Joseph Donaldson

Biography

Joe Donaldson, ASLA is a Senior Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner in Salt Lake City at Environmental Planning Group (EPG). Mr. Donaldson has over 25 years of experience preparing complex, interdisciplinary projects that balance natural resource protection with public use requirements for access, recreation, and interpretation. Much of his work has involved planning and design for ecologically sensitive areas in and near urban environments, particularly in the wildland interface zone of urbanizing areas. He has served as principal-in-charge, project manager, landscape architect of record, or technical team member for projects for public use and access for environmentally sensitive areas; visual assessment studies for watersheds, energy, mining, development, roadway, and other projects; management plans, designs, and studies for recreation, trails, open space, wildlife refuge, and environmental education projects; habitat restoration and revegetation studies and plans; facilitation and consensus-building for diverse stakeholders and agencies; and environmental compliance and impact assessment. Mr. Donaldson’s experience has encompassed the full range of project planning, environmental impact assessment, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration.

Mr. Donaldson is a member of the Advisory Board for the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District’s Conservation Garden Foundation, the Jordan River Task Force for the Foundation, the Advisory Board for LAEP, the Environment Technical Committee for Envision Utah, Jordan River planning process, and the Sustainability Committee for the Utah Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies. He chairs the Memorial Fund and Sustainability Committees for the Utah Chapter of ASLA and advises the Implementation Committee for the Blueprint Jordan River planning process.