Scott Namestnik\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 Scott has 20 years of experience managing projects and conducting floristic inventories, quantitative flora surveys, plant community mapping, invasive species surveys and mapping, and plant species of concern surveys and mapping. He is experienced with setting up and conducting mitigation wetland monitoring projects and has conducted numerous aquatic plant surveys.<\/p>\nAnother aspect of Scott\u2019s services is providing plant identification training workshops. In addition to his experience focused on the flora, Scott conducts wetland delineations and other site assessments and participates in avian and other wildlife surveys.<\/p>\n
Scott prepares natural area management plans and provides other technical writing services. He is recognized for his expertise in Midwestern\/Great Lakes terrestrial and aquatic vascular plants, and his written work on the flora has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals including\u00a0The Michigan Botanist<\/em>,\u00a0The Great Lakes Botanist<\/em>,\u00a0Phytoneuron<\/em>,\u00a0Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science<\/em>, and\u00a0Rhodora<\/em>. Scott has presented research on various topics at numerous conferences.<\/p>\nHe currently serves as a board member for NatureCITE, Indiana Native Plant Society (North Chapter) and South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society, is on the advisory council for Shirley Heinze Land Trust and the planning committee for the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, and is active with the Indiana Native Plant Society (Journal Team Leader) and the Indiana Academy of Science (member of the Biodiversity and Natural Areas Committee and previously Vice-chair and Chair of the Plant Systematics and Biodiversity section).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When:\u00a0June 19-21, 2019 Where:\u00a0Northern Indiana Instructor:\u00a0Scott Namestnik Orbis Environmental Consulting botanist\u00a0Scott Namestnik is leading a three-day plant identification workshop in Northern Indiana on\u00a0June 19-21, 2019,\u00a08:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT\u00a0each day.\u00a0The focus of the workshop will be plants found in wetlands and adjacent uplands. The workshop will be loosely based in South Bend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,10,14],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-ecology","category-native-plants","category-wetlands","tag-plant-identification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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