Stephen Elliott Hendricks

Stephen Elliott Hendricks is an accomplished Environmental Planning Consultant with extensive experience at the National Park Service and various agencies and conservancies since 2010, focusing on environmental assessments and legal cases. Prior to this role, Hendricks served as a Planner/Landscape Architect for the US Forest Service from 1978 to 2009, accumulating 32 years in program management and an additional eight years in teaching and private practice. Additionally, Hendricks worked as a Land Planner for private firms from 1971 to 1978, contributing to major projects such as hospitals and college campuses. Academic credentials include a BA in Architecture from Clemson University, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia, and a Natural Resource Planning Leadership Certificate from Utah State University, along with post-graduate studies in both Art and Design in Italy and Natural Resource Planning. Notably, Hendricks received the Aldo Leopold National Conservation Stewardship Award in 2010.