Brooke M. Marcus

Brooke Marcus is a natural resources lawyer focused on assisting the renewable energy sector with maintaining compliance with environmental laws. She is go-to counsel for matters involving the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), Clean Water Act (CWA) the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

Brooke counsels some of the nation’s largest wind, solar and storage energy companies, electric generation and transmission companies, and investment companies on policy-level and project-specific issues arising under ESA, BGEPA, MBTA, CWA and NEPA. Brooke assists wind, solar, storage, and transmission line project developers with federal, state and local environmental and land use compliance strategies. She currently assists project proponents in the development of dozens of Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) and BGEPA permits, and ESA, BGEPA, NEPA, and CWA compliance strategies within every region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Brooke also advises clients on policy-level issues related to the ESA, BGEPA, MBTA and NEPA and often represents her clients in Washington D.C. on related policy issues.