Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance with Katherine Amidon

Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR)

Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR)
Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance with Katherine Amidon
Sep 19, 2025 Episode 213
Nic Frederick and Laura Thorne

Share your Field Stories!

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! 

On today’s episode, we talk with Katherine Amidon, Senior Water Resources Planner at Bolton & Menk about Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance.   Read her full bio below.

Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form 

Showtimes: 
Time - NAEP Member Shoutouts
Time - Nic and Laura dive into marketing yourself
Time - Interview starts
Time - 
Time - 

Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. 

This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.

Connect with Katherine Amidon at https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-bernier/

Guest Bio: 
Katherine is a Senior Water Resources Planner at Bolton & Menk, a multidisciplinary firm offering a wide array of services ranging from planning, engineering, and design to project communications and GIS. She is a hands-on project manager who enjoys working alongside project stakeholders to work through complex projects. Katherine is passionate about projects involving water, equitable access to nature, and regional land use analysis. She considers herself a "forever sponge" - there is always more to learn. She is an active member on the board for Friends of the Reedy River and has been involved with the South Carolina statewide watershed planning process as the Vice Chair of the Saluda River Basin Council. When not planning, which she also does in her personal life, she can be found on her Trek bike, teaching yoga, or backpacking.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

Support the show

Thanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.

Episode Artwork Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance with Katherine Amidon 42:37 Episode Artwork Courts Reshaping Agency Power, Uncertainty Over NEPA Rules, and Sticking to Core Environmental Values with Fred Wagner 53:05 Episode Artwork Spark Birds, Lifer Pie, and Becoming the Mirror for Yourself with Alex Troutman 47:42 Episode Artwork Going Viral, Consistency and Rejection to Redirection with Kristy Drutman 43:06 Episode Artwork EPR Minisode 14: Behind the Mic with Nic and Laura 38:00 Episode Artwork Climate Science, Journalism, and Working Backwards to get to Your Career with Kendra Pierre-Louis 43:31 Episode Artwork Coaching, Creative Integration, and Making it as a Solopreneur with Radhika Bhatt 42:40 Episode Artwork Environmental and Human Health, Shaping Risk, and Policy with Julia Gohlke 36:22 Episode Artwork Going from Sanitation to Nuclear, Financing the Future, and Climate Curiosity with Marilyn Waite 46:07 Episode Artwork Navigating Government Careers, Going from Fieldwork to Leadership, and Pursuing Passions with Natalie Edwards 57:52 Episode Artwork Architectural Policy, Historic Preservation, and ACRA with Andrew Goldberg 44:57 Episode Artwork Building a Career in Science Communication, Listening as a Skill, and Working with Communities with Faith Kearns 45:25 Episode Artwork Discussing His Book "Why Nothing Works," Being a Lonely Bengals Fan, and Today's Regulatory Landscape with Marc Dunkelman 53:25 Episode Artwork Coastal Resilience, Interdisciplinary Skills, and Passion Driven Careers with Catherine McCandless 44:27 Episode Artwork Climate Policy, Entrepreneurship, and Triathlons with Chris Moyer 44:11 Episode Artwork Wetlands, Habitat Restoration, and a Really Great Field Story with Mark Ray 38:08 Episode Artwork Biochar, Sustainability in Sports, and Using LinkedIn to the Fullest with Sameer Neve 50:00 Episode Artwork Community Collaboration, Influencing Policy, and Resilience with Mathy Stanislaus 48:42 Episode Artwork Sustainability, Pineapple Leather Pants, and Writing for TV with Sree Ratna Kancherla 51:25 Episode Artwork EPR Live from Charleston with Fred Wagner, Rod Smolla, and Siobhan Gordon 59:57 Episode Artwork Consulting, Working on the I-4 Project, and Giving Back to the Community with Ben Shepard 42:44 Episode Artwork Music, Algae, and Passion Projects with David Schwartz 49:43 Episode Artwork Climate Advocacy, Biofuels, and Managing Conflicting Values in Conservation with John Perona 43:25 Episode Artwork Updates on NEPA, the IAIA Conference in Italy, and Cumulative Effects with Ted Boling 46:32 Episode Artwork AI, Career Pathing, and Pets with Lauren Schramm 44:44