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    Kristian K. Gandrud has a B.S. in Watershed Science from Colorado State University and experience managing invasive species programs and conducting environmental field work. He has technical skills in GIS, modeling, instrumentation, and field sampling. His experience includes managing invasive species programs for the Town of Vail, conducting vegetation surveys and data collection, evaluating stormwater infrastructure, and working as an intern at an environmental consulting firm and Colorado State University on nutrient exchange research.

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    Kristian K. Gandrud has a B.S. in Watershed Science from Colorado State University and experience managing invasive species programs and conducting environmental field work. He has technical skills in GIS, modeling, instrumentation, and field sampling. His experience includes managing invasive species programs for the Town of Vail, conducting vegetation surveys and data collection, evaluating stormwater infrastructure, and working as an intern at an environmental consulting firm and Colorado State University on nutrient exchange research.

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    Kristian K. Gandrud |1204 W. Stuart St. Fort Collins, CO. |720.938.2285| kgandrud.weebly.com | krisgandrud1@gmail.

    com

    Education

    B.S. WATERSHED SCIENCE | DECEMBER 20TH 2015 | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY


    Major: B.S. Watershed Science
    Related Course Work: Land use hydrology, hydrologic measurements, hydrogeology, environmental river
    mechanics, watershed science, water quality, water law & rights, chemistry I & II, biology I & II, geology, soil
    physics, soil science, diffuse urban & point source pollution as well as GIS & computer sciences.

    Technical Abilities

    COMPUTER PROGRAM ABILITIES


    Microsoft Office: Word 2016, Excel 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Publisher 2016, Outlook 2010 & Access 2016
    GIS: ArcGIS 10.2.2 2014, Arcscene 2014, & ArcGIS Collector 2015
    GPS: Garmin & Trimbel GeoXT products - photo capture, waypoints, tracks, logs, area averaging & upload.

    MODELING ABILITIES
    Soil: Colloidal, vapor, chemical [concentration & transport], solute, temp, RUSLE, ET, PET, & PAW flux modeling.
    Hydrologic: Curb load & sediment transport, critical flush, BMP based erosional reduction & performance, urban
    RO, ground & surface water flow, area normalized Q, aquifer depletion, & flow schedule modeling.
    Extent: Basal occupied area, spread rate, abatement, eutrophic extent, & seed dispersal extent modeling.
    Hydrologic Graphing: Hydrograph development, stage discharge curve development, & VA discharge graphing.

    FIELD ABILITIES

    Colloidal exposure:
    Erosion Control: Slope grading, BMP installs, detention basins, site evaluations, re-vegetation & seeding.
    Soil Sampling: Destructive ring & lateral pit sampling, steady state infiltration, Msat, critical flux sampling.

    Hydrologic Exposure:
    Storm Water Management: Conveyance, infrastructure, BMP, outflow & deposition zone inspections.
    Surface Water Instruments: Integrated depth samplers, sub surface drop samplers, d-net, ARI mesh net samplers,
    DO profiling meters, Secchi disk, PCS 35 multi-meters, Pygmy & Mcbirney flow meters wading rod calibration
    3+ -
    Surface Water Analytes & Parameters: Fe ,Zn, Pb, Mo, Cu, TP, TKN, No3 , TSS, TDS, TP, CHL-A, As, DO,
    Conductance, Temp, E-Coli., sample storage, transport, temperature, light, preservation, CP & COC requirements,
    DUP & Decon. Procedures.
    Surface Water Management: Riparian restoration, grading, seeding, re-vegetation, bank armoring, prioritized
    implementation, monitoring plan development, inlet, outfall, depth & loading site analysis, as well as USGS
    integrated multi-habitat macro-invertebrate analysis, nutrient cycling assessments, land cover change & storm
    water load assessments, saturation & infiltration excess overland Hortonian flow, nutrient uptake & digestion
    assessments, as well as hyporheic zone & ground water conductance.

    Biologic Exposure:
    Vegetation Surveys: Parcel, transect, quarter quad, gridded biologic surveys & area gridded & littoral surveys.
    Biologic Monitoring: Species type, extent & propagation monitoring, disturbed site, abatement efficiency & risk
    rating evaluations, community forest canopy health assessments as well as control stand and treatment analysis.
    Invasive Plant Mitigation: IPM, selective herbicide trainings, application rates, mixes, and timed implementation.
    Instruments & Machinery Exposure

    Instruments
    Remote Instrument & Monitoring Station Implementation: Remote surface water monitoring station development
    instrument housing, wiring, remote power set up, as well as data download & trouble shooting, YSI probes,
    pressure transducers, Campbell CR 10X loggers, ISCO samplers, IPM approaches, selective herbicide trainings,
    application rates & mixes, as well as timed implementation.

    Machinery
    Machinery: Bobcats, motorized augers, lifts, AT & UTV vehicles, super duty trucks (250 450 lines), & watercraft.
    Trailering: Flat, covered, & watercraft trailering [parking: 10-35ft lengths] on hitch, goose, & long neck attachments.

    Technical Writing & Trainings

    Technical Writing
    Grant Writing: Content & cost estimates for GOCO & National Forest Foundation Grant proposals.
    Report & Manuscript Generation: Annual, synopsis, field study, project reports and manuscript development.
    Notice & Briefing Reports: Enforcement notices, legal briefings, council reports, & media content development.

