As of February 10, 2025, President Trump has signed 53 executive orders (EOs) since taking office, and it can seem like a daunting task to make sense of them all. With many affecting environmental policies,…
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Hold Onto Your Hard Hats: 5 Key NEPA Takeaways for 2025

Over the years I’ve shared our key takeaways on NEPA regulatory shifts in our Scout monthly blogs, but the changes we’re seeing now are something else. As a senior NEPA professional and environmental attorney, I’ve…
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Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons for Military Leadership
In Threat Multiplier, Sherri Goodman, a trailblazing environmental attorney and former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security, provides a compelling case for how climate change is reshaping military readiness and global security. Her decades…
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Modernizing NEPA: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ’s) 2024 Recommendations and What May Lie Ahead
With so much happening right now in NEPA – from recent court cases to potential changes under the new presidential administration – we’ll be sharing more insights in future blogs. For now, we wanted to…
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Scout’s New Orleans Foodie and Fun Guide: 2024 SAME Small Business Conference Picks
I was 27 the first time I set foot in New Orleans. As a native Nebraskan living in Salt Lake City, the romance, mystique, and magic of Anne Rice’s New Orleans beckoned. I was deep…
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Navigating the Indo-Pacific: Introducing Scout’s Regional Expertise
Scout has always prided itself on deep expertise, and nowhere is that more evident than in our Indo-Pacific team. With a diverse group of professionals who bring decades of experience in environmental planning, military operations,…
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New Indo-Pacific Team Member: Welcome Kevin Butterbaugh!
We are thrilled to announce that Kevin Butterbaugh, MLA, is joining Scout as a Senior Consultant. Kevin brings 35 years of experience in the planning, design, and environmental industries. Based in Honolulu, Oahu, Kevin’s extensive…
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Navigating Dredging Success: Lessons from San Diego Bay’s Evolution
All it takes is a Google image search for “San Diego Waterfront” or a landing at Lindbergh Field to appreciate the fact that San Diego Bay is the defining feature of America’s Finest City. A…
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NEPA Case Law Summary: Five Key NEPA Trends
As a co-author of the “Recent NEPA Case Law” report to be published in the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) annual publication, alongside fellow environmental attorneys, Pam Hudson and Bilal Harris, we identified five…
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New Indo-Pacific Business Development Team Member: Welcome John Ford!
We are thrilled to announce the addition of a highly esteemed leader to our team at Scout. Our new Indo-Pacific Business Development team member, John Ford, brings with him over four decades of unparalleled experience…
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