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Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. hires Ken Carothers as Director of Business Development

Carothers formerly owned and managed Carothers Environmental, LLC, and prior to that was with SWCA Inc. Ken specializes in environmental regulatory compliance, especially concerning threatened and endangered species, and wetland/jurisdictional delineation and permitting. Ken has experience in all levels of project management and biological assessment procedures, especially those concerning threatened, endangered and sensitive species and riparian/wetland habitats. Over the past 20 years, Ken has supervised natural and cultural resources teams in the surveying of more than 5.5 million acres of US Forest Serviceholdings, Bureau of Land Management lands, National Park Service lands, and private domains throughout Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Hawaii.

Carothers has been the principal-in-charge and primary author for several NEPA documents (EAs andEISs), biological assessments/evaluations, habitat assessments, endangered species survey reports, jurisdictional and wetland delineation reports, Phase I environmental site assessment reports, remediation protocols, and site investigation reports. Ken has managed the coordination of public involvement, agency scoping, and legal notifications, as well as all aspects of natural resource assessment and ESA Section 7, 9,and 10(a) consultations.

Carothers has provided his services to the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish andWildlife Service, the Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas Departments of Transportation, as well as private developers, utility companies, real estate agents and brokers, municipalities, commercial operators, andresidential homeowners.

"Finding a place to land here at Horizon is truly a wonderful thing," said Carothers. "Working daily withother professionals with the caliber of expertise, and professionalism I have found here is exactly what I have been looking for. I look forward to being part of the Horizon family and to being part of this team as we grow."

Mr. Shannon Dorsey, Horizon's Ecological Group Manager stated, "We are extremely excited about theamount of experience and knowledge Ken brings to the table in an effort to further develop and expand ourexisting diverse client base and professional services".

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About Horizon Environmental Services, Inc.

Horizon is based in Austin, Texas, and provides services nationally. Horizon was founded in 1987 and is asmall-business enterprise composed of senior professional personnel. Horizon's 20-plus year track recordof success has resulted in one of the most talented and well prepared environmental consulting firms in Texas. Horizon provides services to both the public and private sector, and specializes in natural and cultural resources assessment.

Horizon's primary focus is to help its clients meet their proposed project objectives while identifying and balancing the required regulatory requirements. Horizon is committed to achieving this goal in the mostcost-effective, time-efficient manner possible while maintaining the highest of industry standards.