Autumn Pearson applies her lifelong passion for the outdoors to long-term compliance projects and hydrogeological investigations that protect the natural world and ensure water, air and soil are safe from contaminants.
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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Autumn Pearson’s schooling in New Mexico inspired her passion for environmental science. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a master’s degree in water science and management, Autumn launched her consulting career in WSP’s Redmond, Washington office, conducting compliance monitoring and hydrogeological investigations.
Working with a close-knit team, Autumn, an Associate Consultant and Environmental Scientist at WSP, ensures that client projects and activities meet environmental standards. Through field investigations and bio-stimulation degradation projects, Autumn helps protect natural ecosystems by mitigating or remediating contaminant impacts.
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What is the biggest environmental challenge you’re experiencing in your role at WSP?
The biggest challenge in this field right now is climate change and rapidly changing environmental regulations. The part I can play at this time is helping our clients stay up to date with those rapidly changing environmental regulations. I work on bridging that gap between governmental regulations and our client and what they need to do day to day.
What innovations is your team bringing to ecosystem management?
I work on several bio-stimulation projects that use microbes already present in the environment to mitigate or remediate contaminants. We monitor those sites over time to see if degradation is occurring. If not, we make further recommendations to control that contamination. It’s really satisfying to see those sites go from high concentrations of contaminants to slowly getting those levels under control, and knowing it was because of our recommendations. I know I’m making a difference in the environment and working for a larger purpose.
How have you grown as an environmental specialist while at WSP?
I recently advanced to a project management role with a local stormwater and wastewater compliance monitoring project. I make recommendations, help ensure our client’s compliance with environmental regulations and that, in turn, keeps public waterways clean. I'm excited about delving further into the project management side of things, being the one to make decisions and deal with the why of these nature-based solutions. I'm still learning, but I've advanced a lot from where I first started.
