Under Construction

Developing the AREAS OF PRACTICE is critical to our ability to provide for self regulation of a complex industry. The approach is to create a two tiered identification of the SCIENCE and avoid trying to categorize all the daily TASKS. The areas of practice do not extend into the human health fields. The DRAFT being considered includes the following areas which have been annotated with their included disciplines. Comments are welcome. Please e-mail them to the Executive Director.

AGRICULTURE & SILVACULTURE: Includes the disciplines of Range Management, Silvaculture, and Grove Management.

BIOLOGY: Includes the disciplines of Botany, Entomology, Forestry, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Landscape Architecture, Ornithology, Biological Remediation, Toxicology, Wildlife Science, and Zoology.

CHEMISTRY: Includes the disciplines of Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Health (Human), Chemical Remediation, Soil, Toxic Materials, and Water.

CONSTRUCTION: Includes the disciplines of Architecture, Asbestos, Structural Engineering (limited to Env Eng), Land Forming (ponds, beach nourishment, etc), Physical Remediation, and Site Planning.

GEOLOGY: Includes the disciplines of Ground water, Hydrogeology, Sedimentology, and Soils

MANAGEMENT, POLICY, & LAW: Includes the disciplines of Enforcement, Hazaardous Waste Management, General Management, Planning, Risk Assessment, Siting (Marinas, Airports, Highways, Pipelines), Law (Land Use, Regulations).

PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Includes the disciplines of Acoustics, Biometry, Hydrology, and Meteorology.

SYSTEMS: This area is intended to be for those practicing in the general field of Ecology or in systems requiring knowledge and experience in more than one of the above areas. As an example, an ecologist must understand the physics, chemistry, and interactions as well as the biology. We are still sorting through this area to determine the disciplines.

SPECIAL NOTE: Nothing in the above shall limit the use of professionally prepared models or instrumentation but may affect the interpretation of the results of such models or instruments.