Matthew Thomas
About
I am a Senior Environmental Scientist with over 23 years of experience in environmental consulting with specialties that include technical field team lead, project management, client interaction, technical writing and editing, and document production. My project history includes multiple federal, state, municipal, and private business clientele with projects throughout Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and the United States Virgin Islands. I have assisted and overseen multiple large-scale Section 404/401 jurisdictional area delineations for potential reservoirs, linear transportation projects, mitigation banks, and energy plants. Areas of additional field expertise include buffer determination and verification; protected species surveys; tree surveys; stream and wetland mitigation monitoring; plant community identification; and use of technical equipment such as a GPS, total station, laser level, and hydrolab. I have worked individually on nationwide permits for coastal road projects or on a team for large-scale individual permits for industrial plants. Environmental document production includes various environmental permits, mitigation banking documents, categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements.