Mr. Eggering is a professional wetland scientist (PWS) with over 29 years of experience working in the natural resources field for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Parsons. He has extensive experience in preparing and managing complex National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents for both small and large-scale transportation and military projects including environmental impact statements (EIS), environmental assessments (EA), biological assessments (BA), categorical exclusions, and other technical documents, such as ecological studies, ecosystem restoration plans, natural resource GIS projects, and integrated natural resource management plans (INRMP). His primary environmental experience includes: endangered species management; wetland/moist soil management for waterfowl; wetland delineation, enhancement, and mitigation; flood control/management; and wildlife and fisheries management. Mr. Eggering was the lead wetland scientist for the Washington D.C., to Richmond, Virginia, High Speed Rail (DC2RVA) project and worked on draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) that involved delineating wetlands and streams for over 120 miles of existing and proposed rail corridors. He has worked extensively across the Midwest and eastern U.S and multiple USACE Districts.

Mr. Morrison is principal of The Morrison Law Firm, as well as general counsel of Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, both in St. Louis, Missouri. His clients range from large corporations to local governments, small businesses, individuals, and citizen organizations. His work includes matters involving regulatory enforcement, property damage, land use, property development, real estate transactions, water quality and Superfund issues, and he represents businesses in breach of contract matters, business-to-business disputes, and disputes with government entities.

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.

Stephen P. Stumne PWS Senior Associate, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc., St. Louis

 Mr. Stumne has more than 25 years of professional experience providing wetland and waters of the U.S. delineations, floristic quality assessments (FQA), wetland function/quality assessments, impact analysis, stream evaluations, Clean Water Act Section 401/404 permitting, Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 Permitting, mitigation plan development, ecosystem restoration, NEPA analysis and documentation, and listed species investigations under the Endangered Species Act. He has performed hundreds of wetland delineations, provided supervision and oversight of wetland delineations and reporting performed by others, and acquired permits and directed mitigation planning within several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts including St. Louis, Rock Island, Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, Kansas City, Tulsa, Little Rock, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, and Galveston. Mr. Stumne has acquired USACE permits for projects within various industries including oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission, electric generation (fossil fuels and nuclear), transportation, mining, and general industry. Projects have ranged from small-scale construction to complex and contested electric transmission and oil/gas pipeline projects with construction costs over $1B.