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EXHIBIT B Indian River County Sector 3 Marine Turtle & Biological Monitoring — 2016 ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. P.O. BOX 405 JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA 34958 DELIVERABLES Unless otherwise specified below, all reports will be delivered in a format (hard and/or electronic) and in such quantities as requested by the County. All reports will be submitted to the County in accordance with Exhibit C. Sea Turtle Monitoring Scarp Monitoring: Data will be reported electronically each week to FWC and the County. The County will also be notified by phone or electronically of any scarps that persists for two consecutive weekly surveys. Results of surveys conducted each month, including locations, heights, and lengths will tabulated for inclusion in the Monthly Reports. Monthlyports: Records of daily sea turtle monitoring activities, including names of monitoring personnel and times of monitoring will be maintained for the duration of monitoring. Within two weeks following the end of each calendar month, EAI will submit a summary report to the County that will include, a log of sea turtle monitoring activities, number of sea turtle nests and false crawls by species, number of sea turtle nests marked and evaluated, and results of scarp monitoring. Upon conclusion of data analyses for the 2016 nesting season, a draft interpretive report, including an assessment of project impacts, if any, will be submitted to the County. This assessment will be based on statistical and other comparisons of nesting and reproductive success between treatment and control areas. EAI will meet with the County to review and identify any changes warranted in the interpretive report. After such changes are made by EAI, a final draft of the report will be submitted to the County. Nesting Database: All sea turtle data collected during the project will be incorporated into an Access database maintained by EAI. This data will be provided to the County in an electronic format, as mutually agreed upon, for incorporation into the County's HCP database. Appropriate QA measures will be implemented to ensure that data are completely and accurately transferred from field data sheets to the electronic database. Li hting Evaluation Reports: Results of nighttime lighting evaluations will be summarized in an Excel spreadsheet and a geo-referenced map will be compiled and sub_ miffed to the County in electronic format. Summary Spreadsheet: Upon completion of all field monitoring activities, an Excel spreadsheet tabulating sea turtle monitoring results, as required by FDEP Specific Condition No. 29, will be prepared and submitted to the County and FWC. 60