Sarah is a biologist with ESA’s Southeast Biological Resources and Land Management Practice and brings 17 years of ecological consulting experience. Her background includes Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) evaluations, as well as regulatory coordination for state and federal permitting, including Environmental Resource Permits (ERP) and Clean Water Act Section 404 authorizations. Sarah’s experience encompasses wetland permitting and mitigation, preparation of biological assessments, review of cultural resource studies, wetland and stream delineations, vegetation monitoring, and evaluations of geology and soils.
Sarah has extensive experience conducting wildlife surveys, habitat assessments, and environmental permitting for federal‑ and state‑listed species, including the gopher tortoise, sand skink, eastern indigo snake, Florida burrowing owl, red‑cockaded woodpecker, and other protected species. She has provided project management and environmental support for hundreds of natural gas infrastructure projects across the southeastern United States, including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Her project experience includes Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Section 7(c) and blanket certificate projects, as well as small‑scale relocation and replacement projects, meter stations, compressor upgrades, facility maintenance and integrity investigations, hydrostatic testing, and large‑scale system expansions extending hundreds of miles.
