Shane C. Staten , PWS

Mr. Staten’s career has been focused on wetland and stream restoration. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, and has a master’s degree in Environmental Management from Duke University, where Mr. Staten was a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Conservation Fellow. A certified professional wetland scientist, he is a past president of the local chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists. For the last 13 years he has been the head of Terra Technologies’ Wetland and Stream Mitigation Banking Division, where he has been a primary or contributing designer for 14 approved and 10 proposed wetland and stream mitigation banks across Missouri and eastern Kansas encompassing more than 3,100 acres of restored wetland, riparian corridor, and stream habitats. These projects have resulted in significant improvements in water quality and wildlife habitat because of the protection of more than ten miles of stream channels with greatly expanded riparian corridors, restoration of four miles of historical stream channels, and establishment of more than a thousand acres of floodplain wetlands. He has also performed construction inspection, monitoring, and group site visits, including hosting two wetland conference field trips and senior EPA officials. Mr. Staten manages the Terra Technologies St. Louis office and is responsible for Clean Water Act Section 404 and 401 permits for central and eastern Missouri, as well as for wetland delineations and stream system jurisdictional assessments.