Westland Resources, Inc. : WestLand Resources Principals

The senior staff of WestLand Resources, Inc. brings together more than 70 years of combined experience in engineering and environmental consulting and landscape design services. We have a diversity of extensive experience in a broad array of environments, from rural to urban, in both the commercial and public sectors.

JAMES A. TRESS, JR., M.N.S., PRINCIPAL
M.N.S., Ecology, Arizona State University
B.S., Biology-Chemistry, Northern Arizona University

Mr. Tress, one of the founding principals of WestLand, has 24 years experience in environmental issues. He manages interdisciplinary teams responsible for preparation of a variety of environmental documents.

Mr. Tress is and has been the primary permit holder since 1997 for WestLand's Federal Fish & and Wildlife Permit issued by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Scientific Collecting Permit issued by the Arizona Game & Fish Department. He supervises fieldwork and report preparation for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (CFPO) and other special-status species surveys in Pima, Gila, and Pinal counties.

Mr. Tress specializes in the technical and procedural requirements necessary for compliance with regulatory programs implemented under the CWA, ESA, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Services provided in support of these regulatory programs include environmental planning, delineation of jurisdictional waters and wetlands, habitat evaluation and endangered species survey and assessment, EIS and EA preparation, Section 404(b)(1) alternative analysis and mitigation planning, and public participation plan development mandated by NEPA. Mr. Tress also has extensive experience in the development and implementation of mitigation and restoration planning for riparian, wetland, desert, and montane habitats.

MARK F. TAYLOR, P.E., PRINCIPAL
M.B.A., University of Arizona
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Arizona

Mr. Taylor has experience in various aspects of water resource engineering in Arizona and Nevada. His experience covers project design and development of improvement plans for public works, master-planned communities, and commercial and retail centers. He is responsible for developing water master plans; water system development; well, reservoir, and transmission system design; and wastewater infrastructure, treatment, lift station, and force main design; and reclaimed water system, utility plans, and development impact fees for private and municipal clients.

Mr. Taylor brings over 25 years of experience to our team, covering project design and development of improvement plans for public works, master-planned communities, and commercial and retail centers. He has served as Principal-in Charge for several, multi-disciplinary projects, providing design and other technical assistance, while maintaining project budgets and deliverable schedules.

Mr. Taylor's water master plan experience ranges from rural water systems to high-density development, and has been split between rural systems such as Morning Star Ranch (117 forty-acre lots) and Rio Rico Properties, and high-density developments in the Town of Oro Valley, City of Tucson, and Las Vegas Valley Water Systems.

Mr. Taylor produces plans that are accurate, buildable, and the contract documents he produces are known for protection of the owner. Because his plans are systematic and well organized, contractors readily bid on his projects and change orders are minimal.

KATHY G. WHITMAN, PRINCIPAL
B.S., Range and Watershed Science, University of Wyoming
B.I.S., Integrated Studies, Weber State University, magna cum laude
MFA, Writing, Antioch University

Ms. Whitman is the former owner and president of Whitman & Company, a Tucson-based environmental permitting firm. In October 2001, Whitman & Company merged with WestLand Resources, Inc (WestLand). She has 26 years comprehensive environmental experience, specializing in permitting, project management, regulatory affairs, and facility compliance. Her responsibilities include development of project strategies and overall management of permitting processes. Ms. Whitman provides expertise in environmental permitting including NEPA (EIS/EA), CWA (NPDES, 404 Permits, 404(b)(1) alternatives analysis, 401 state water quality certifications, Storm Water, SPCC), industrial facility regulatory compliance (RCRA, EPCRA), APP (Aquifer Protection Permit), and Air Quality. She specializes in the technical and procedural requirements of regulatory programs and agency coordination.

THOMAS A. MARTINEZ, P.E., PRINCIPAL
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Arizona

Mr. Martinez has 13 years experience in various aspects of engineering in Arizona, including infrastructure planning, permitting, design, and construction administration of water distribution systems, pumping plants, storage facilities, including facilities for potable, reclaimed, and wastewater systems. His experience ranges from rural areas to extensive urban design. Mr. Martinez has designed and facilitated the construction of over 30 pumping facilities and numerous miles of transmission, distribution, collection mains, and several miles of roadways.

Mr. Martinez has developed several studies, reports, and guidance documents that have served as planning benchmarks for clients throughout southern Arizona. His systematic approach to problem solving has earned him a solid reputation in the community, and the majority of his projects come from repeat clients.

Mr. Martinez produces plans that are accurate, buildable, and his contract documents are known for protection of the owner. Because his plans are systematic and well organized, contractors readily bid on his projects and change orders are minimal.

RICK SCHONFELD, A.S.L.A., R.L.A., MANAGER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
B.S., Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona

Mr. Schonfeld has over 25 years experience as a planner and landscape architect in the desert southwest, responsible for project management and design services on a wide variety of projects, including parks, habitat restoration, athletic fields, hotels, trail systems, picnic facilities, recreation facilities, urban plazas, resorts, housing development, commercial development, military installations, and roadway development. His technical expertise includes environmental and complete site analysis, visual analysis, planting design, irrigation design, hardscape design, graphic design, and development of landscape maintenance guidelines. In addition, Mr. Schonfeld has been involved with numerous master planning and construction projects for city, county, state, and federal agencies.

MARK CHENAULT, Ph.D., SR. ARCHAEOLOGIST/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
M.B.A., University of Phoenix
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Dissertation: The Polvorón Phase and the Hohokam Collapse
M.A., Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Thesis Title: Technical Analysis of Precolumbian Costa Rican Jadeite and Greenstone Artifacts.
B.A., Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
A.A., Anthropology, Otero Junior College, La Junta, Colorado

Dr. Chenault has been an archaeologist in the public and private sectors for over 25 years. He specializes in Southwestern archaeology with an emphasis on the prehistory of the Hohokam and Anasazi cultures. In addition to the Southwest, he has also conducted research in the plains and mountain regions of Colorado, in Nevada, and in lower Central America. Dr. Chenault has supervised archaeological projects of all sizes, including large data recovery efforts at major Hohokam villages in the Phoenix and Tucson basins.

Prior to joining WestLand, Dr. Chenault worked for 14 years for SWCA, Inc., primarily in its Tucson office. For much of that time, he served as a Principal Investigator and directed numerous projects in southern Arizona, ranging from small surveys to large data recovery projects. As an example, he directed the fieldwork and research for data recovery at Sleeping Snake Village in the Rancho Vistoso development in Oro Valley. He also directed the fieldwork at small-site excavations in Rancho Vistoso, such as those in the Splendido section of the master planned community. Other projects dealing with Hohokam sites for which Dr. Chenault acted as Principal Investigator and/or Field Director include excavations at Los Guanacos for SRP's Kyrene Expansion Project, excavations at La Ciudad de los Hornos for ADOT, and excavations at Sky Harbor Airport for the City of Phoenix. He also worked on other large, multifaceted projects such as the Pueblo Grande Project in Phoenix and the Dolores Archaeological Program and the Animas-La Plata Project in the Anasazi region of southwestern Colorado.