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najelinski@wisc.edu Nic is a Wisconsin native pursuing his masters degree in Land Resources with an emphasis in soil science. His research with Dr. Chris Kucharik and Dr. Joy Zedler involves assessing the effects of land management and vegetation changes on carbon stocks and fluxes in southern Wisconsin, with a particular focus on wetlands. A study site on the floodplain of the Crawfish River in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, has provided a unique opportunity to better understand the carbon dynamics of seasonally flooded systems. Nic is particularly interested in the ability of field studies to provide a sound footing for carbon trading markets, which estimate offsets resulting from improved management practices. His interests also include the genesis, delineation and biology of wetland soils. Nic received a B.S. in Botany and Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completing a senior thesis on the development of molecular markers to determine the European origins of Lythrum salicaria, an invasive North American wetland plant. He was also involved in a project that shed light on the population genetics of Croton alabamensis, a rare shrub that is found in only a handful of sites worldwide. Nic has been involved in land management in southern Wisconsin since 2002, working with the DNR State Natural Areas Program, Madison Audubon Society, and University of Wisconsin Arboretum. He has been with Riverland Conservancy - a non-profit land trust managing properties in Wisconsin and Iowa - since 2004, where he has planned and implemented prairie, savanna and wetland restoration efforts and conducted biological surveys. |
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