The Ecobot Podcast
Welcome to the Ecobot Podcast, where the Ecobot team shares information on how technology plays an increasingly important role in wetland science. If you don’t know about Ecobot, it’s the first software to bring true efficiency and accuracy to wetland scientists in environmental science, natural resources management, conservation planning, engineering and planning firms serving state and federal DOT, construction, mitigation banking, and oil and gas companies. In this series, you’ll hear from host Jeremy Schewe, Chief Scientific Officer and Cofounder at Ecobot, along with an incredible cast of scientists,professors and policymakers, as they share their expertise on wet...
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Like The Ecobot Podcast? Well, you'll love Ecobite! On this new show, Ecobots' Cameron Davis and Liv Haney will dive into environmental industry topics. They'll talk with scientists, policy influencers and ecological experts about their work and how they influence the environmental industry, and the first episode has been released today!
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Q&A: Conducting Hyper-Efficient Wetland Delineations
Today, we unpack episode 19 on preferred new Wetland Data Ecosystem workflows for delineations and assessments, Wetland prediction models, GNSS receivers, field data collection, field mapping, and GIS post processing. Last week's guests stick around for a Q&A - Erica Pergande from SEH, Inc., Chris Fleming from BDY Environmental, and Jennifer Herrera from ESE Partners.
More from host Jeremy Schewe (Ecobot):
As an ecologist conducting wetlands delineations, threatened & endangered species surveys, and baseline ecological inventories for over 18 years around the world, I have been able to avoid the rise of tech for many years more than p...
Conducting Hyper-Efficient Wetland Delineations
Today, we dive deep into some of the preferred new Wetland Data Ecosystem workflows for delineations and assessments, Wetland prediction models, GNSS receivers, field data collection, field mapping, and GIS post processing. Today's guests are Erica Pergande from SEH, Inc., Chris Fleming from BDY Environmental, and Jennifer Herrera from ESE Partners.
More from host Jeremy Schewe (Ecobot):
As an ecologist conducting wetlands delineations, threatened & endangered species surveys, and baseline ecological inventories for over 18 years around the world, I have been able to avoid the rise of tech for many years more than people in most other p...
Q&A: Mapping & Monitoring Wetlands w/Drones
In this episode, we follow up on last week's conversation about how drones and apps can help narrow the scope of fieldwork efforts and reduce cost of regulatory wetland delineations.
Moderators:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Cofounder & Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Daniel Martin, Consultant/Project Manager, Esri
Panelists:
Ryan Gay, Environmental Consultant, Whitenton Group Environmental Consultants
Bill VanSickle, St. Johns River Water Management District
Jeremiah Johnson, Drone Technology Evangelist, Esri
Caitlin Burke, Environmental Consultant, GHA
Marinus Boon, Sr. Remote Sensing Scientist & Wetland Specialist, Pattle Delamore Partners
The Ecobot P...
Mapping & Monitoring Wetlands w/Drones
In this episode co-hosted with Esri, we will introduce several case studies showcasing the integration of drone deployment with powerful GIS and field applications software. Advancements in the ever-evolving wetland science and technology ecosystem are creating massive levels of efficiency in wetland mapping and monitoring. Additionally, learn about how drones and apps can help narrow the scope of fieldwork efforts and reduce cost of regulatory wetland delineations.
Moderators:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Cofounder & Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Daniel Martin, Consultant/Project Manager, Esri
Panelists:
Ryan Gay, Environmental Consultant, Whitenton Group Environmental Consultants
Bil...
Q&A: Future of Wetland Mitigation Banking
In this episode, we follow up on last week's conversation around the current state of affairs around wetland mitigation banking and respective policy with bankers, consultants, and policy makers. We also introduce how some bankers, regulators, and consultants are leveraging technology to reduce risk and increase resiliency in due diligence planning, bank design, implementation, and monitoring.
Moderators:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Daniel Martin, Consultant/Project Manager, Esri
Presenters & Panelists:
Drew Haley, Director of Operations, Mitigation Resources of North America
Victoria Colangelo, CEO, The Mitigation Banking Group, Inc.
S...
Future of Wetland Mitigation Banking
In this podcast we dive into the current state of affairs around wetland mitigation banking and respective policy with bankers, consultants, and policy makers. We also introduce how some bankers, regulators, and consultants are leveraging technology to reduce risk and increase resiliency in due diligence planning, bank design, implementation, and monitoring.
Moderators:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Daniel Martin, Consultant/Project Manager, Esri
Presenters & Panelists:
Drew Haley, Director of Operations, Mitigation Resources of North America
Victoria Colangelo, CEO, The Mitigation Banking Group, Inc.
Susan-Marie Stedman, MS, Wetland Scientist/P...
Q&A: New Tools to De-risk & Speed Projects
Today we follow up from episode 13, with Q&A on how wetland managers and scientists are utilizing GIS tools and field applications to monitor and delineate wetlands more efficiently.
Host:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Presenters & Panelists:
Doug Morgenthaler, Program Manager, Esri
Kelly Gonzales Brezovar, PWS, Team Lead + Senior Environmental Scientist, Hollaway Environmental
Ally Altemose, PWS, Director of Environmental Services, Hollaway Environmental
Kasey Clarke, Environmental Scientist, Hollaway Environmental
Christopher Garza, GIS Specialist & Environmental Scientist, Hollaway Environmental
Topics:
GIS and field apps for wetland delineations, a...
New Tools to De-risk & Speed Projects
In this podcast we explore how wetland managers and scientists are utilizing GIS tools and field applications to monitor and delineate wetlands more efficiently. We take a look at how consulting companies prepare their GIS basemaps in ArcGIS, collects their wetland and geospatial data in Ecobot, and then create a final map and report to submit to the US Army Corps of Engineers for a JD. Also, we learn about the exciting workflow enhancement of wetland geospatial data between the field and office in ArcGIS Field Maps.
Host:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Q&A: Tools and Data for Mapping Wetlands
Today we follow up from episode 11, with Q&A on how wetland managers and scientists are utilizing and accessing GIS tools and data sets to predict, model, monitor, and delineate wetlands. We will take a look in the Arc Hydro toolbox at the Hydroperiod tool, as well as see how scientists are using the new US Army Corps of Engineers Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT) to simplify project area rainfall analysis.
Host:
Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Cofounder & Chief Scientific Officer, Ecobot
Panelists:
Sandra Fox, MS, GISP Sr. Project Manager, St. Johns River Water Management District
