Woman Owned Business #D2F9821203
Washington State (WBE) & Federal (DBE)
Education
B.S. with Marine Biology Emphasis
University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Certifications
Certified to work on Federal Lands,
March 2010
Women Owned Business Certification for Washington State (WBE) & Federally (DBE) #D2F9821203
Fully Insured, 2009
Certified Erosion &
Sediment
Control Lead (CESCL), 2008
Certified
Electroshocker-Owns
LR-24 Smith Root Shocker, 2003
Professional Wetland
Scientist (PWS),
Society of Wetland
Scientists, 2002
Affiliations
River Restoration
Northwest,
Member, 2009
Outer Coastal Marine
Resources Committee, 2008
Grays Harbor County Marine Resources Committee, 2008
Pacific County
Marine
Resources Committee, 2008
Washington Coast
Sustainable
Salmon Partnership, 2007
Willapa Bay
Water Resources
Coordinating Council, 1998
Society of Wetland Scientists, 1998
Ms. McMurry has a degree in biology with a marine biology emphasis. Key has over 23 years of experience working in the biological field. She specializes in stream-restoration assessment and design, stream typing, fish electroshocking, ordinary high water mark determination, large woody debris (LWD) placement, and fish-passage culvert design. Key performs wetland delineations, and designs, installs and monitors wetland-mitigation projects. She also performs Mazama pocket gopher delineations and bird surveys.
While working as an area habitat biologist for Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Key gained extensive experience assessing, designing, permitting, and implementing in-stream projects in western Washington. She was the only Area Habitat Biologist in Region 6 that was certified to use the back-pack electro-shocker. She spent many hours in the field electro-shocking streams. She helped remove fish via electro-shocking for the Goldsbourgh Dam Removal project. She developed, prioritized, negotiated, and implemented fish and wildlife resource protection and habitat-protection efforts with landowners and government agencies and reviewed forest practices and Aquatic Resource Permits Applications (JARPA) for culvert and bridge designs, large woody debris (LWD) placement, and bulkhead design. At WDFW, she authored over 2,500 Hydraulic Project Approvals (HPA’s). While at WDFW, she reviewed thousands of streams for; stream typing, Bankfull width (BFW), ordinary high water line (OWHL), and overall habitat. She also provided technical assistance and review for the management, protection, preservation, and enhancement of multi-species assemblages of fish and wildlife habitat in freshwater, wetlands, and marine waters for landowners and governments at the local, state, and federal levels including Indian tribes. She assisted in writing the Water Resources Inventory Area (WRIA) 24 Strategic Plan with the Pacific Conservation District. Reviewed all Forest Practice Applications within Pacific, Grays Harbor and Thurston counties.
Ms. McMurry worked as a Marine/Environmental Biologist assisting the Shoalwater Bay Tribe with watershed planning and environmental permitting. She performed field work and developed quality assurance/quality control plans and data-collection designs. Other tasks included collecting water-quality, fisheries, shellfish, stream, lake, and wetland data, mapping with GPS and GIS technology, assessing collected data, recommending restoration projects, and writing reports. Other duties included developing an environmental-education program and writing grants.
Key is currently working on several Key Environmental Solutions, LLC. (KES) projects that involve stream, river, hydraulic, wildlife surveys, and bird issues throughout southwest Washington. She is also working on several wetlands delineations, Mazama Pocket Gopher Studies and a Osprey Habitat Management Plan. KES is performing the Grays Harbor Marine Resources Water Sampling. She was the project manager for the fish removal for the Clark Counties Klineline Bridge Replacement Project. She is the KES contact for stream channel design, streamtyping, LWD projects and projects involving Mazama pocket gopher surveys. Key is also worked with a surface mine permit team on a project involving elk in the Packwood, Washington area. She also recently worked on the Allwood Project which involved surveying for birds and protecting the WDFW urban natural open space area.
Notable Accomplishments
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Environmental Consultant on new Mark Reed Hospital Site in Elma, Washington. Designed and restored 1400 linear feet of McDonald Creek complete with pools and LWD. Performed a wetland delineation and prepared a riparian planting plan and wetland buffer planting plan.
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Project Manager, Klineline Bridge Replacement Fish Removal Project, Clark County, Washington.
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Baker Mazama Pocket Gopher Habitat Management Plan, Rochester, Washington.
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Baker Reasonable Use Plan, Rochester, Washington.
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Assisted in performing bird surveys for the Coastal Community Action Program on the Grayland Wind Turbine Project.
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Project Manager, Unnamed Tributaries to Mill Creek Culvert and Bridge Fish Passage Replacements and Large Woody Debris Projects.
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Project Manager for Stillman Creek Restoration Project. Created a 450’ side channel and installed 4 Large Woody Debris Structures with 650 pieces of LWD.
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At Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Key authored over 2,500 Hydraulic Project Approvals and reviewed thousand of streams for typing, bankfull width, ordinary high water mark, and habitat.
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Key assisted in the preparation of the Water Resources Inventory Area 24 Strategic Plan with the Pacific
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Key participated in the writing of the Washington State Wetland Banking Rule.
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Key worked on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Coastal Habitat Injury Assessment project in Alaska for 10 years.
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