Eric Beveridge, EP, President
Eric has over 25 years of experience in Alberta’s Environmental Sector, predominantly with the Water Act Operations Division with Alberta Environment, and environmental consulting. His multi-faceted experience in the environmental industry has a proven track record of effectively coordinating environmental services while securing environmental approvals and authorizations in a timely manner. Eric has a functional understanding of the federal Fisheries Act, and the Public Lands Act, with extensive knowledge of the Water Act. His experience working on, and managing, the environmental components of a large variety of construction projects throughout Alberta including the SW Calgary Ring Road Project (2018), the Town of Canmore – Cougar Creek Debris Flood Retention Structure Project (2020 – current) and Town of Drumheller – Drumheller Resiliency and Flood Mitigation Program (2022 – current).
In 2016 Eric founded RIDGE Environmental Planning Ltd, a small consulting company assisting clients initially with environmental management at the construction phase of a project and implementing proper environmental management for projects. This included fish rescue operations, the development & implementation of TSS monitoring plans, written project-specific ECO Plans, and bird sweeps. Eric has since grown the company to provide more front-end services, involving environmental planning and regulatory support. Eric is proud of the reputation RIDGE has developed with his clients. With RIDGE now being a larger team than just him, his training, mentorship and guidance have helped develop a strong team of environmental professionals that cover a variety of scopes of work. When not running RIDGE, Eric enjoys spending time with his family & participating in his kids’ lives, taking his two dogs for walks, spending time at the family cabin at Pigeon Lake and flyfishing.
Kelsey Morin
Kelsey has been working in the environmental field for over 12 years, with much of that time spent working in water and aquatics. Kelsey holds a strong regulatory background following her time at Alberta Environment working in the Water Act division. During her time there, she worked primarily as the lead for the 2013 flood recovery-related projects and assisted with the implementation of the 2013 Alberta Wetland Policy. She has recently taken more interest and focus on ornithology-related work with RIDGE and supporting the team with avian and wildlife sweeps, in addition to aquatics and regulatory-related work. Kelsey obtained her professional biology designation through Alberta Society of Professional Biologists in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys flyfishing, birding, mountain biking, and snowboarding.
Mark Storey
Mark has 8 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry providing environmental support on projects throughout Western Canada. His experience includes field and regulatory support on linear development projects including electrical transmission and pipelines, oil and gas development, and civil works. He has supported projects through all phases including baseline assessments, pre-construction surveys, construction monitoring, and post-construction assessments. He is passionate about working with clients to complete environmentally sensitive works efficiently and within the appropriate regulatory guidelines, while minimizing impacts to terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Travis Bannatyne
Travis is a field biologist with 10+ years of technical and field-related experience in biology and environmental consulting. He has fulfilled multiple roles and responsibilities during his professional career including environmental inspector and coordinator, field biologist, crew lead and field technician. Over the past several years, Travis has been a crew lead on several aquatic, avian and amphibian related projects, where he has gained valuable experience throughout western Canada.
Dakota Sullivan
Dakota has 3 years of experience in the environmental field with most of his experience in aquatics and fisheries. Before moving to consulting, he spent time with the Alberta Conservation Association as a fisheries technician working on Alberta native trout projects. Recently, he has worked in the mining, forestry, oil and gas, and pipeline sectors providing environmental support in aquatics, wildlife, reclamation/remediation and vegetation. He contributes to the RIDGE team with planning, regulatory and field-based work. Dakota enjoys collaborating with clients to ensure their projects are completed with minimal environmental impacts.