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EXHIBIT A Indian River County Sector 3 Sea Turtle Monitoring — 2017 Programmatic BO). Thereafter, the surveys will be conducted approximately three days each week until the last marked nest has been evaluated. During the daily surveys, all emergences (turtle crawls) apparent from the previous night will be interpreted to determine which species of turtle came ashore and whether or not it nested. Crawls will be denoted as being either above or below the previous high tide line. Throughout the period of monitoring, all nests and false crawls will be enumerated by pre -established survey zones and their approximate geographic locations determined by GPS (sub -meter accuracy). Each false crawl will be categorized as to the stage at which the nesting attempt was abandoned in conformance with FWC requirements for beach restoration projects. Additionally, all obstacles (e.g., scarps, seawalls, etc.) encountered by turtles during their emergences onto the beach will be documented. EAI will coordinate its monitoring activities with other FWC Marine Turtle Permit Holders within the Project Area to ensure that it does not interfere with their data collection efforts. EAI will also coordinate its monitoring activities in a manner that best supports the County's Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and will furnish data collected under this Scope of Work to the County's HCP Coordinator in a format compatible with the HCP database. Upon conclusion of sea turtle data analyses for the 2017 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 data 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 report will be prepared and submitted to the County. 5) Nest Marking and Monitoring (FDEP Specific Condition No. 29). A representative sample of nests within the Sector 3 Project Area, as well as the control, will be marked between March 1 and September 15, 2017 and monitored throughout their incubation periods to determine nest fate (e.g. hatched, washed out, depredated, vandalized, etc.) and reproductive success (hatching and emerging success). The clutch of each marked nest will be located and surrounded by a series of small stakes connected by brightly colored surveyor's tape. 6) Nighttime Lighting Evaluations. EAI will conduct two nighttime lighting evaluations of beachfront properties within the Sector 3 Dune Repair Project Area to assess compliance with local ordinances as well as the County's Habitat Conservation Plan. One survey will be conducted in May 2017, with a follow-up survey between July 15 and August 1. During the surveys, non-compliant beachfront lighting will be identified, assigned a problem code, and recorded using highly -accurate GPS systems. A report will be generated in Excel format (which 4 P27