Jennifer Hushour holds an M.Sc. in Archaeological Sciences from the University of Bradford and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona. She has more than 20 years of experience in archaeological fieldwork and research. She is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and has managed more than 250 cultural resources compliance projects in the Pacific Northwest. Before joining WestLand, she managed projects for clients including the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Parks, Puget Sound Energy, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. At WestLand, Ms. Hushour has led cultural resources compliance for federally and state-funded broadband projects for the Northwest Open Access Network. She now serves as Director of Cultural Resources (West) for Trinity Consultants and is based in Mukilteo, WA. She also serves as District 5 Commissioner on the Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission. Her focus is Section 106 and state and local cultural resources compliance, with an emphasis on coordination with clients, Tribes, and agencies

David Cerasale holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University, an M.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana, and a B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary. He has more than 20 years of experience in environmental permitting and natural resources research and management. At WestLand, Dr. Cerasale served as Senior Vice President and Pacific Northwest Area Lead. In that role, he managed large, complex permitting processes for clients across the West. During his tenure, he has supported some of the largest metal mining projects in the United States, including Hermosa, Rosemont Copper, and Resolution Copper. He also leads an independent research team for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on a species petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act.

He now serves as a Discipline Services Lead for Trinity Consultants and is based in Portland, OR. His focus is strategic federal, state, and local permitting, with an emphasis on the hard rock mining and aggregate and construction materials industries.

Paul Tremel holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University. He has more than 35 years of experience in consulting engineering. He holds engineering registrations in Arizona and Nevada. Before joining WestLand, he served as a structural engineer and quality control reviewer on transportation and water projects across Arizona. During that time, he worked for clients including the Arizona Department of Transportation, Pima County, the Town of Gilbert, and the Gila River Indian Community.

At WestLand, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Consulting Services and led the firm’s consulting operations and enterprise risk management. Mr. Tremel is now Managing Director, US Water and Ecology, for Trinity Consultants and is based in Phoenix, AZ. His focus is project delivery and quality management, with an emphasis on reducing project risk.

Brian Lindenlaub holds a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has more than 25 years of experience in environmental consulting. He began his career in 1994 providing environmental permitting and compliance services. Since 1997, his work has centered on the Clean Water Act, with an emphasis on the Section 404 permit program. At WestLand, Mr. Lindenlaub has managed Section 404 permitting efforts across the Southwest, including alternatives analyses, agency consultations, and compensatory mitigation. During his tenure, he has led mine plan of operations development for major mining projects, including Rosemont Copper and Resolution Copper. He has also provided expert testimony before the Arizona Corporation Commission Line Siting Committee for solar energy projects. He now serves as a Senior Principal Consultant for Trinity Consultants and is based in Tucson, AZ. His focus is environmental permitting and compliance, with an emphasis on Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting and NEPA support.

Katilin Sweet has over 18 years of experience in environmental permitting. She continues to assist Trinty’s clients with assessing the permitting requirements for new and continuing exploration and mining operations and working with proponents to develop strategy and provide guidance to advance the project including: coordinating the preparation of applications for mineral exploration activities including notices, Plans of Operations, Reclamation Permit Applications, Categorical Exclusions for exploration activities on United States Forest System (USFS) Lands, geologic and soils sections of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, Annual Reclamation Reports, Annual Work Plans, Attachment A Submittals for Reclamation, and As–Built Disturbance Assessments.

In addition to general project permitting management, Kaitlin has experience coordinating the required baseline data collection, project management support, and preparation of mine plans of operations. Kaitlin is an experienced liaison between project proponents and government agencies including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), USFS, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Regulation and Reclamation (BMRR), and Bureau of Water Pollution Control, facilitating the necessary steps in all permitting processes.

Adam founded Ecofish with a vision of delivering effective, scientifically defensible environmental services to clients in government and industry. Seeing the need to build and operate more environmentally sustainable projects, he began with the hydroelectric sector, helping this industry fulfill the promise of clean energy in the province of BC by developing guidelines and innovative investigative techniques. Using his 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, beginning as a fisheries technician on the remote rivers of BC, to his current role as president of an international team, Adam helps clients build and operate better projects.

