Professional Specialties:
Wetland Assessment and Delineation, Permitting and Mitigation, Restoration, Enhancement; Prairie Restoration; Biological Assessment for Threatened and Endangered Floral Species; Botanist

Office Address:
Northrup Associates, Inc.
9328 Westview, Suite 100
Houston, Texas  77055
713-461-3489 phone, 713-463-5039 fax, mknorthrup@nai-enviroplan.com

Education:
M.Ag., Natural Resources Development, Texas A & M University, 1989 (1993);
B.S., Animal Science, (18 hrs Horticulture) Sam Houston State University, 1976 (Summa Cum Laude); B.A., University of Houston, 1972; College courses, through graduate level include 58 hrs in biological sciences; American Flyers, Inc., Instrument Flight Instructor, Instrument and Advance Ground School Instructor, 1966; on-going CE courses in varying fields.

Professional Experience Pertinent to Wetlands and Grasslands:
Katie Northrup, Senior Vice President, Professional Geoscientist, and Professional Wetland Scientist, shares partnership with her husband, Tom, in Northrup Associates, Inc., a broad based  land planning and environmental firm specializing in problem solving while serving a diverse spectrum of clientele in both public and private sectors since the early 1980s. Katie’s training and experience covers a diverse range of agricultural and environmental skills including an extensive background in applied agricultural sciences with a particular emphasis on plant ecology and identification, and ecological site concepts as related to defining and characterizing wetlands and rangelands/prairies throughout the southeastern, central, and western United States, Costa Rica, Kenya, and southern, central, and northern China.  Katie has been a Soil Conservation Service Earthteam Volunteer since 1991.

Provided below is a brief overview of types of projects depicting range of experience and capabilities.
• San Jacinto Battleground Master Plan - 1000 acres – Designed plan for restoration of native prairie to 1836 composition
• Historic Wyoming Ranch - 100,000 acres - Feasibility study for partitioning; assessment of issues involving preservation of wildlife habitat and other sensitive areas including wetlands
• U.S. Forest Service - 30,000 acres within Cimarron National Grassland and historic preserve - Biological evaluation/environmental assessment for wetlands and threatened and endangered species. Morton County, Kansas
• National Park Service – Specialist in preparation of multiple environmental assessments within sensitive areas of Big Thicket National Preserve and Lake Meredith National Recreation Area; avoidance of impacts to wetlands and other natural areas; development of acceptable mitigation plans; preservation of the wild scenic areas within the Preserve and National Monument
• Houston National Cemetery - Consulting specialist for wetland design, plant selection, and construction of mitigation wetlands as amenity features and for water quality control
• Fort Sill National Cemetery - Consulting wetland specialist for the National Military Reservation and Veterans Administration, Oklahoma
• Carson Tonight Productions - Consulting wetland specialist for Carson holdings in Harris County, Texas
• The Fondren Interests - Consulting specialist for wetland assessment, delineation, avoidance and preservation; and threatened and endangered species surveys on multiple developments within Gulf Coastal Prairies region, eighteen years.
• Waste Management of Texas, LLC - Consulting specialist for wetlands and threatened and endangered species on numerous Texas locations; permitting, mitigation, planning and design
• Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. – Consulting specialist for wetlands and threatened and endangered species on multiple locations; permitting, mitigation planning and design
• Hallett Materials, Texas Division - Consulting wetland specialist including mitigation design and permitting for the Texas Division for a major sand and gravel operation; fifteen years
• Oil and Gas Interests - Consulting wetland specialist for 50-plus energy companies within five states, representing several major companies approaching fifteen years.  Specialty, wetland avoidance, permitting when necessary.

Professional Affiliations:
State of Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, Soil Science, No. 1215
Society of Wetland Scientists (Professional Wetland Scientist)
Society for Range Management
Society for Ecological Restoration
Society for Conservation Biology

Appointments and Honors:
San Jacinto Battleground Master Plan - Selected as the prairie and wetland specialist for the team of consultants selected through national competition to design and prepare a master plan for the redevelopment of the San Jacinto Battleground. My participation included design of the plan for the restoration of the native prairie to 1836 species composition.

International Soil Conference on Aquic Conditions -The guest wetland consultant invited to travel with international soil specialists and USDA representatives at the national level to participate in the Soil Conservation Service’s ISCOM VIII  meeting of the Agency for International Development to discuss various issues and answer questions relative to the use of soil surveys in wetland delineation and mapping.  

Camptotheca acuminata Decaisne (Nyssaceae) – Selected as the wetland ecologist to travel many weeks in the search throughout various areas of extreme southern and central China to collect seeds for research from the remaining pure stands of the Camptotheca tree recognized for anti-cancer and anti-viral properties.   The results of these efforts include the discovery of an additional Camptotheca species; placement of the tree species on the Endangered List; development of a new species, Camptotheca lowreyana from which the variety “Katie” was developed (possessing multiple times the curative agent); my invitation to present these findings to various ethnobotanical researchers including those at Harvard University; development of a private stand of the species at my farm; introduction of the species into various locations to research the tree’s adaptive capabilities (edaphic, hydrologic, etc.).

Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW - Invitational trip to spend a week touring various wetlands and grasslands with the premier agrostoloigst (Old World Grasses) and the invitation from him to return to the KEW to work in grass research should I so desire.

Wetlands- Recognition, Delineation, Construction, and Preservation - Presentations on various combinations of the above topics to multiple organizations including, but not limited to, the Texas State Association of Professional Landmen; Texas State Association of Registered Professional Surveyors; wetland conference at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (Keynote speaker); Native Plant Society of Texas; and the Horticultural and Plant Research Department at Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China.