Natural Resource Management, Wetland, & Environmental Permitting Services

Paul is an environmental planner and project manager with more than 30 years of experience, including both government and private sector consulting positions. He possesses a unique combination of extensive environmental and natural resource experience as well as a formal education and certification in city and regional planning. As a planner with Martin County, he provided staff support to the fledging Land Acquisition Selection Committee and assisted the County in the purchase of several significant parcels. As a senior planner with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), his responsibilities included extensive inter-governmental coordination with ten southern Florida counties, as well as the Central Florida, Southwest Florida and Treasure Coast regional planning councils. Paul helped establish the Martin/St. Lucie Service Center for the SFWMD in 1995, and was responsible for administering millions of dollars of grant funding to local governments and utilities.

Mary is an environmental professional with over 16 years of experience in project management, environmental site planning and natural resource management. She is responsible for all phases of environmental project management and all business operations out of the company’s Palm Beach County office. Managing numerous large scale developments, public sector projects and environmental restoration projects have contributed to her extensive experience and allowed her to work closely with key personnel in the industry. Mary’s focus is managing environmental assessments, listed species surveys, submerged resource surveys, mitigation bank permitting and planning, wetland determinations and impact permitting. Mary has acquired a myriad of clientele and works closely with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Mary’s diverse expertise ranges from environmental and business development to government operations. She previously served as president of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals local chapter and enjoys volunteer work with several environmental education organizations.

Courtney possesses expertise with mapping and graphics that has been refined over ten years of experience in land planning. She is responsible for producing all mapping associated with the firm’s environmental assessments, permit documents and monitoring network and for providing high quality maps to clients. She has assembled multiple large scale mapping projects for tracks over 50,000 acres, as well as regional mapping associated with Environmental Resource Permits. Her development of historical mapping resources allows the rest of the team to analyze improvements and habitat changes on project parcels. Her production of wetland graphics, historic aerial maps and government land use requires her to work with numerous government agency technicians, wildlife conservation agencies and state transportation staff.

Jason Hahner, Project Manager / Environmental Scientist

Jason is an environmental scientist with extensive experience in wetland delineations, native
habitat mapping, and protected species surveys. Jason oversees projects with a strong
foundation in natural resource management, ecological restoration, and regulatory
compliance. He is a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Licensed Gopher
Tortoise Agent with extensive experience, having conducted hundreds of burrow excavations
and relocations for this protected species. Jason is an active member of the Florida
Association of Environmental Professionals and the Florida Association of Environmental Soil
Scientists.

Peter Fastuca, Certified Arborist / Environmental Scientist

Peter Fastuca is a natural-resource professional bringing extensive experience in arboriculture,
tree risk assessment, and natural resource assessment across multiple regions of the United
States. He is an ISA Certified Arborist with additional certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba
Diver. Peter’s background includes consulting arborist roles, utility forestry work, and
pre-inspection assignments supporting post-wildfire recovery efforts in California. Peter
conducts various listed species surveys, as well as health and risk assessments for specimen
trees. He is a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Licensed Gopher Tortoise Agent.
Peter is an active member of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals and the
Florida Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture.

Patrick Weinberg is a Project Manager and Habitat Restoration Specialist who brings experience
in ecological assessments and habitat restoration. He is an FDACS Licensed RUP Commercial
Applicator for aquatic and natural areas. Patrick’s background includes field technician work
with the U.S. Geological Survey and crew leadership roles in habitat restoration projects in
South, FL. His field expertise compliments the restoration planning, environmental
assessments, and natural-area management, performed by EW Consultants, Inc.

Jenna is an environmental professional specializing in natural resource assessments, regulatory
compliance, and listed species surveys. Jenna is a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission Licensed Gopher Tortoise Agent. Jenna conducts tree inventories, as well as
wetland monitoring for various types of projects.
She is an active member of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals and is
committed to advancing responsible land use, conservation practices, and natural resource
management.

Elizabeth Johnson is an environmental professional with a background in environmental regulation, and
public-sector program implementation. She has professional experience as a Sustainability Specialist for
the City of St. Augustine, where she supported environmental initiatives. Prior to that, she worked as an
Environmental Specialist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Elizabeth brings a
strong interdisciplinary perspective to environmental assessments, permitting, and listed species
surveys. She is also a major part of EW Consultants, Inc. arborist program by conducting numerous
native tree inventories and extrapolating the results of those inventories.

Justin is an environmental professional who integrates arboriculture expertise with broad
natural resources experience. Justin has held roles in environmental project consulting, and
field supervision. His certifications include ISA Certified Arborist, FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot,
EPA Lead Inspector, NIOSH 7400, OSHA 30-Hour, HAZWOPER 40-Hour. Justin’s technical
background includes tree health assessments, natural resource evaluations, regulatory
compliance support, and GIS/GPS field data collection. He brings a practical, solutions-driven
approach to both arborist and natural resource consulting projects.