served as the Designated Biologist, approved by the California Energy Commission, for Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Cosumnes Power Plant and Pipeline Project. He was responsible for conducting and supervising the implementation of the biological resources Conditions of Certification for the project. Mr. Hale has also served as the lead botanist on many large utility line projects including the Williams fiber optic installation from Pt. Arena to Sacramento, the Qwest fiber optic installation from Dunsmuir to Redding, and the Southern California Edison Big Creek hydroelectric relicensing.