Patric Harper

Patric Harper at the Beach
Northern Gulf Coastal Program Coordinator
Alabama Ecological Services Field Office
Coastal Program
(228) 369-8692
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About Patric Harper

Patric is a Fish and Wildlife Biologist staff member in the Alabama Ecological Services Field Office (ALFO) since 1995. He was initially a field research tech term, then was made permanent doing Corps wetland permitting, Section 7 Section 7
Section 7 Consultation The Endangered Species Act (ESA) directs all Federal agencies to work to conserve endangered and threatened species and to use their authorities to further the purposes of the Act. Section 7 of the Act, called "Interagency Cooperation," is the mechanism by which Federal agencies ensure the actions they take, including those they fund or authorize, do not jeopardize the existence of any listed species.

Learn more about Section 7 , FERC, Federal projects, stream and wetland mitigation banks, manatee tagging and rescues, and on the Region 4 dive team. In 2010 he stood up the new Northern Gulf Coastal Program which covers Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. As such, he relocated to a sub-office at the Grand Bay NWR/NERR in Mississippi. He is also the Alabama Restoration Biologist for the Service's Gulf Restoration Program and the Alabama State Liaison between the Coastal and Partners for Fish and Wildlife Programs. He provides Coastal Program funding for coastal restoration, including marsh creation; prescribed burning; trail construction; education and outreach; invasives removal; stream restoration; management plans; internships on Refuges; surveys, protection, research and propagation of listed species; and living shorelines creation, research and development of an assistance program for private property owners. Under the Gulf Restoration Program, he collaborates with a variety of federal, state, and NGO partners on Gulf-wide concerns and remedies.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

  • 1975-1979: U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Science Technician 
  • 1984 - B.S., Biology, University of South Florida 
  • 1986 - 1988 - Marine Science, San Francisco State University – Moss Landing Marine Lab 
  • 1994 - M.S., Marine Ecology, University of South Alabama – Dauphin Island Sea Lab 
  • 1994-1995: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor – lab technician 
  • 1995 - present: USFWS – Daphne office