Adam is a leader in the hydroelectric sector in BC. In a worldwide survey on behalf of the Canadian Electrical Association, he published an assessment of the effectiveness of flow releases from hydroelectric projects. He led a BC Hydro effort to evaluate the instream flow issue across its entire 12,000 MW system and he developed the guidelines on instream flow assessment in BC. Working with Ecofish partner Todd Hatfield, Adam created the standard approach to flow setting, assessment, and monitoring for the province that has gained international recognition. These guidelines have been applied to dozens of new hydroelectric facilities in BC to avoid impacts to fish habitat. A decade of monitoring has confirmed their effectiveness.

More recently, Adam led the development of the national protocols for monitoring the effects of hydroelectric projects on aquatic habitats on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. This now serves as the national protocol for monitoring the effects of new and upgraded hydroelectric projects. He currently consults on fish passage and flow management, providing strategic, assessment, and expert advice for major utilities such as BC Hydro, Brookfield Renewable Energy, and Innergex Renewable Energy, as well as on projects in Peru, Brazil, and China.

Pierre Stecko, M.Sc., EP, R.P.Bio serves as a Principal Scientist and a Managing Principal of Trinity Consultants Canada, formerly known as Minnow Environmental. Pierre was a founding partner of Minnow Environmental and has 23 years of environmental consulting experience. Pierre has managed more than 200 aquatic environmental assessment projects, primarily for the mining industry, and is intimately familiar with associated regulatory and technical requirements. Pierre also supports other Minnow project managers as a technical advisor and senior reviewer. His technical areas of expertise include the aquatic bioavailability and toxicology of metals, aquatic chemistry, aquatic biology, and sediment geochemistry.

Pierre has assisted clients in regulatory consulting and permitting (including with the federal Fisheries Act, the British Columbia Environmental Management Act, the Ontario Environmental Protection Act, the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Act, and the Yukon Waters Act), environmental monitoring program design and implementation (including baseline studies and Environmental Effects Monitoring), aquatic environmental assessment, aquatic environmental impact assessment, metal bioavailability and toxicological evaluations, water quality objective development, adaptive management plan development, water and sediment quality evaluations, periphyton community evaluations, benthic invertebrate community evaluations, fish surveys, and fish habitat compensation programs. Pierre has extensive experience working as a technical expert within multidisciplinary teams, delivering strategic advice to clients, providing expert opinion at meetings and hearings, delivering clear and effective presentations to a variety of stakeholders (technical audiences, regulatory communities, public, First Nations), and delivering technically sound, clear, and insightful interpretive reports to clients.

Pierre holds a Bachelor of Science degree (University of British Columbia) with a focus on Aquatic Biology/Ecology and a Master of Science degree (Simon Fraser University) with a focus on Aquatic Toxicology and Geochemistry. Pierre is a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) in the province of British Columbia (as a Registered Professional Biologist [R.P.Bio.]), and a Certified Environmental Professional (EP) through ECO Canada (water quality, fisheries and wildlife). Pierre is also a certified Project Manager under the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) and is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Kim Connors, M.Sc., R.P.Bio. serves as a Principal Fisheries Biologist for Trinity Consultants Canada, formerly Minnow Aquatic Environmental Services, and has more than 21 years of environmental consulting experience. Kim manages a group of aquatic scientists and supports other project managers as a technical advisor and technical reviewer. Her areas of expertise include aquatic biology, aquatic environmental assessment, ecology, fish health and population evaluation, and fish habitat characterization, particularly serving industries within the natural resource sector.

Kim has applied her expertise to regulatory consulting and permitting, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring program design and implementation (including baseline studies and Environmental Effects Monitoring), adaptive management plan development, water and sediment quality evaluations, benthic invertebrate community evaluations, fish surveys, fish habitat assessment, and compensation (offsetting plans).

She is well versed with the various acts, regulations, and policies applied to aquatic environments within Canada and has successfully completed projects involving Fisheries Act authorizations and supported Schedule 2 amendments, provincial permit acquisitions, environmental baseline and environmental impact studies, and the development of long-term monitoring programs. Kim has extensive experience providing input/reports and delivering clear and effective presentations to variety of stakeholders (technical audiences, regulatory communities, public, First Nations) including First Nations consultation, and experience working on large multidisciplinary teams for environmental assessments.

Kim holds a B.Sc. (Biology and Ecology) and a M.Sc. (Fisheries Biology and Physiology) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is also a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) in the province of British Columbia (as a Registered Professional Biologist [R.P.Bio]).