Resume of Steve Fairaizl, MS, CWB
FAA Qualified Airport Biologist
Discipline/Specialty
Wildlife Hazard Assessments
Wildlife Hazard Management Plans
Wildlife Habitat Restoration Plans
Integrated Pest Management
IPM Plans
Operational Control Actions
Lethal Control
Nonlethal Control
Biological Control
Species re-introduction plans
Species viability assessments
Species survivability standards
Species risk assessments
Population management plans
Invasive species plans
Employment History
USDA, WS AZ State Director 19952001
USDA, WS NV Assit State Director,
1985-1995
USFWS, Refuge Manager Hawaii
1982-1985
USFWS, Migratory Bird Biologist, ND
1979-1982
ND Game & Fish, Big Game Biologist,
1972-1979
Education
 University of Montana,B.S. Wildlife
Biology, 1974
 University of North Dakota, M.S.,
Wildlife Biology, 1978
Registrations
 Certified Wildlife Biologist, The
Wildlife Society, 1991
Summary of Qualifications
AWC’s FAA Qualified Biologist, Steve Fairaizl, has 34
years of wildlife management experience. This
experience includes managing wildlife at airports,
resolving urban wildlife issues, reducing agricultural
losses, wildlife capture, wildlife surveys, and public
relations relevant to wildlife issues. Steve has worked
with big game, small game, upland game, non game,
predators, furbearers, bats, migratory birds, seabirds, and
feral animals.
Steve has 34 years of experience providing wildlife
management services to Part 139 certificated airports.
This experience includes, wildlife surveys, monitoring,
preparing wildlife hazard assessments and management
plans, mechanical control, chemical control, exclusion,
population reductions, lethal and nonlethal control
measures.
Steve Fairaizl, has 18 years of experience providing
wildlife management services to Part 139 certificated
airports in the Southwestern US. This experience
includes, wildlife surveys, monitoring, preparing wildlife
hazard assessments and management plans, mechanical
control, chemical control, exclusion, population
reductions, lethal and nonlethal control measures
Training/Certifications
Wildlife Hazard Management, FAA
&ERAU, 2006
The NEPA Process, Salt Lake City,
UT, 9-92
Successful Facilitating, Denver, CO,
5-97
The Art of Negotiation, Denver, CO,
3-96
Coalition Building, Denver, CO, 6-98
Risk Management, Baltimore, MD, 491
Professional Affiliations
National Association of Environmental
Planners
The Wildlife Society
Steve has worked with big game, small game, non-game,
migratory birds, resident game birds, predators,
threatened & endangered species, and special status
species. Steve has extensive experience with wildlife
capture and handling using both chemical and mechanical
methods. He has written numerous management plans,
relocation and restoration proposals, monitoring reports,
habitat assessments, and population life history reports.
Steve has a unique ability to interact with people and the
news media to present complex and often controversial
wildlife issues in layman’s terms thereby building
consensus and coalitions to complete the job.
Resume of Steve Fairaizl, MS, CWB, Cave Creek, AZ
Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist
Relevant Project Experience of AWC’s FAA Qualified Airport Wildlife
Biologist, Mr. Steve Fairaizl at Part 139 Airports
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Wildlife Control at Municipal Airport, Jamestown, ND 1979- 1982
Wildlife Control at Military Airfields in Hawaii 1982-1985
Wildlife Control Reno-Tahoe International Airport Reno, NV 1985-1995
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan for Sky Harbor International
Airport. Phoenix, Arizona 1996-2000 FAA Approval 2000.
Wildlife Management, Sky Harbor International Airport 2007- present
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan, City of Goodyear and Phoenix Goodyear
Airport May 2008
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan. Salt River Project and Glendale Municipal
Airport, Glendale AZ. Completed in May 2009
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan, Tucson International
Airport, Tucson, AZ. FAA Approval August 2010.
