Experience

Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT)

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Ecologist

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Rare species inventories and avoidance plans, wetland delineations, planting plans.

• Ecologist

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Michigan



Atwell, LLC

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ecologist

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2018

  Southfield, Michigan Wetland delineation, wetland mitigation monitoring and assessment, wetland permitting, impact assessments, technical reports, tree surveys.



Michigan Natural Features Inventory

• Associate Ecologist

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2011

  Lansing, Michigan Terrestrial community ecology, wetland ecology, plant ecology, invasive plant surveys, land management techniques.



Wetland and Coastal Resources, Inc.

• Botanist/Wetland Ecologist

  • Apr 2005 - Sep 2008

  Lansing, Michigan Wetland delineations, wetland function assessments, wetland use permit reviews, wetland mitigation monitoring, threatened and endangered species surveys, tree surveys, stewardship plans, and streambank assessments. Prepared and edited technical reports, wetland mitigation plans, planting plans, permitting recommendations, and project proposals.



Coeur d'Alene Tribe

• Environmental Specialist

  • Feb 2004 - Oct 2004

  North Idaho Coordinated Tribal comments regarding environmental and cultural impacts of construction, zoning, licensing, and development projects. Provided expertise regarding hydrology, erosion, land use, and vegetation. Edited and prepared Tribal Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2001 - Dec 2002

  Fort Collins, Colorado Grading, tutoring, and lecture assistant for Landuse Hydrology.



City of Boulder Open Space Department

• Wetland/Riparian Technician

  • May 2000 - Aug 2000

  Boulder, Colorado Surveyed and installed monitoring wells. Monitored water table depths. Mapped and catalogued wetland locations, hydrology, vegetation, and soils.



Forest Preserve District of Cook County

• Restoration Ecologist

  • Aug 1995 - Jul 1999

  Cook County, Illinois (Chicago vicinity) Planning and implementation of natural community restoration. Developed and published terrestrial natural community classification system. Chicago Wilderness collaboration. Assessed and monitored restoration sites. Brush removal, prescribed burning, etc.



Natural Path Forestry Consultants, Inc.

• Tree Inventory Surveyor

  • Apr 1995 - Aug 1995

  Libertyville and Glencoe, Illinois Collected tree species, size, health, and location information for a digital database.



SCA/National Park Service

• Exotic Plant Control Crew Member

  • Mar 1994 - May 1994

  Everglades National Park, Florida Arrested spread of exotic plant species via herbicide, machete, helicopter.



SCA/National Park Service

• Assistant to Resource Manager

  • Jun 1989 - Aug 1989

  North Cascades National Park, Washington Restored vegetation, controlled weeds, surveyed sub-alpine meadow vegetation, and conducted bird-breeding surveys.