Wild Ginger Field Services
Phone: +1-708-704-7162
Email: nmcgoff@wildgingerfieldservices.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 Professional Wetland Scientist and 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.   

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.

Andrew Henry, GIS Analyst

Andrew has an in depth knowledge of ArcMap and extensions, particularly Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst and Spatial Statistics Tools. He has ample experience developing data analysis solutions, methodologies and databases for specific research projects, and developing and documenting standards for data analysis and management. His research experience includes the National Monuments database for the Department of the Environment in Ireland; the VISQUE project for the North Atlantic Biocultural Organization; and an EPA funded diatom database in Sweden. Most recently Andrew has worked as a GIS Analyst on the European Union funded WISER project at the Institution for Water and the Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He attained his MSC in Geographical Information Science at the University of Edinburgh. His thesis work examined the potential of extending the capabilities of contemporary 3D geobrowsers for use in bespoke Internet GIS.