Mr. Dinkins is co-owner of Dinkins Biological Consulting, LLC (DBC) and is the curator of the malacological collection at the McClung Museum, University of Tennessee. He has 35 year of experience initiating, designing, and conducting studies on aquatic and…
For 22 years, Ms. Dinkins has owned and managed DBC. She has led numerous aquatic and terrestrial surveys across the southern US. In addition, she is trained in the identification of terrestrial snails and marine and estuarine benthic invertebrates. Her…
Mr. Eldridge is a senior biological technician and a certified driver. He has participated in numerous field surveys for benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, freshwater mussels, snails, and water quality. He has also been the lead investigator in several water quality studies. In the…
Mr. Faust is a biologist with 15 years of professional experience. Hugh has worked in 18 states and four continents providing expertise on surveys for, big cats, ungulates, insects, trees, birds, mussels, and fish. At DBC Mr. Faust is a biologist and certified diver…
Mr. Mize is a diver and field technician with Dinkins Biological Consulting, and has conducted aquatic surveys in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. He is a rescue diver, search team Lieutenant, and operational…
Dr. Michael is the head of ADM Associates, a small consulting firm providing services to the City of Gloucester, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Northeast Consortium, City of Portsmouth, and a variety of consulting firms. Dr. Michael has many years of experience supervising the collection of biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic samples. He is an expert in the statistical analysis of marine benthic macroinvertebrate data…
Steve Ahlstedt is a retired biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and for many years was a malacologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. Ahlstedt is a certified SCUBA diver and frequently assists DBC on endangered freshwater mussel projects in the southeastern U.S. Mr. Ahlstedt has worked extensively with DBC as a Senior Ecologist for the past six years on a wide range of projects….
Jim Williams is a well known aquatic biologist who is retired from the U.S. Geological Survey. He is currently on part-time employment with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and is a research associate for the Florida Museum of Natural History. Dr. Williams works as a Senior Ecologist for DBC as needed. Currently Dr. Williams along with Robert Butler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is …
Mr. Pennington is the President and Senior Environmental Scientist/Principal Taxonomist for Pennington and Associates Inc. (PAI) in Cookeville, Tennessee. Mr. Pennington has extensive experience in environmental consulting and his firm Pennington and Associates Inc. is well known and widely recognized for processing and indentifying macrobenthic samples. DBC and PAI frequently team on projects involving aquatic surveys…
Bill Harris is a biological technician, certified diver, and equipment manager. In the field, he assists in field work and performs a variety of tasks, including tending divers, collecting water quality and benthic macroinvertebrate samples, and assisting with fish and mussel surveys…
Dottie Brown runs Brown Environmental which specializes in bat surveys and other terrestrial species. She has extensive experience in wildlife and natural resources and has worked with wildlife throughout the United States and in Africa, Mexico, and Central America. Dottie has…