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Senior Biologist Mark Bailey has over 25 years of field experience in the Southeast. For almost 10 years prior to his work with CSI, Mark was Terrestrial Zoologist for The Nature Conservancy’s Alabama Natural Heritage Program. He has extensive experience with rare, threatened, and endangered amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Mark was lead author on the recently published (May 2006) PARC Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Southeast. Mark was subcontracted to assist in development of Alabama’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, chaired the Herpetology subcommittee of Alabama’s Second Nongame Wildlife Conference, and co-authored two of the resulting publications. Mark has written multiple Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) and frequently works with the Alabama Forest Resources Center on large conservation easement projects. Mark is currently president of the Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society and serves on the board of directors of the Alabama Wildlife Federation.

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Mark installs red-cockaded woodpecker cavities after tornados destroy nesting trees.

Jeff Holmes is nationally recognized as a leader in conservation community for his ability to organize, motivate, manage, and facilitate large, complex projects with "cut-to-the-chase" efficiency. In early 2007, he accepted the honor of serving as Co-Chair of the Joint National Steering Committee of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC). He is also the Co-Chair of both Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SE PARC) and the Upland Snake Conservation Initiative of the Gopher Tortoise Council (USCI-GTC). He is also a co-author of the SE PARC Habitat Management Guidelines.

As Conservation Planner/Senior Field Biologist for Conservation Southeast, Inc., Holmes has extensive field experience throughout the Southeast. Prior to joining CSI, Jeff worked first as Zoologist, then as Director of Conservation Planning with The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee. During his five-year tenure with TNC, Jeff played a key role in the development and utilization of innovative conservation planning tools and protocols both within Tennessee and throughout the southeastern United States.

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Karan Bailey is Project Manager and Biologist with CSI. She has over 10 years of experience as a biologist working with amphibians and reptiles. Karan serves on the advisory board of the Alabama Rivers Alliance. Her specific area of expertise is the federally threatened flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus. She recently completed a survey for this turtle in Smith Lake, Alabama for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Karan also maintains this website.

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