Customer Service: (715) 835-5900

Brotkowski, Lesley

Ms. Brotkowski is a senior licensing coordinator with over 20 years of
professional natural resource experience. She specializes in FERC hydroelectric licensing and compliance projects. She has worked on hydroelectric projects across the United States and has extensive experience managing FERC hydropower relicensing, decommissioning, and compliance projects in the Midwest. Ms. Brotkowski’s expertise also includes new development of pumped storage projects, wetland delineations, wetland and waterway permitting, ecological assessments,
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, natural resource restoration and management projects, and endangered species consultation and surveys. She is a certified endangered resource (ER) reviewer in Wisconsin. Ms. Brotkowski works with a diverse clientele including utility companies, commercial and residential
developers, state and federal governments, municipalities, private landowners, and conservation organizations. Ms. Brotkowski has an M.S. degree in Conservation Biology and Ecology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. degree in Biology, magna cum laude, from Carroll College in Wisconsin. She recently served as president on the Midwest Hydro User Group (MHUG) Board of Directors and is chair for the MHUG Regulatory & Legislative Committee.