Derrick Mitchell is a terrestrial ecologist and principal of Boreal Environmental. With over 20 years of experience working in the environmental industry, his expertise includes; environmental permitting, compliance monitoring, wetland delineation and functional analysis, habitat assessments, rare plant surveys, watercourse and wetland restoration, environmental protection plans, environmental, permitting, and environmental compliance monitoring. He also has a broad range of experience in conducting biophysical surveys and analysis including; wetland delineation/functional analysis, bird surveys, bat echolocation analysis, Species at Risk surveys, and mapping for various clients throughout the Atlantic Provinces. Boreal's clients include; NB Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, NB Power, City of Saint John, City of Moncton, Fredericton International Airport Authority, Moncton Industrial Develooemnt, Saint John Industrial Parks, Defense Construction Canada, JD Irving, Gulf Operators, OSCO Construction Group, Ducks Unlimited, Dexter Construction, Maritime Hydroseed, Stantec, WSP, CBCL, Dillon Consulting, Strum Environmental, SEM and Roy Consultants.