Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick!On today’s episode, we talk with Laurel Glass Lees, a multi-passionate entrepreneur, stakeholder capitalist, and environmental professional about Geothermal Energy, Lithium mining, and the Power of Love. Read her full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form  Showtimes: 2:06 Shout outs3:04 Nic and Laura discuss when work doesn't align with personal beliefs8:35 Interview with Laurel Glass Lees Starts12:49 Laurel discusses Geothermal Energy and Lithium24:46 Intersecting passions and balance38:20 The power of love Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Guest Bio:Laurel Glass Lees is a multi-passionate entrepreneur, stakeholder capitalist, and environmental professional. She serves on the Board for the California Association of Environmental Professionals while growing her business at A STELLAR CO -- a pending certified BCorp -- and developing a power and minerals project in Lithium Valley as part of the Controlled Thermal Resources executive team. Laurel also enjoys her role on the advisory board for Geosite, a geospatial tech startup in Silicon Valley. She believes in staying true to her core values and principles, earning to give, and pushing society toward a more regenerative and harmonious life. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with John Jamison, Western Regional Team Lead at North Carolina Department of Transportation about Transportation NEPA, Conference Planning and Golf. Read his full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 1:18 Shoutouts2:10 Nic and Laura discuss books and reading9:14 Interview with John Jamison starts9:15 Conversation about golf starts19:00 Transportation review board info22:32 Field Notes: Stories from the field26:28 NAEP Volunteering experiences30:00 Art of conversation and keeping in touch Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Guest Full Bio:John Jamison has worked for more than 20 years in consulting and the public sector, helping to advance infrastructure projects while also conserving our environmental resources. He is currently the western region environmental policy lead for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. In this role John provides policy oversight as well as project-level quality control for NEPA/SEPA documentation and other regulatory permitting activities. John and his wife, Jennifer, enjoy getting outdoors whenever they can with their teenage daughters (Reya and Ella), especially to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Tim Kendzia, Technician at U.S. Environmental Rental Corporation about College, the Student Chapter of NAEP, and Permaculture.   Read his full bio below.Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Dawson - https://www.dawsonohana.com/Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form.Showtimes: 00:40 Shoutouts01:07 Nic and Laura talk about their early career paths09:17 Interview with Tim Kendzia starts14:41 Tim's funny park ranger story17:44 Permaculture20:21 Student chapter involvementPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org. Connect with Tim Kendzia at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-kendzia/ Guest Bio:Tim is a graduate student at American Public University and an emerging environmental professional. He is earning a Master’s of Science in Environmental Policy and Management and has completed the graduate certificate in National Environmental Policy Act and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science also at APU.He has been an active member in the APUS NAEP Student Chapter serving as President since 2018 and attending the 2019 and 2020 national conferences. He’s had several years of experience in energy and environmental fields, currently working as a technician at US Environmental Rental.He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two young daughters. Any free time of his is usually spent working on permaculture gardening. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Katie Cannon, Education Director at Carolina Tiger Rescue about the exotic pet trade, Tiger King, and the power of a good nap. Read her full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 01:16 Shoutouts02:20 Nic and Laura ramble about animals and stuff11:15 Interview with Katie Cannon starts22:45 Tiger King challenges 34:15 Funny working with tigers storyPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Katie Cannon at https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-cannon-a37253b9/Guest Bio:Katie Cannon, Education Director at Carolina Tiger Rescue is a graduate of Appalachian State University. She has worked at Carolina Tiger Rescue for 6 years overseeing education programs including field trips, summer camp, adult day camp, and most recently, virtual field trips and tours. Katie is a former teacher who has always had a love for animals and decided to make the leap to the Rescue after 5 years in the classroom. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Heather Miller, VP Business Development and Principal Historian with HRA and author, about Cultural History, Heavy Metal, and the Green Bay Packers. Check it out and read her full bio below.Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Dawson! https://www.dawsonohana.com/ DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving the U.S. Department of Defense and other Federal Government clients. The DAWSON companies— collectively known as DAWSON—are subsidiaries of the Hawaiian Native Corporation (HNC), a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) Federally-certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration since 2004.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 01:03 Shoutouts02:57 Nic and Laura discuss learning new things09:53 Interview with Heather Miller starts16:31 About cultural resources24:31 Transitioning out of the field into management26:36 Field Notes: Stories from the field32:10 Heather's music interests38:00 Heather's family history with the Green Bay Packers Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Heather Miller athttps://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-lee-miller/Guest Bio: After earning a PhD in comparative women’s history from the Ohio State University, Dr. Heather Lee Miller joined HRA in 2005 and has since worked in both HRA’s History and CRM divisions. On the history side of the house, Heather has worked on complex research and writing projects pertaining to federal, state, and local environmental and tribal litigation. On the CRM side of the house, Heather works on projects related to cultural resources management, Section 106/110 and NEPA/SEPA compliance, the development of historic contexts, inventory and evaluation, and mitigation reports. She was also made vice president of business development in 2018. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Marie Campbell! Marie is the sole owner and president of Sapphos Environmental, Inc., a successful environmental consulting business, about Women-Owned Environmental Consulting, Leadership, Diversity, and her love of Art. Read her full bio below.Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Historical Research Associates, Inc.! https://hrassoc.com/ Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 00:42 Shoutouts01:41 Nic and Laura discuss the challenges of making leadership decisions06:39 Interview with Marie Campbell starts11:40 Marie on business ownership22:50 Diversity and Innovation28:33 Marie's funny workshop story35:00 Marie's art collectionPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Marie athttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-campbell-273879b/https://sapphosenvironmental.com/Guest Full Bio:Marie Campbell is the sole owner and president of Sapphos Environmental, Inc., a successful environmental consulting business. As a Hispanic woman, she is very appreciative for the opportunity to have served her community as an instructor in the University of California system, through her work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and ultimately, by building her own consulting practice. She finds great joy in working with similarly dedicated environmental professionals and is proud of her firm's recognitions including the Governor’s Economic and Environmental Leadership Award, Minority Business Development Agency 2012 Green Environmental Consulting Firm, and California Air Resources Board Climate Action Leader. She received her MA and BA from UCLA and is the mother of two accomplished daughters, Sarah and Katherine, and grandmother to Kenneth (11), Campbell Claire (3), and Mary Grace (1). In her free time, Marie enjoys cooking, wine tasting, gardening, and cycling. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, Nic interviews our returning environmental policy expert, Fred Wagner, a partner with Venable, LLP., about policy, the congressional cabinet and Biden's Infrastructure Plan. Fred is a highly distinguished environmental and natural resources attorney. His practice focuses on environmental and natural resources issues associated with major infrastructure, mining, and energy project development. Read his full bio below.If you're interested in learning more, here's an article recommended by Fred from the Washington Post.Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Venable, LLP!Help us continue to great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 01:40 Shoutouts01:58 Venable LLP Sponsor Spot02:44 Nic and Laura talk about rescuing pets08:34 Interview with Fred Wagner Starts (fostering dogs)11:48 Growing up in Brooklyn15:08 Policy rollback updates22:08 CEQ case review29:47 Congressional cabinet people to watch36:43 Biden's infrastructure planPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Fred Wagner atlinkedin.com/in/fred-wagner-59043019Guest Full BioFred helps clients manage and then defend in court environmental reviews performed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or equivalent state statutes. He works with public agencies and private developers to secure permits and approvals from federal and state regulators under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the EndangSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Ted Boling, Partner at Perkins Coie LLP and previous associate director at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Executive Office of the President, about NEPA Policy, Offshore Wind, and National Parks. We had a great time catching up with him! Read his full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 1:00 - NAEP Member Shoutouts1:34 - Nic and Laura discuss National Parks - Do you know how many there are?6:35 - Interview with Ted Boling starts23:57 - Ted's Yellowstone stories 30:00 - Ted's work with the proposed road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.YouTube Video