Don has more than 40 years of experience in applied environmental sciences and systems ecology in a wide range of environments. He has extensive experience in the assessment, analysis, and planning of numerous restoration projects. He is a senior consultant performing general project management, restoration planning and implementation, ecological assessment, and modeling; emergy analysis; surface water quality modeling (aquatic and marine), particularly nutrients and organic chemicals using AQUATOX; expert witness; Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA); benthic macroinvertebrate assessment and analysis (aquatic and marine); wetland and submerged aquatic vegetation assessment and analysis; aquatic toxicology and risk assessment; Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting, data interpretation, and reporting. Don has extensive experience in Gulf coastal waters spanning all aspects of ecological and EAs and ecosystem restoration through his experience with several programs.