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Our interest in conservation pervades both our work and free time. While we enjoy this work as income, it in fact drives our daily lives and interests when we're off the clock. We work collaboratively with other conservation professionals - thus, we are much more affordable and lack the overhead and bureaucracy of larger firms. Thus - we less paper shuffling and more time to apply our expertise on your project and with you personally - and more time with our families, our communities, and the natural world.

“Do not burn yourselves out. It is not enough to fight for the land - it is even more important to enjoy it.” (Edward Abbey)

Kevin Caldwell

Mr. Caldwell holds a BS in Environmental Science / Ecology from the University of North Carolina, Asheville (1996). He formerly served as Chair of the Land Management Committee of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. In 2008 he was named as one of three lifetime trustees of the Pioneer Farm Educational Center of Colebrook, NH - the longest running family-owned & operated farm in New Hampshire.

In 1997 he formed Appalachian Ecological Consultants (now MTS). Kevin has 18 years experience in natural resource inventory, assessment, and hands-on management. He specializes in botanical and wildlife surveys including rare species surveys, breeding-bird surveys, natural community classification, old growth forest delineation, least-impact development planning, forest and habitat restoration, exotic species removal, GIS mapping, and applied land-management techniques. He is an avid fisherman, birder, and canoeist, and he and his family live on the Ivy River in Marshall, NC.

Caldwell is experienced in inventory, assessment, and management of landscape level projects in mountain and piedmont habitats. From 2002-2005, he developed the Sweet Water Trust’s (Boston, MA) Baseline Documentation and Monitoring Program for "Wildlands" easements, implementing it on over 50,000 acres (seven properties) in northern New England, downeast Maine, and the Adirondacks.

Shay Garriock – Wildlife Biologist

Mr. Garriock holds a BS in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. He is a terrestrial zoologist with nearly 15 years experience in the environmental field, and an accomplished field biologist. Since 1995 has conducted field research and/or zoological inventories of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates for the purpose of scientific research, land conservation, wildlife management, and NEPA compliance in coastal and mountain habitats.

In addition to his work as a field biologist, Mr. Garriock is also experienced in planning and management of large-scale projects that include wetland and stream restoration monitoring, jurisdictional area delineation, environmental assessment, plant community mapping, protected species surveys, graphics development and cartography, GIS mapping and analysis, and environmental document preparation.

Michael Scisco – GIS Professional

Mr. Scisco operates BioGeoCreations and he has seven years of experience assessing landscape conditions using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and advanced field survey methods. He has worked with a number of conservation organizations across the nation, and has developed an expertise in coastal habitats.

Mr. Scisco has developed and managed land conservation projects at the regional, local, and watershed level. Michael specializes in open space identification, water quality enhancement, riparian corridor conservation, and farmland preservation. Mr. Scisco also has experience stewarding and managing lands for specific purposes including timber management, wildlife enhancement, outdoor recreation, ecological viability, invasive species eradication, and conservation easement reserved rights and restrictions compliance.

Mr. Scisco holds a BS in Environmental Science from Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University and a Graduate Certificate in GIS from Portland State University.