Hazardous Wildlife Management, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ
Completed May 2009
Hazardous Wildlife Management, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, Completed
March 2010
Wildlife Control Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona. 1998-2000
Wildlife Hazard Training, McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV
Completed October 2013
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Grand Canyon West, Peach Springs, AZ
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Yuma International Airport, Yuma, AZ
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, AZ, FAA
Approval April 2013
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan, Louis Armstrong
International Airport, New Orleans, LA. FAA Approved October 2011.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan, Acadiana International
Airport, New Iberia, LA, FAA Approval December 2012
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Oxnard Regional Airport, Oxnard, CA.
FAA Approval May 2011
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Chico Regional Airport, Chico, CA FAA
Approval October 2012.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Crescent City Regional Airport, Crescent City,
CA. FAA Approval June 2012.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Bert Mooney Airport, Butte, MT. FAA Approval
October 2011.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, MT.
FAA Approval November 2011.
Arizona Department of Transportation
Wildlife Hazard Assessment RFP
11
Airport Wildlife Consultants
February 19, 2014
Resume of Steve Fairaizl, MS, CWB
FAA Qualified Airport Biologist
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Gallatin Field, Bozeman, MT, FAA Approval November
2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Helena Regional Airport, Helena, MT. FAA Approval
February 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Glacier Park International Airport, Kalispell, MT, FAA
Approval November 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Elko Regional Airport, Elko, NV. FAA Approval
February 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Ely Regional Airport, Ely, NV
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Roswell Air Center, Roswell, NM FAA Approval July
2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Las Cruces International Airport, Las Cruces, NM. FAA
Approval May 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, Ruidoso, NM, FAA
Approval January 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment. Cavern City Air Terminal, Carlsbad, NM FAA Approval
September 2012
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment. Lea County Regional Airport, Hobbs, NM, FAA
Approval November 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Del Rio International Airport, Del Rio, TX FAA Approval
May 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Valley International Airport, Harlingen, TX. FAA
Approval March 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX, FAA
Approval September 2012
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Provo Municipal Airport, Provo, UT, FAA Approval June
2014
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Vernal Municipal Airport, Vernal, UT
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, San Luis Valley Regional Airport, Alamosa, CO
Wildlife Hazard Assessments where Steve Fairaizl is a Subcontractor
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Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Chattanooga International Airport,
FAA Approval July 2011
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Blue Grass International Airport, Lexington, KY,
FAA Approval August 2011
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, NW Arkansas Regional Airport, Bentonville, AR. FAA
Approval November 2011.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, Tyler, TX May 2012
Wildlife Hazard Assessment, New Port News Regional Airport, New Port News, VA,
FAA Approval December 2012
Resume of Steve Fairaizl, MS, CWB
FAA Qualified Airport Biologist
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, TX. FAA
Approval June 2012.
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Lake Charles Regional Airport, Lake Charles, LA FAA
Approval October 2012
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Baton Rouge Municipal Airport, Baton Rouge, LA FAA
Approval October 2012
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette, LA, FAA
Approval January 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, LA FAA
Approval January 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, La Plata County Airport, Durango, CO, FAA Approval
October 2013
 Wildlife Hazard Assessment, Lewistown Municipal Airport, Lewistown, MT, FAA
Approval January 2014
Relevant Project Experience of AWC’s FAA Qualified Airport Wildlife
Biologist, Mr. Steve Fairaizl at General Aviation Airports
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Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan for Lake Havasu City Municipal
Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 2002-2003. FAA Approval Dec 2003.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan for Williams Gateway Airport,
Mesa, Arizona. 1999-2000. FAA Approval 2002.
Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Management Plan, Ryan Airfield, Tucson, AZ,
FAA Approval August 2011.
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Flagstaff Municipal Airport, Flagstaff, AZ, 1998
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Williams Municipal Airport, Williams, AZ, 1998
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Holbrook Municipal Airport, Holbrook, AZ, 1998
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan, Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, AZ, 1998
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan, City of Chandler Municipal Airport, 1998
Wildlife Control for the City of Phoenix Deer Valley Airport 1999-2000, 2013
Wildlife Control for the City of Phoenix Goodyear Airport 1999-2000, 2013