Employee Spotlight
Where Passion Meets Environmental Science
Andrew Schmalfuss, Senior Project Manager and Lead Avian Biologist at Onterris, explains how a lifelong focus on birds shapes smarter decisions in energy development.
For Andrew, protecting wildlife and building infrastructure are not competing priorities. They are connected responsibilities. His work proves that planet and progress can move forward together, with care and precision.
For Andrew, protecting wildlife and building infrastructure are not competing priorities. They are connected responsibilities. His work proves that planet and progress can move forward together, with care and precision.
Details That Matter
Why details make the difference
As a falconer, Andrew measures every variable when caring for his red‑tailed hawk. Weight, weather and daily conditions all matter. Small changes can have lasting effects.
That same discipline defines his consulting work. Environmental permitting varies by county, state and country. Catching nuanced differences protects species, supports responsible development and keeps projects moving forward with confidence.
Attention to detail is not optional. It is how science delivers results.
That same discipline defines his consulting work. Environmental permitting varies by county, state and country. Catching nuanced differences protects species, supports responsible development and keeps projects moving forward with confidence.
Attention to detail is not optional. It is how science delivers results.
For planet and progress means that we care for and steward what we have right now on our planet, and that we ensure that the comforts and the necessities of energy and progress happen simultaneously at the same time. And this is possible.
Andrew Schmalfuss, Senior Project Manager at Onterris
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