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Merissa Moeller is an experienced natural resources attorney, with particular skill advising on water resources and rural land use. Her decade of experience in this field encompasses a range of clients, including landowners, developers, businesses, and local governments. Merissa’s prior work with an interstate land use planning commission, state natural resource agencies, and various courts has equipped her with a broad policy perspective, enabling her to provide strategic solutions to complex regulatory challenges.

In her water and natural resources practice, Merissa offers strategic counsel, regulatory compliance, administrative litigation, and permitting services to a diverse client base, including entities in the agribusiness, renewable energy, municipal water utility, irrigation, winery, and timber sectors. She is skilled in advising on issues related to water resource development, water rights, water quality, and compliance with fish and wildlife laws.

On July 15, 2025, the Department of Interior (DOI) issued a memorandum titled, “Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities” (the Memo). The Memo directs federal agencies within DOI to elevate a nonexclusive list of 69 categories of routine permitting activities related to