Kurt Flaig is a plant ecologist who has been a part of the WEST staff since February 2004. He received his B.S. in
Natural Resource Management from Colorado State University in 1995 and his M.S. in Rangeland Ecology (with an emphasis
on plant and soil ecology) from Colorado State University in 1999. Kurt has extensive experience in vegetation monitoring,
classification, and mapping, conducting rare plant surveys and analyses, and performing wetland delineations. This
experience has allowed him to conduct surveys in a variety of locations, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Hawaii, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Consequently, Kurt has a working knowledge of a
diversity of plant communities and ecosystems. In addition to fieldwork, he has received training on the technical writing
of NEPA documents. Kurt has written biological sections of NEPA and CEQA documents, Habitat Conservation Plans, and has
prepared a variety of reports including those for wetland delineations, rare plant assessments and surveys, noxious weed
surveys, mitigation and monitoring plans, and riparian surveys. Other training he has received includes wetland delineation
and advanced hydric soils, and identification and biology of rare plant species.
Since joining WEST, Kurt has been working primarily on projects involving energy development and transportation (e.g.,
linear gas pipeline, wind power, WYDOT). Kurt is an active member of the California Native Plant Society, Colorado Native
Plant Society, Wyoming Native Plant Society, and the Society of Wetland Scientists.
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