Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Specialist
Mr. Merritt is primarily responsible for developing wildlife hazard management strategies to resolve conflicts between civilian/military aircraft and wildlife hazardous to aviation operations. He provides wildlife hazard mitigation procedural compliance reviews, wildlife risk assessments, wildlife hazard management reduction strategies, wildlife strike data analysis, actionable recommendations, compliant-based wildlife hazard management plans, and interpretation/implementation of Military/Federal Aviation Administration/United States Fish and Wildlife Service/State/Local wildlife-related regulatory procedures to senior military commanders. He has worked at over 150 civilian and military airfields around the world assisting military commanders preserve their unit’s combat capability and mission readiness through a reduction of wildlife hazards while concurrently managing protected natural resources.