Wild Ginger Field Services
Phone: +1-708-704-7162
Email: wildgingerfieldservices@gmail.com
Core Staff
Nicola McGoff, Director & Aquatic Ecologist
Nicola is the primary project manager for Wild Ginger Field Services. She advises clients on the specific requirements of their projects, directs the field services, and finalizes the written products. Her general aim with any project it to understand what the client wants from the site and what the site naturally wants to be itself. Finding synchrony between these two parties allows for balanced and sustainable site development. Nicola has a diverse background in plant ecology from Shenandoah National Park; wetland and riparian science from The Nature Conservancy; stormwater infrastructure and native plants from Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District; and landscape design, land use management, and invasive species management from her time running Wild Ginger Field Services. She is a certified Urban Nutrient Management Planner, a Professional Wetland Scientist, and a Licenced Pesticide Applicator. She has obtained Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification, both level 1 and level 2. She received a MSC from the University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences for her work investigating salt marsh ecosystems on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Jordan Chambers, Field Technician
Jordan is the primary field technician for Wild Ginger Field Services since August of 2018. Growing up in rural Virginia, he is passionate about rebuilding and preserving the native landscapes found in the Commonwealth. Jordan is a licenced pesticide applicator, holds a certificate in prescribed burns, and Wilderness First Aid. He works diligently on sites to manage the invasive species, monitor the native vegetation, anticipate future issues with a site, find interesting and rare species, admire the local fauna, and keep learning every day. His excitement for land stewardship and environmental work stems from his love of the outdoors, carpentry, and more recently spoon carving.
Cole Vincel, Seasonal Field Technician
Cole is a season field technician with Wild Ginger Field Services since May 2019. As a current Turfgrass Management student at Virginia Tech he is an intelligent, inquiring person to have on any site. He brings his outdoor skills from his time as an eagle scout and a thorough knowledge of equipment operations, from chainsaws and weed whackers, to tractors and excavators. Cole is also a licenced pesticide technician.
Heather Eggleston, Field Services Specialist
Heather conducts field services, enters data, and innovates tools for field monitoring. She earned a BS in Environmental Sciences from University of North Carolina, Asheville. She presented her published research on the Liana Distribution Along an Elevational Gradient in Western North Carolina at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Heather first became interested in field work while gathering data to monitor the affects of land management on stream and riparian habitats of Pacific Anadromous Fish and Inland Fish for the PACFISH/INFISH Biological Opinion Monitoring Program (PIBO) in Idaho. She enjoyed two field seasons monitoring stream and wetland restoration in Virginia with Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund at the The Nature Conservancy. A third monitoring field season for The Nature Conservancy was spent on the Eastern Shore of Virginia monitoring oyster restoration.
Steven Beaty, Invertebrate Taxonomist
Steve is an aquatic biologist with over 15 years of research in streams ecosystems and taxonomic experience with stream macroinvertebrates. His primary taxonomic focus is on eastern North American fauna, particularly Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Chironomidae. In addition to those groups Steve has extensive experience with all other freshwater macroinvertebrate groups including Odonata, Coleoptera, Oligochaeta and freshwater Mollusca and Gastropoda. His extensive experience includes research on invasive freshwater species, sediment effects on macrobenthos, benthic macroinvertebrate resource heterogeneity in arctic lakes, insect rearing, and fish and mussel surveys. He received his MSC in Aquatic Ecology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Steve currently keeps his feet wet by conducting stream bioassessments for North Carolina Division of Water Quality.
Andrew Henry, GIS Analyst
