Founder & Lead Ecologist

in 2008, a german boy from rural western Ohio moved to rural Appalachian Athens, Ohio to get educated.

From Fort Loramie, OH, he graduated with a B.S. Environmental Geography from Ohio University in 2012.

Understanding environmental geography as the relationship between humans and the environment, he has sought a work-life that reflects this, paying attention to the intersectionality of all of the components of an ecosystem and humanity’s impact on the environment.

He has a broad spectrum of work experience, with a career full of titles spanning from invasive species management crew leader and environmental consultant to commercial landscaper, county stormwater manager, and preserve land manager.

He has conducted and assisted with a variety of ecological science projects across the country including:

• wetland and stream restorations

• rain garden design and installations

• invasive species management

• endangered species protection (including efforts ranging from the indiana bat and peregrine falcons to running buffalo clover, ginseng, and cave salamanders)

• native plant landscaping

• commercial, residential, and industrial stormwater management projects

• sediment and erosion control plans

• streambank erosion assessments

• bat habitat assessments and population surveys

• plant nursery operations

• botanical surveys

• trail management, installation, and maintenance

• tree canopy restoration