Natural Resource Conservation LLC

 Contact:

Scott R. Abella, PhD, Founder and Ecologist

Natural Resource Conservation LLC, 1400 Colorado Street, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 USA

E-mail:  abellaNRC[at]gmail.com    Phone:  (928) 600-4625    Bio and publications 

Company profile:

Natural Resource Conservation LLC provides knowledge services and innovations for effective natural resource management, habitat and species conservation, and ecological restoration.  The company's founder, Dr. Scott Abella, offers decades of experience blending rigorous science with practical, on-the-ground conservation actions.  Our company develops adaptive management and scientifically rigorous experiments and monitoring, syntheses of knowledge supporting conservation efforts, scientific publications, management and conservation plans, and expert witness analysis.  We work with partners on public and private lands and have documented expertise in forest, desert, wetland, and grassland habitats as well as in semi-natural landscapes including agricultural lands and urban habitats.  

Founded in 2013, Natural Resource Conservation LLC has received and successfully completed over 30 grants and contracts.  We have a track record of successful project management and have often developed applied technical publications collaboratively with project sponsors.

We have skills and expertise in vegetation inventories and plant ecology, habitat analysis, fire ecology and management, revegetation and ecological restoration, and monitoring design and analysis.  

We welcome opportunities to explore potential projects with private companies, non-profits, governmental agencies, individuals, and universities.

Bio, Dr. Scott Abella, Founder and Ecologist:

Dr. Abella received a B.S. in Natural Resources Management and Chemistry minor from Grand Valley State University in 2000, a M.S. in Forest Resources and Experimental Statistics minor from Clemson University in 2002, and a PhD in Forest Science and Restoration Ecology emphasis from Northern Arizona University in 2005.  These qualifications are accompanied by 25 years of project experience in the field including dozens of successfully completed projects with land management and conservation organizations.  Dr. Abella has a track record of effective project completion including publishing over 130 scientific journal articles, 10 government publications, and 60 outreach articles.  In 2015, Dr. Abella published the book “Conserving America’s National Parks” sharing stories of conservation challenges and successes in national parks and made freely available by Natural Resource Conservation LLC.  Scott Abella's Bio and publications page. 

Skills, Expertise, and Services:

Scientific expertise and publications from projects are available on  Ecologist Dr. Scott Abella's publications page.  A listing of expertise our company provides is below and examples of recent projects are given on the projects pages.       

Revegetation and restoration

• Identify effective species and plant materials for restoration

• Soil stabilization and restoration technique assessment

• Restoration plan development

• Restoration of renewable energy disturbances

• Restoration of pipeline corridors

• Restoration of highway right of way and construction disturbances

• Developing and monitoring ecological restoration projects

• Dendroecology and tree-ring analysis for forest health assessment

Fire

• Wildland fuel and fire management

• Fire effects monitoring

• Post-fire restoration planning and treatment development

• Fuels management planning

Invasive species management

• Development and testing of control techniques

• Treatment monitoring

• Invasive plant threats assessment, inventory, and population monitoring

• Forest pest management planning

Ecological assessments and site typing

• Land and resource classification techniques

• Uses of existing and new systems

• Field data collection and analysis

Forest health and conservation

• Forest fire and fuel assessment and management

• Syntheses of forest pests/diseases, their effects and management

• Forest utilization and protection planning including silvicultural techniques

• Diversification of forest plantations

Soil potential and assessment

• Uses of soil surveys and other soil information

• Guidance on soil testing and capability

Landscape conservation and restoration planning

• Vegetation inventory, community classification and analysis

Monitoring planning and design

• Development of rigorous environmental monitoring

• Sampling design

Data synthesis and statistical analysis

• Knowledge syntheses in ecological change, habitat conservation, and restoration management

• Analysis and interpretation of datasets (including multivariate and community analysis)