MAD Scientist & Associates
Phone: (614) 818-9156

Specialists in Ecological & Wetland Consulting

Est. 1998

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fascinating Pitcher Plant
The fascinating Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is an insectivorous plant of nutrient-poor bogs. This one was photographed at Cranberry Bog on Buckeye Lake, Ohio.
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Otterbein Lake Enhancement

"A group of central Ohio residents working with the Westerville Parks and Recreation Department is aiming to develop Otterbein Lake to be a scenic, environmental, educational, and recreational resource for the community. This nearly rectangular lake formed from an abandoned 8-acre borrow pit. MAD Scientist & Associates was contacted to help with planning, including assistance with a site design and planting plan for the project." This has become one of several community service projects supported by the company.

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Park and Floristic Surveys

MAD Scientist & Associates, was retained to complete floristic inventories for two parks and one nature preserve by parks department of a central Ohio municipality to aid the department in land management and park development planning activities.

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Dublin Floristic Surveys
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Heritage Park Phase II Mitigation

A municipal client sought to build three athletic fields within a portion of the 100-year floodplain. Due to natural and man-made circumstances at the site, a total of 7.88 acres of wetlands had developed. MAD Scientist & Associates was contracted to perform all wetland delineation, evaluation, permitting and mitigation duties. Through this involvement, we were able to help the project team accomplish the project goals, while protecting wetlands and respecting the sensitive local environment.

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Heritage Park Phase II Mitigation
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Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity - VIBI

The MAD Scientist & Associates team was contracted to calculate VIBI scores to resolve disagreement regarding the anti-degradation categories of two wetlands (derived using the Ohio Rapid Assessment Method) on properties along Grand Lake near St. Mary’s, Ohio.

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Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity - VIBI
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Mitigation Wetland Monitoring

To compensate for unavoidable impacts to 1.93 acres of wetland, a municipal client agreed to create at least 4.8 acres of forested wetland. Upon completion of wetland construction, MAD Scientist & Associates was contracted to perform the five years of monitoring as required by the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Ohio EPA.

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Mitigation Wetland Monitoring
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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: Environmental Consulting Ohio, 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), Environmental Consultants, 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, Environmental Consulting Firm, Wildlife Surveys, Botanical Surveys, Floristic Studies (Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity, VIBI; Floristic Quality Assessment Index, FQAI), Invasive Species Surveys,Ohio Environmental Consulting, 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. Environmental consulting firm in Ohio - MAD Scientist & Associates.