Nick Fuller

Stewardship Manager

815.495.2300 ext. 111
m: 815-355-0289

Nick entered the field of restoration ecology in 1999 and joined Pizzo & Associates, Ltd. in 2004. He has experience in restoration ecology and professional prescribed fire. His responsibilities include stewardship scheduling, stewardship personnel training, and acting as burn leader. He manages the stewardship of over 100 natural area projects annually including invasive species control techniques based on plant life cycles and growing season, using prescribed fire as a maintenance tool, and increasing species diversity. He manages and oversees up to 21 employees daily and organizes both personnel and equipment for timely completion of the company’s stewardship workload. Nick is also responsible for regular communication with clients and/or project contacts, communicating schedule and planned activities for the site.

Education:

  • Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
    • Bachelor of Science (2001)
    • Major in Geography with emphasis in Natural Environmental Systems

Professional Memberships:

  • Illinois Native Plant Society
  • Plants of Concern
  • Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network

Professional Training:

  • Certified Pesticide Operator/Applicator (Illinois, 2004)
  • S-130 Basic Firefighter Training (2004)
  • S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (2004)
  • I-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I.C.S. (2004)
  • S-131 Firefighter Type 1 (2005)
  • S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (2006)
  • S-230 Single Resource Boss (2007)
  • Army Corps of Engineers 32-hour Wetland Delineation Training (2006)
  • ILCA Pruning Class (2006)
  • Spring Field Ecology (2007)
  • Summer Field Ecology (2007)
  • Introduction to Grass Identification (2007)
  • Spring Woodland Plant Identification Training (2007)
  • Commercial Drivers License – Class A
Nick Fuller