Experience

Palmer Engineering

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Environmental Biologist

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Winchester, Kentucky, United States



Jackson Group

• Certified Wildlife Biologist

  • May 2017 - Mar 2022

  Richmond, Kentucky



Apogee Environmental & Archaeological

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certified Wildlife Biologist

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2017

  Lexington, Kentucky Area Prior to joining Apogee, Mr. Oney worked for 10 years for other consulting firms, supervising and conducting ecological field studies throughout the eastern United Stated for transportation, resource extraction, and other land development projects in order assist clients in meeting the requirements of federal and state laws such as: the Threatened and Endangered Species Act (ESA), 404, 401, and 402 processes. He is trained and experienced in a variety of field study techniques, including… Show more Prior to joining Apogee, Mr. Oney worked for 10 years for other consulting firms, supervising and conducting ecological field studies throughout the eastern United Stated for transportation, resource extraction, and other land development projects in order assist clients in meeting the requirements of federal and state laws such as: the Threatened and Endangered Species Act (ESA), 404, 401, and 402 processes. He is trained and experienced in a variety of field study techniques, including surveys for both aquatic and terrestrial federally threatened and endangered species. His areas of professional expertise include: habitat suitability assessments and surveys for bats, mussels, and other listed species; USEPA rapid bioassessment protocols, aquatic macroinvertebrate identification, fish identification, stream ecology, physicochemical water sampling; wetland delineations, jurisdictional determinations; and technical report writing. His field, natural history, and identification skills include a variety of taxa and disciplines including woody and herbaceous plants, amphibians and reptiles, fish, aquatic invertebrates, bat identification, and freshwater mussel identification. Mr. Oney is certified by the Society of Freshwater Science to identify macroinvertebrate EPT species to the genus level. He is also a national certified wildlife biologist by The Wildlife Society. Additional he has received The Army Corps of Engineers 38 hour wetland delineation and management training program from the Wetland Training Institute to conduct wetland delineations and jurisdictional determinations. Mr. Oney has also received The Army Corps of Engineers 8 hour Regional Supplement Wetland Delineation Training from Richard Chinn Environmental Training, Inc. Mr. Oney annual attends trainings, workshops, and meeting to further continue building his knowledge of ecological and regulatory processes.

• Certified Wildlife Biologist

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2017