Natalie Holt

Natalie leads W2r’s Ecological Sciences team, relying on her people-focused leadership style and diversity of experience in the utility, infrastructure, and river restoration industries. As an integral member of our planning and design projects, Natalie expertly curates strategies for permitting and mitigation, serving as a link between designers and regulators. She leads biological risk assessments and wetland delineations and supports a wide variety of environmental permitting efforts, including USACE Section 408 Applications, Joint Permit Applications, Clean Water Act compliance, Oregon Removal-Fill Law permitting, Washington Shoreline permitting, and local government development reviews. Some of Natalie’s notable projects have included leading USACE Section 408 compliance services for levee modification or FEMA Accreditation, obtaining special use permits for utility wildfire risk reduction, and securing state and federal permits for Stage 0/8 restoration projects.