Mr. Godley has over 35 years of environmental consulting experience and is a nationally recognized expert on endangered and threatened species. Additionally, he has extensive experience with permitting, effective agency negotiations, and mitigation design for large-scale projects. Throughout his career, Mr. Godley has participated in countless wildlife studies, ecological and environmental assessments, including complex environmental impact statements (EIS) and developments of regional impact (DRI) studies. In recent years, he has worked on over 30 bald eagle management plans in seven states and assisted power and mining companies with Avian Protection Plans to prevent accidental eagle deaths. He currently serves on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Society’s Bald Eagle Recovery Team for the Southeastern U.S. and was the primary author of the society’s Bald Eagle Monitoring Guidelines in Florida. He has served as an expert witness in 14 cases involving the development impact on various species, and has been involved in over 50 condemnation services cases in the last decade. Additionally, Mr. Godley is widely published with 21 peer-reviewed papers and 25 peer-reviewed oral presentations. He holds a B.A. in Biology and an M.A. in Zoology from the University of South Florida.

Mr. Lentsch is a conservation biologist and project manager with over 24 years of environmental consulting experience. He has extensive knowledge in the areas of resource conservation management, ecological studies, species status and habitat assessments, distribution studies, invasive species management, endangered species recovery planning and Endangered Species Act compliance, specifically, sections 4, 7, and 10. His technical work encompasses over 200 species of birds, plants, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates in very diverse environments across the U.S. In addition to his technical abilities, he is a skilled mediator and project manager, having served as a Principal Investigator or Project Manager on more than 30 large-scale projects. He has prepared habitat conservation plans (HCP), Section 7 biological assessments, species recovery plans, NEPA compliance documents, and other conservation planning reports. His work has resulted in the successful resolution of endangered species compliance conflicts as well as other disputes associated with species conservation and competing resource uses. Mr. Lentsch graduated from Colorado State University where he earned his B.S. in Fishery Biology and Zoology as well as an M.S. in Fishery and Wildlife Biology.

Mr. Williams is a Certified Wildlife Biologist with 30 years of diversified consulting experience. He has worked extensively on regulatory permitting, compliance issues, impact assessments, and the management of large-scale technical investigations, primarily for energy generation, transmission and large water projects. More specifically, he has served as the project manager, regulatory specialist, or principal biologist on many complex engagements including hydroelectric, pumped-storage, gas/electric transmission and distribution, geothermal, wind power, fossil-fuel, co-generation, and photovoltaic energy facilities. Throughout his career, he has built strong rapport with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and many other agencies. Mr. Williams also has particular expertise in applications of the Federal Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and related regulations. In addition, he has become a recognized expert in avian-power line interactions for his work evaluating risk of electrocution and collision mortality on hundreds of electric transmission and distribution lines across the western United States. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University and is a Past-President of the The Wildlife Society’s (western section), representing over 700 members in California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Guam.