Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
As a Project Manager at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., I complete stream and wetland delineations as well as perform rare, threatened, and endangered plant surveys. I also have an established fundamental knowledge of plant identification, electrofishing sampling, common fish identification, and sample analysis techniques throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Specialties: Rare Plant Surveys, Botany, Wetland Delineations, Macroinvertebrate Sampling, Electrofishing Techniques, Invasive Plants, and Nature Photography Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner In-Training (CERPIT) Ohio Approved Surveyor for: Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) Pennsylvania Approved Surveyor for: Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), Northeastern Bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), and Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) West Virginia Approved Surveyor for: Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), Northeastern Bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides), Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana), and Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum) Utah Uinta Basin Rare and Listed Plant Approved Surveyor for: Barneby ridge-cress (Lepidium barnebyanum), Clay Reed-Mustard (Schoenocrambe argillacea), Graham's beardtongue (Penstemon grahamii), White River beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis), Horseshoe Milkvetch (Astragalus equisolensis), Pariette cactus (Sclerocactus brevispinus), Shrubby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe suffrutescens), Uinta Basin hookless cactus (Sclerocactus wetlandicus), and Ute-ladies'-tresses orchid (Spiranthes diluvialis) Virginia Approved Surveyor for: Northeastern Bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana), and Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
While simultaneously working as a Ecological Project Manager, expectations and initiatives include: • Helping identify resources not currently available for the practice to promote early-career development. • Planning and organizing the delivery of professional development programs and resources. • Engaging early-career professionals with others in the practice who can provide technical resources. • Serving as the liaison to staff- and project-level members of the practice to support the development of their technical expertise; and • Supporting the Corporate Practice Lead in the achievement of the Practice’s initiatives and the performance of Practice Peer Reviews.
I helped organize the greenhouse, grew and attended to specific species, and took care of the Reptoponics (aquaponics) system. I have grown over 500 trees (30 species) of trees native to Northeastern United States. Botany