Bio

Jared Bechtol is an environmental regulatory compliance professional with more than 15 years of experience specializing in permitting and mitigation.

Before joining CEC, Jared worked with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, where he managed Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting and mitigation for transportation projects. His expertise includes wetland and stream delineations, waters and wetlands assessments, mitigation planning and implementation, and regulatory coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has also supported compliance inspections, developed permitting procedures, and worked with project teams to identify ways to avoid and minimize impacts to wetlands and other waters.

Jared holds a bachelor’s degree in natural resource ecology and management from Oklahoma State University and is a licensed professional wetland scientist in Oklahoma.