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EXHIBIT A Indian River County Sector 3 Sea Turtle Monitoring — 2018 ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. P.O. BOX 405 JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA 34958 SCOPE OF WORK 1) Mobilization. The area to be monitored (Study Area) extends from R-24 south to R-68 in Indian River County (Sector 3). This includes the Sector 3 Dune Repair Project and a control beach. Construction of the Dune Repair Project (R-24 to R- 55) was completed in the spring of 2015. The control beach, immediately south of the Sector 3 Project Area, extends from R-60 to R-68. Post -construction monitoring activities will commence March 1, 2018 and will continue through approximately February 2019, as stipulated below. Pre-existing survey zone boundaries will be verified and re -marked and project -specific data sheets and a database will be created. A project schedule, as well as field survey schedules, will be created and maintained throughout the life of the project. All equipment and supplies necessary to successfully implement this Scope of Work are available. 2) Project Management. An EAI Project manager will oversee all fieldwork and data management operations and consult with APTIM on permit requirements as necessary. 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. 3) Post -construction Nesting Beach Sea Turtle Monitoring and Reporting (FDEP Specific Condition No. 29). Daily early morning nesting surveys will be conducted throughout the Sector 3 Study Area beginning March 1 and continuing uninterrupted through approximately October 31, 2018. Thereafter, the surveys will be conducted approximately three days each week until the last marked nest has been evaluated. Monitoring will be performed by EAI staff either on foot or using ATVs. 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., 3