    Trainings & Certificates


    Certified - Lakes & surface water provider Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Minnesota - 2015
    Certified Oil & Gas Site & Safety Embridge Energy Partners North Dakota 2015
    Trained - COC & water quality sample receiver RMB Environmental Laboratories Minnesota - 2015
    Trained Terrestrial invasive flora ID Colorado Department of Agriculture Colorado - 2016
    Trained BBP & PPE lab & sample collection safety RMB Environmental Laboratories Minnesota 2015

    Experience

    INVASIVE SPECIES & BIOLOGIC MANAGEMENT SPECALIST | TOWN OF VAIL | 2017


    For this position I managed and coordinated the Town of Vails Invasive species program. This work required
    managing conservation corps crews on IS abatement efforts, directing and developing work plans for hired private
    contractors, coordinating biologic inventories and management operations with the USFS White River National
    office and conducting National Forest Foundations and Great Outdoors Colorado grant and bidding material as well
    as conducting onsite walkthroughs for grant organization members. Moreover I acted as a dispute liaison between
    private residents and commercial applicators and also conducted lunch and learn sessions, lead landscape trainings
    for commercial companies, and provided site consultations to over 100 local entities and residents. Additionally, I
    conducted over 2,436 biologic surveys, consulted on riparian restorations projects and nutrient cycling parameters
    as part of the Restore the Gore program. Moreover, I personally wrote the Town of Vail Noxious Weed
    Management Plan, which was fully adopted by town council, approved the legal department, and implemented
    under my term. Beyond this I developed a digitalized management form submission and field collection platform
    th
    which reduced notification and entry time by 1/12 and QA/QC checks by 1/3rd freeing up both IT, GIS, and field
    crew hours. Moreover, I provided project guidance and was the primary contact to hired open lands and biologic
    control consultants.

    INVASIVE SPECIES & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INTERN | TOWN OF VAIL | 2016


    For this position I personally performed vegetation surveys for over 2,400 parcels within the Town of Vail and
    uploaded collected field data into our organizations internal SQL server utilizing a custom interface on ARCGIS
    collector for invasive species which I developed. Uploaded data could then be download [as a 2D array] and input
    into an invasive species area extent and tracking model [which I also developed] that automatically generates
    model results into annual and synopsis reports for the state. Additionally, I evaluated conveyance lines and
    outflow points utilizing our streets app to identify linkages between stormwater system intakes, conveyance
    channels and outflows to consult construction agencies on how to better improve stomwater BMP efficiencies by
    evaluating pre-existing stormwater infrastructure. Moreover, I worked directly with hired contractors, construction
    agencies, and the plethora of large private entities to help coordinate environmental program and compliance
    efforts, generate right of way agreements, host trainings, and provide ground support.

    CLIENT SERVICES & CONSULTING INTERN | RMB ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | 2015


    For this position I conducted the required field work for over 300 lakes program clients including the routing
    monitoring, sample collection, & QA/QC requirements for our biologic surveys. These surveys required gridding
    out the littoral zone of lakes and streams, verifying the presence of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS), the severity, and
    tracking their movement within the littoral zone. At this position our firm also designed and implemented slope
    stability projects to reduce sediment loading for multiple lake districts. These efforts required directing
    conservation crew and excavation companies to cut back critical slopes, cover exposed soils with biodegradable
    cover materials and introduce native seeding and planting procedures. I was also directly involved in generating
    client reports and deliverables that summarized the years findings, discussed abatement performance results, and
    prioritized implementation projects.

    NUTRIENT EXCHANGE FIELD TECHNICIAN| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY| 2014 -15


    For this position I was responsible for the proper construction, installation, wiring and monitoring of remote field
    instrumentation to evaluate hyporheic exchange in RMNP over two years. I personally built, wired, installed,
    marked [Trimbel], mapped, and removed over a dozen groundwater wells and four surface water stations with YSI
    housings, pressure transducers, solar stations and Campbell CR10X data loggers. Moreover, I conducted all the
    metabolic uptake testing, discharge measurements and sample filtration procedures for collected piezometer and
    surface water station sampling.

    AEROSOL INSTRUMENT FIELD TECHNICIAN| DROPLET MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES| 2008 - 2010


    For This Position I was the primary field technician working on the Aerosol Spectrometer [UHSAS]
    instrument. This position required me to perform installation, system checks, in flight systems monitoring, de-
    installation, and on site trouble shooting for Droplets [UHSAS] instrument onto the Global Hawk autonomous
    drone aircraft. In total I overcame various inflight overheating issues by reconfiguring the internal instrument
    configuration installing micro fans, increasing heat dissipating surface area, and distancing PC board
    configurations via aluminum mounting expansions components; with the retrofits in place we were able to
    maintain continues operation for over 30 hours of flight. Furthermore, at the end of our research contract I
    conducted operations debriefs explaining our research our team was later awarded by the flight research center
    for our contributions to the research effort as a whole.

    References

    Gregg Barrie Senior landscape architect Town of Vail [email protected]


    Moriya Rufer Director of Client services RMB Environmental Laboratories [email protected]
    Tim Covino Associate Professor of Watershed ScienceColorado State [email protected]
    Pamela Wegener Nutrient Exchange Project ManagerColorado State [email protected]

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