Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program WE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFYING PROFESSIONAL WETLAND SCIENTISTS SINCE 1994
Please join us in thanking the candidates for their participation in this year's election and in extending congratulations to our newly-elected Board member, John Lowenthal, for the President-Elect position.
Also a special thanks to the Nominating Committee Chair, Bill Kirchner, and the members of the Nominating Committee for their dedication and contribution to this important process.
SWSPCP welcomes John to the President-Elect Position. He currently resides on the Society of Wetland Scientist, PWS Certification Review Panel. He joined SWS around 1991 and was certified as a PWS in 1995.
John is a senior biologist with 30 years' experience managing environmental projects with complex wetland issues including hundreds of confirmed wetland delineations, over a hundred Section 404, Section 10, and Section 408 wetland permits, detailed mitigation studies including: site searches, feasibility studies, site designs including grading and planting, construction management, and post construction monitoring.
John also currently sits on the EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Subcommittee. Mr Lowenthal has also conducted long term research following 5 case studies dating back to 1993 where wetlands were designed/used to treat stormwater runoff while also providing wetland mitigation.
John is very knowledgeable of the new EPA mandated Chesapeake Bay TMDL programs. He is assisting municipalities and federal facilities in developing stormwater programs to bring their areas into compliance.