FUELED | A Fenstermaker Podcast

FUELED | A Fenstermaker Podcast


S1 Ep2 John D. Foret, PhD. on Coastal Infrastructure

December 06, 2019

Season 1 of FUELED is focused on infrastructure. Each guest appearing on Season 1 brings a unique vantage point, knowledge and experience with the topic. In episode 2, John D. Foret, PhD shares his wisdom and expertise concerning coastal infrastructure.

Dr. John Foret is Vice President of Environmental, and the Environmental Leader to a staff of fourteen biologists. His duties include supervising all environmental staff activities as they relate to industry permitting activities (air/water/wetland), wetland delineations, mitigation banking consultation, wetland habitat restoration consultation (emergent marsh, shoreline protection, reef restoration), environmental assessments, biological assessments, project budgets and timelines, and project management. Prior to his time at Fenstermaker Dr. Foret served as a Research Fisheries Biologist for 18 years with DOC/NOAA/NMFS Galveston Laboratory. He was the Team Leader within the Fishery Ecology Branch in Lafayette, LA and managed all activities associated to the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) as they related to coastal fisheries habitat restoration. He was also a Federal restoration project manager for NOAA Fisheries in the CWPPRA Program.