Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc.

Core Personnel

Pioneer approaches each project in a unique way, in that the needs, concerns, and interests of the client are give first consideration. Once it is clear what services and products are required for the client and their particular project, a plan is developed that uses the core staff and specialists required to best complete the project on schedule and within the agreed to budget. The core staff used for each particular project varies. Pioneer is associated with a large group of specialists and experts who can be assigned or incorporated into a team for a given project, large or small.

Roy D. Hugie, PhD, Company Founder, Project Manager, Biological Resource and Environmental Analyst: Dr. Hugie is known as an organizer, a problem solver, and a "bridge builder" who effectively links project proponents with management and regulatory agencies. His background is rural, and his over 30 years in the field of natural resource management include ten years as senior biologist for a state wildlife agency, five years as wildlife section manager for a large environmental consulting firm, and over eighteen years as PIONEER's head. He has mastered the conceptual and practical intricacies of environmental policy, legislation, and process and applied his skills to support projects of many types, in a range of different ecosystems, and under the purview of most pertinent governmental agencies. Dr. Hugie has successfully guided complex public involvement processes that have involved over 1,500 participants for individual NEPA projects.

Jeffrey S. Jensen, BS, Project Coordinator, Geographer, Wetland Specialist:
Mr. Jensen is a skilled geographer with over 22 years of experience in environmental cartography and civil engineering utilizing Autodesk AutoCAD and ESRI ArcGIS software. At PIONEER, Mr. Jensen specializes in physical geography, geographic field methods, computer cartography, GIS and GPS technology, graphics, and remote sensing. Along with his cartographic experience, Mr. Jensen has worked actively on environmental site assessments, wetland delineations, wetland mitigation, Army Corps of Engineers wetland permit processes, and reclamation planning and implementation. Projects include, Spanish Peaks Resort (Big Sky, Montana),Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort (Utah), Loon Mountain Ski Area (New Hampshire), Sugarbush Ski Area (Vermont), Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (Wyoming), JY Ranch - LSR Preserve (GTNP,Wyoming), Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Survey–Halligan Reservoir. (Colorado), South Fork Lodge (Idaho).

Wallace T. Shiverdecker, BS, Environmental Analyst and Site Inspector:
Mr. Shiverdecker joined PIONEER after a 30 year career with the U.S. Forest Service. His background is in forestry, ecosystem management, natural resource planning, NEPA, and communications. He was NEPA coordinator and Forest Planner on the Fishlake National Forest for six years. At PIONEER, he has worked actively on environmental site assessments, NEPA, 404 permitting and wetland delineation, design and construction of wetland mitigation sites resource surveys, and project monitoring, Wally has worked in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington D.C.

Charmaine Delmatier, BS, University of Wyoming (Botany); MS, University of Wyoming (Botany):
Ms. Delmatier has special training an experience and is recognized not only as an accomplished botanist but also as an excellent overseer of environmental processes. Ms. Delmatier has over 20 years of experience in the identification, management, recovery, and conservation of the rare, threatened, and endangered plant species found within the continental Rocky Mountain flora. Ms. Delmatier ran her own environmental consulting company for about 10 years, then served for several years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a biologist for species of concern, and was a senior scientist for preparing listing packages for the administration of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Ms. Delmatier is now again in the private sector and has worked with PIONEER as a biologist on an as-needed basis for over a decade.

Rachel Gray, MS, Wildlife Biologis:
Ms. Gray joined PIONEER in 2005 as a wildlife biologist and has worked on several projects including; threatened and endangered species monitoring of eagles in the Greater Yellowstone Ecological Area. Ms. Gray has also preformed wildlife surveys in Wyoming and reclamation and restoration tasks within Teton National Park.

Amy Hochberg, MS, Senior Editor and Geologist:
Mrs. Hochberg has a solid educational and working background in Environmental Studies and Geology. Before coming to PIONEER, she had extensive experience in writing, editing, and formatting scientific documents in both pre-press and pre-publication stage.