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EXHIBIT B Indian River County Sector 3 Sea Turtle Monitoring — 2015 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 and Shorebird 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. Monthly Reports: Records of daily sea turtle and shorebird 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/shorebird 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. 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. In -water Sea Turtle Monitoring: Data collected during in -water monitoring will be tabulated and transmitted to the County at the conclusion of each quarterly survey effort. At the conclusion of 2015/2016 monitoring, data will be analyzed and marine turtle abundance will be compared between the pre -construction baseline and the current year's data for each individual transect and for the sites as a whole (all transects combined) for both the Treatment and Control sites. Data for green and loggerhead turtles will be analyzed and presented separately. This annual report will present methods, results and conclusions of the monitoring effort. 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. 36