Karen Cameron Howell
EDUCATION
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
M.S., Plant Science (Entomology), 1982
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S., Soil and Crop Science, 1978
PROFILE
- Wetland Specialists, Inc., President
- District Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Great Plains Region NRCS representative for the National Wetland Plant List (USACE)
- Member of the Wetland Determination cadre at the Fort Worth, TX National Employee Development Center
- USDA-NRCS Resource Conservationist for Wetlands
- Brookings Conservation District – Rural Clean Water Program (USDA – NRCS)
COURSEWORK
- Wetland Plan ID
- NRCS Hydrogeomorphic models, Hydric Soils Identification
- Interagency Wetland Identification and Delineation
- Water Quality Resource Assessment
- University of Minnesota and USACE St. Paul District’s “Secrets to Wetland Delineation Concurrence” course
- University of Minnesota and St. Paul District COE’s Aerial Photo Review
- Various courses with USDA – NRCS including: Phase 1 and 2 Wetland Delineation,
Wetland Restoration and Enhancement of Potholes
ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
- Society of Wetland Scientists
- Professional Soil Scientist Association of South Dakota
- 1996 Water Conservationist of the Year
- Certified instructor for Preliminary Data Gathering & Synthesis portion of the COE Region IV Wetland ID and Delineation interagency course
