Melissa Mehaffey

Melissa Mehaffey is an Ecologist and Environmental Manager with over 15 years of multi-disciplinary project management experience in the environmental sciences and related fields. Her background includes project coordination and compliance with state and federal agencies including Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), Alabama Historical Commission (AHS), Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), National Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Her experience includes threatened and endangered species surveys, macroinvertebrate sampling, groundwater monitoring, wetland delineations and Section 404/Section 10 permitting, mitigation banking and land management, invasive species removal, stream restorations, watershed management plans, Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents for federally funded projects, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) construction stormwater and mining pit operations permitting and inspections and solid waste and illegal dump remediation plans.