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96 97 N ormandeau Associates, Inc., with headquarters in Bedford, New Hamp- shire, is one of the nation’s largest sci- ence-based environmental consulting firms. The company specializes in environmen- tal impact studies, permitting and licensing of projects, wetlands mapping, stormwater man- agement, water quality monitoring and model- ing, dredge monitoring, habitat restoration, fish and wildlife studies, and public involvement and community outreach. Its staff of profes- sional field scientists, analysts, researchers, and permitting specialists work in partnership with industry, government agencies, energy pro- viders, NGOs, and the pub- lic to develop solutions that enhance economic development, meet regulatory requirements, and monitor, protect, and restore our country’s natural resources. Normandeau Associates was founded by Dr. Donald A. Normandeau in 1970, at the dawn of the nation’s environmental movement. “The environmental industry centered around sev- eral federal actions that were passed in the ‘70s,” says Colonel (Ret.) Curtis Thalken, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, “the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the National NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AT A GLANCE NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES WHAT: An environmental consult- ing firm WHERE: Headquarters in Bedford, New Hampshire WEBSITE: www.normandeau.com