MAD Scientist & Associates

Specialists in Ecological & Wetland Consulting

Est. 1998

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Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
The unusual flower (including an enveloping spathe and bumpy, alien-looking spadix) of Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) is a welcome sign of spring in wetlands throughout Ohio.
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Project Summary: Parkland Floristic Studies

Client: Municipal department with land management responsibilities
Location: Central Ohio
Project Type: Floristic Inventory
Project Dates: Five visits between May 2006 and February 2007.
Project Description: MAD Scientist & Associates, was retained to complete floristic inventories for two parks and one nature preserve. The surveys included four primary tasks: a series of seasonal field surveys to thoroughly inventory plants (including Threatened and Endangered, or T&E, species) and gather size and location data on trees exceeding 24” dbh; an evaluation of the natural plant community using the Floristic Quality Assessment Index (FQAI); an evaluation of aerial photo-graphs to identify land use changes over the past half century; and the development of a report on the findings. The team was also asked to record observations of wildlife and to search for records of T&E species known to occur in or near each inventory site.
Solidago Canadensis Trillium Grandiflorum Carya Ovata
An open field habitat dominated by Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Ohio’s State Wildflower, large-flowered
trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)		 New leaves unfurling on a shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) in spring
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MAD Scientists and Associates provide Environmental Consulting Services including Wetland Delineation, Ecological Surveys & Specialized Studies, Ecological Risk Assessment and Environmental Education in Ohio and surrounding states including Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana.

Our services include Wetland Assessment (e.g., Ohio Rapid Assessment Method, ORAM), Wetland Permitting (Section 404/401 and Ohio EPA Isolated Wetland Permits), Wetland Mitigation (Site Selection, Design, Construction Oversight), Mitigation Wetland Monitoring (Wetlands & Streams), Stream Assessment (Headwater Habitat Evaluation Index, HHEI; Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index, QHEI; Biological Assessments), General Ecological Surveys and Biotic Inventories, Threatened and Endangered Species Studies, Wildlife Surveys, Botanical Surveys, Floristic Studies (Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity, VIBI; Floristic Quality Assessment Index, FQAI), Invasive Species Surveys, Invasive Species Management, Aquatic Studies (fish and invertebrates), Park Land Planning, Ecological Site Characterization, Stressor Identification, Biological Assessments, Toxicological Literature Research, Screening, and Baseline ERAs, Ecological Site Characterization, Land Lab Planning.