39th Environmental Permitting Summer School

Eric Schneider has a 22-year background in environmental sciences, including experience in environmental analysis, restoration, and regulation. He has focused on environmental support for numerous transportation projects and studies that span three Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Districts, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), and Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) projects. His experience includes many aspects of scientific support for project development and environment (PD&E) studies (for FDOT), environmental impact statements (EIS), biological assessments, environmental assessments, section 7 consultation, mitigation planning, and multiple agency coordination efforts. He was project manager/lead author for Escambia County, Florida Perdido Key programmatic habitat conservation plan, has developed multiple restoration/monitoring plans for sediment impacts to streams and wetlands, has conducted numerous seagrass surveys and essential fish habitat assessments, has developed/conducted threatened and endangered plant surveys throughout the southeastern U.S., and is experienced in wetland mitigation monitoring.