referenced:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBbA7iJN8g&ab_channel=CornellLabofOrnithologyConnect with Ted athttps://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/edward-boling.htmlTed Boling Full Bio:Edward (Ted) Boling served as the country’s top National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) attorney as an associate director at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Executive Office of the President. Ted served at CEQ, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Democratic and Republican administrations. His experience includes deep involvement in federal infrastructure permitting issues and the first comprehensive revision of CEQ’s NEPA regulations in 40 years.Drawing on over 30 years of high-level public service, Ted currently advises leaders on transportation and energy development projects, agencies that must hire outside counsel, and the environmental professionals that support them on the development of renewable energy, resource development, transportation, and infrastructure. Clients are drawn to working with him because they know that by tapping into his experience, they will be able to prudently manage and effectively defend the choices they make, resources they commit, and risks to which they expose their organizations.Ted’s extensive government experience at CEQ included the development of the National Ocean Policy, CEQ’s climate change guidance, and the regulatory response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. He drafted NEPA guidance on mitigation and monitoring, cumulative impacts analysis, and the development categorical exclusions from detailed NEPA documentation. Ted advised the White House on the establishment of numerous national monuments, including the first marine national monuments in the United States and the largest marine protected areas in the world. He also assisted in briefing three U.S. Supreme Court cases.At DOI, Ted handled matters involving energy development on the outer continental shelf, including offshore wind power development, and the fast track for solar and wind energy projects on public lands. He has provided legal and policy advice on environmental issues concerning the Federal Columbia River Power System and the California Central Valley Project. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Justin Krebs, Vice President, Offshore Wind Program Manager, and fish ecologist at AKRF about essential fish habitat, and offshore wind. He also gives us some notes on how one home project turned into his growing suburban farm. Read his full bio below.Be sure to listen for Tobie the Podcat, as he makes his debut near the end of our interview. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 1:47 - NAEP Member Shoutouts2:57 - Nic and Laura chat about NAEP benefits10:50 - Interview with Dr. Krebs starts15:56 - Essential Fish Habitat22:28 - The Basics of Offshore Wind25:12 - Field Notes: Lightning Almost Strikes30:13 - Justin's Farming AdventuresPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Dr. Justin Krebs athttps://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-krebs-ph-d-b008576/Dr. Krebs' Full Bio: Dr. Justin Krebs is a Vice President, Offshore Wind Program Manager, and fish ecologist at AKRF. He has over 2c0 years’ experience as an environmental consultant and research scientist. Dr. Krebs provides clients and teaming partners with technical and regulatory guidance to support sustainable human activities while contributing to the conservation of biodiversity in coastal systems, focusing on fish and fish habitat. Over his career, he has evaluated the potential impacts of changing land use, construction of transportation infrastructure, waterfront development, operation of power plants and hydroelectric dams, and construction and operation of offshore wind farms on the ecology of aquatic systems. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dennis Peters, Environmental Manager with Hart Crowser, Inc. now a division of Haley & Aldrich, about his work with military ordinances in Hawaii, how the pandemic has impacted the islands, and his experience flying planes.  Dennis has over 29 years of experience conducting a wide range of environmental planning, site investigation and cleanup, and solid and hazardous waste management projects in the U.S. and around the Pacific Rim. Read his full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 0:41 - NAEP Member Shoutouts1:33 - Nic and Laura's bad travel stories10:57 - Interview with Dennis starts24:13 - Dennis' military ordinance work31:42 - Dennis' pilot storiesPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Dennis "in the phone book" or here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersdennis/Dennis Peters is an Environmental Manager with Hart Crowser, Inc. now a division of Haley & Aldrich. He has over 29 years of experience conducting a wide range of environmental planning, site investigation and cleanup, and solid and hazardous waste management projects in the U.S. and around the Pacific Rim. Mr. Peters is a 1988 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (B.S. Chemistry). He has served on the Hawaii Association of Environmental Professionals (HAEP) Board of Directors since 2003, as HAEP President from 2007-2008, and as the Chapter Representative to NAEP from 2009 to 2015, and 2018 to present. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)