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Humboldt County, CA November 3, 2009 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Mike Wilson, P.E.

Candidate for
Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation; Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation; Division 3

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Qualifications:

  • Commissioner, 3rd Division, HBHRCD
  • Member of Humboldt Bay Management Plan Committee
  • Member of the Humboldt Bay Economic Development Committee
  • Board member of Redwood Regional Economic Development Commission (RRDEC)
  • Professional Licensed Civil Engineer
  • M.S. Environmental Systems Engineering from Humboldt State University
  • Thesis: "The Efficacy of Ultraviolet Disinfection of Marsh Wastewater Effluent"
  • Over 18 years engineering and planning experience
  • CEQA and permitting experience
  • Board member of Friends of the Dunes
  • Business and Commercial property owner
  • Raised in Humboldt County and raising my family here

Humboldt Bay District Accomplishments:

  • Providing leadership for the district's request for funds for to establish a Marine Highway Support project that could result in up to $20 million dollars of support to help us start up our a short sea shipping program.
  • Established the Economic Development committee that has brought substantive dialogue about how the district can help diversify and stabilize our local economy.
  • Advocated for the creation of and participated in a multi-agency trail planning effort resulting in the City of Arcata receiving 1.1 million in funding for design and permitting for a trail from Arcata to Breacut (half way to Eureka) and California Costal Trail planning.
  • Lead the effort to attain $100,000 in funding to partner with RCAA to establish a water trail program and worked closely with the project team
  • Worked to obtain matching funds with the City of Arcata and Friends of the Arcata Marsh for a new dock for the boat ramp at the Arcata Marsh.
  • Worked to obtain matching funds with the USFWS for a tide gate survey used to protect wetlands from oil spill and prioritize repairs for fish passage upgrades.
  • Advocated for the district to lease the Samoa round house to the Timber Heritage Association for their museum complex and train collection.
  • Advocated for the NCRA to restart of an effort to get billboards removed from their easement that pollute the shore of our bay.
  • Supported multiple wetland restoration projects around Humboldt Bay.
  • Supported ban on offshore oil drilling
  • Institutionalized the Humboldt Bay Symposium as a District Program
  • Partnered with USFWS on Coho salmon acoustic tagging project and
  • Activated Foreign Trade Zone #248 with City of Eureka
  • Initiated and coordinated SeagrassNet international eelgrass monitoring project in Humboldt Bay

Professional Engineering Projects:

  • United Indian Health Services, Inc., Potawot Health Village, Arcata, Ca.
  • Indian Island Cultural and Environmental Restoration Project, Humboldt Bay, Ca.
  • Ma-le'l Dunes Access Planning Project, Manila, Ca.
  • Yurok Tribe Water Quality Needs Assessment, Klamath, Ca.
  • South Bay Union School District Educational Wetland, Eureka, Ca.
  • Noyo Bluffs Overlook Management Plan, Mendocino, Ca.

Awards:

  • Ecological Society of America, Corporate Award
  • Jefferson Development Initiative Founders of the New Northwest, Sustainability Award
  • Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Lewis Mumford Award for Development
  • City of Arcata, Design Award

Membership:

  • Northcoast COOP
  • Arcata Chamber of Commerce
  • Arcata Mainstreet
  • Northcoast Environmental Center
  • Sierra Club
  • Water Environment Federation
  • Society for Ecological Restoration
  • California Native Plant Society
  • Engineers Without Borders
  • Architects, Planners and Designers for Social Responsibility

Other Interests:

  • Fishing
  • Traveling
  • Hiking
  • Bicycling
  • Music

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