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Matt Gause

Senior Ecologist

Mr. Gause is a botanist and restoration ecologist with over 16 years of experience with wetland and endangered species biology and regulation throughout California. Currently, his responsibilities at Westervelt Ecological Services include overseeing biological and ecological aspects of the company's mitigation and conservation banks in the western US. Mr. Gause is also responsible for conducting site evaluations regarding restoration or conservation opportunities, working with regulatory agencies to entitle upcoming mitigation properties, identifying new conservation opportunities, and assisting clients with projects that have complex mitigation needs.

Prior to joining Westervelt Ecological Services in 2007, Mr. Gause was vice-president of a leading mitigation banking firm in the western United States where he managed development of mitigation and conservation banking projects throughout California. Mr. Gause was also a principal of a small environmental consulting firm specializing in biological resource surveys, habitat restoration and management, and project permitting and mitigation. Mr. Gause specializes in California wetland and endangered species issues, and habitat restoration, with a specific emphasis on vernal pools. Mr. Gause managed numerous federal Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations for a variety of public and private sector clients including the California Department of Transportation, Sacramento County, San Joaquin County, Yolo County, Trinity County, and numerous commercial and residential land development interests.

Mr. Gause's extensive regulatory experience was developed through involvement in numerous private and public sector projects requiring clearances or approvals under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and federal Endangered Species Act. His primary area of responsibility was in regards to assessing project related effects on biological resources including rare, threatened, or endangered species and sensitive natural habitats such as wetlands.

Mr. Gause received a B.S. in Botany from the University of California at Davis in 1992.

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