Shane Latimer, PhDSenior Environmental PlannerShane Latimer is an environmental planner, ecologist, and toxicologist with over 30 years of experience in environmental assessment, planning, permitting, and implementation. His two areas of specialty include developing large scale wetland restoration and mitigation projects, and developing projects that challenge the interface between the built and natural environment, such as solid waste facilities, oil and gas infrastructure, mines, sewage treatment facilities. Both types of projects often require careful assessments of alternatives, impacts, and opportunities to successfully navigate the applicable public regulatory processes (e.g., NEPA, local land use, etc.) and ensure environmental integrity. Dr. Latimer has a thorough understanding of engineering concepts and practices and is adept at working collaboratively with engineers and other professionals to ensure an optimum balance between environmental and engineering constraints. Areas of expertise include site evaluation and constraints analysis; state and local land use permitting; floodplain assessment and permitting; stormwater planning and permitting; wetland and water quality assessment and permitting; wetland and riparian restoration; ecological risk assessment; and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act, and other federal acts; Other areas of management and technical expertise include cultural resources assessment (historic and pre-historic), floodplain management (floodplain permitting and FEMA Conditional/Letters of Map Revision), Environmental Site Assessment, chemical fate and transport, water rights, wildlife and wildlife hazard management (e.g., airport conflicts, nuisance wildlife, etc.), and forest management.Dr. Latimer is an adjunct professor at Portland State University, where he develops and teaches environmental permitting and project management workshops for professionals. Dr. Latimer also regularly serves on state and local regulatory technical advisory committees.