Matthew McMillan

Biologist @SWCA Environmental Consultants

Austin, TX, US

Natural Resources Director in SWCA’s Austin office conducting natural resource studies including threatened and endangered species surveys, wetland delineations and permitting, vegetation surveys, habitat restoration, ecological monitoring, and construction monitoring in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Complete environmental assessments, biological assessments, biological evaluations, categorical exclusions, and wetland delineations for private, federal, state, and local clients. Supervise crews in the field and assist with data organization, interpretation, and report preparation. Currently permitted to handle federally endangered fishes including the Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus), loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis), and spikedace (Meda fulgida) as well as state and federally threatened and endangered amphibians and reptiles including the Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis), Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus), Dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), Narrow-headed gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus), and Mexican gartersnake (T. eques). Work on habitat restoration and riparian projects on the Rio Grande, Canadian, Gila, and Pecos Rivers in New Mexico for the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, New Mexico Department of Transportation, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Worked in the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, and Mojave Deserts on the systematics, biogeography, and conservation biology of herpetofauna. Worked under USFWS 10(a)1(A) permits to handle, bleed, and rehydrate tortoises in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.