Ms. Kalyankar performs CEQA and NEPA analysis, the preparation of biological permits, special status species surveys, wetland monitoring and biological construction monitoring. Ms. Kalyankar has a background in biology and environmental analysis and has prepared or assisted in numerous Initial Studies and EIRs on projects ranging from golf courses and recreation areas, residential and commercial building projects and roadway and utility projects. NEPA projects have included CEs and EAs for trail and public facilities projects.

From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Kalyankar worked as part of the Marin Conservation Corps Restoration and Environmental Management Team with the National Park Service in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The work included invasive plant control and revegetation with native plants in coastal scrub and riparian habitats, monthly waterbird surveys at Fort Baker in the Marin Headlands to determine what species were present and in what numbers, monitoring of the endangered Mission blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides missionensis), facilitation of volunteer days and data summary report writing.

Selected Projects
• Assisted with the preparation of the Draft and Final EIR for the Lake Luciana Golf Course Project in Napa County.
• Assisted with preparation of the response to comments on the Draft EIR for the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area General Plan.
• Prepared the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Saratoga Drive extension project in Napa, California.
• Wrote a NEPA Environmental Assessment for the Community Health Clinic Ole expansion project in Napa, California.
• Prepared the Hazardous Waste Environmental Site Assessment, Farmland Conversion Assessment and Community Impact Assessment to Caltrans standards for the South Main Street/Soda Bay Road Widening and Bike Lanes Project in Lake County.
• Acted as the project manager and primary author of the San Quentin Area Bike and Pedestrian Path Environmental Constraints Analysis in Marin County.
• Prepared the Ritz-Carlton Hotel 404(b)(1) Alternatives Analysis in Napa County.
• Prepared species accounts for Covered Species, performed edits, and assisted with population monitoring of the federally endangered Contra Costa Goldfield (Lasthenia conjugans) for the Solano County Habitat Conservation Plan.
• Performed periodic monitoring for peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), least tern (Sternula antillarum), brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) and nesting western gulls (Larus occidentalis) and double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) as part of construction monitoring for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Project.
• Performed pre-maintenance activity surveys for western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) and San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) for City of San Ramon canals and public lands.
• Monitored construction for the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) and California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) for gas pipeline repairs in Martinez, California.
• Assisted with construction monitoring for nesting birds including searching for new nests and monitoring existing nests on the Southern California Edison Antelope-Pardee 500-kV Transmission Line Project in Los Angeles County.
• Monitored water quality for turbidity and total suspended solids during construction of the Bethel Island bridge replacement in Contra Costa County.

Educational Background
University of Tasmania, Australia
Master’s of Environmental Management
University of California, Davis
B.A. Nature and Culture
University of California, Davis
B.A. Spanish,
University of Chile, Santiago, Education Abroad, January-December, 2002