About Us

Who We Are:

Meadowlark Environmental is an environmental and natural resource consulting firm created in 2020 as a business partnership between Sara Simmers and Daniel Ackerman. Both Sara and Dan had brief roles in government before working as environmental and natural resource consultants. The impetus to start our company came at a time when we both knew that the experience we had gained over the years at other consulting firms was reaching a point where a new opportunity was needed for further growth and change. The foundation of this company are two biologists doing what we are good at and what we love to do. This basis allows us to serve clients in the way we know best – with clarity, value, respect, and excellent technical work. The business is an outgrowth of this focus.

Where We Are:

Meadowlark has grown to a team of five full-time and three part-time employees capable of providing biological and environmental services to our numerous client partners across our primary service region of North Dakota, South Dakota, eastern Montana, and western Minnesota. Meadowlark regularly manages multiple types and scales of projects for our clients, involving regulatory coordination and permitting with multiple agencies and stakeholders, for projects such as transportation/roads, oil and gas facilities, pipelines, mining, renewable energy, transmission lines, and commercial and industrial development. We have trusted relationships with both clients and government agency professionals who can rely on our team to provide the data and analysis necessary for environmental compliance.