Who We Are

Richard Eagle

Mr. Eagle has over 40 years experience in hydrologic field study. Mr. Eagle was a Hydrologic Technician with the USGS for nearly 30 years, measuring and evaluating surface and groundwater conditions throughout Michigan. Mr. Eagle has a thorough knowledge of the application of hydrologic theory to field data collection and instrument installations. Adding to his wealth of hydrologic experience, Mr. Eagle is a well-qualified civil engineering technician. He has been responsible for the inspection and testing of a variety of infrastructure projects such as water line, sanitary and storm sewer, and road work installations.

Kari Paulson

During her fifteen years in the natural resources field, Ms. Paulson has focused her work on issues of hydrology and landscape processes, with particular emphasis on evaluating land use impacts on watershed processes in small and large-scale watersheds and the design and implementation of watershed restoration projects as they relate to salmonid habitat. She has worked closely with policy makers and scientists from all levels of government (city, county, state and federal), as well as those working with industry (logging, mining and power companies), Indian tribes and environmental groups. An example of this work includes her role as the lead geomorphologist on an interdisciplinary team of scientists who completed an Environmental Impact Statement for the Washington Department of Natural Resources that evaluated how proposed changes in forest practice rules might affect channel stability and fisheries habitat. Ms. Paulson is a licensed engineering geologist in the state of Washington, received her BA in geology from Carleton College and a MS in forest hydrology at the University of Washington.

Tsolmongerel Papilloud

Ms. Papilloud is an analytical professional with a strong scientific educational background complemented by seven years of work experience in geographic information systems and remote sensing. Her formal training includes a BS in applied mathematics, an MS in geoinformatics from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands and post-graduate coursework on remote sensing. Ms. Papilloud has assisted with large-scale geological mapping projects and is proficient in the design and construction of geospatial databases. She has expertise in digital terrain modeling, spatial analysis and technical problem solving on ArcSDE server for SQL server and Oracle. Her work experience also includes project development in building a national geospatial database for natural resources in Mongolia.

Peter Sabee

Mr. Sabee has worked as an environmental scientist since 1985. His principle areas of expertise include environmental assessments, wetland science, baseline environmental studies and management of technical projects involving regulatory compliance. He has managed all aspects of contaminated site investigations and response actions and has conducted Phase I and II assessments throughout the United States. He has considerable experience helping clients with waste site liability management and cost containment, as well as assisting clients with achieving compliance with state and federal regulations. As President of North Jackson Company, Peter's duties also include contract management, supervising personnel, implementation of quality control protocols, and business and leadership development.

Curt Sheffield

Mr. Sheffield has over 10 years of experience in the environmental field. Prior to joining North Jackson Company, he worked on the sea lamprey control program for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As a biological technician, he performed backpack electro-shocking assessments to determine larval sea lamprey densities in streams throughout the Great Lakes. Mr. Sheffield also led an effort to map bottom substrates at the mouth of large streams in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to his aquatic background, Mr. Sheffield also has diverse experience with wildlife. His experience includes leading Kirtland's warbler tours for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, nuisance black bear trapping and relocating with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and conducting frog and toad surveys. Mr. Sheffield also spent several years working for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. rearing pheasants. Mr. Sheffield has a B.S. degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management from Lake Superior State University. He joined North Jackson Company in 2008.

Kamran Syed, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Syed received his Ph.D. in Hydrology from the University of Arizona, following years of work as a civil engineer on large-scale agricultural irrigation projects in Pakistan. Since completion of his Ph.D. work, he has practiced as a surface water hydrologist for over 8 years in the field of watershed modeling, topological control of watersheds and ecosystem processes. He has expertise in physically based deterministic watershed modeling at various levels of detail, atmospheric water balance, and modeling of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions. Prior to joining North Jackson Company, Dr. Syed conducted studies at various levels of watershed scale and modeling complexity in a variety of experimental watersheds in the United States and Canada with differing modeling objectives. Much of his work has been multi-disciplinary in nature involving links to hydrologic and global water balance modeling, ecosystem physiology and use of global atmospheric remote-sensing data sets to study global climate change.

Daniel Wiitala, P.G.

Mr. Wiitala has been in the field of hydrogeological consulting since 1989. His principal areas of experience are hydrogeological assessments of wetlands, groundwater-surface water interaction in watersheds, and legacy mining remediation projects. Mr. Wiitala has additional expertise conducting evaluations of hydrologic issues associated with water supply systems, groundwater contaminant plume migration and remediation. Mr. Wiitala routinely manages all aspects of technical assessments of risks associated with groundwater contaminant plumes, designs site corrective actions and closures in consultation with regulatory agencies, and provides expert witness evaluation in environmental law case litigation. Mr. Wiitala received a BS in geology from the University of Michigan and a MS in geosciences from the University of Wisconsin and is a liscensed professional geologist. Mr. Wiitala is a cofounder of North Jackson Company and his duties also include business development and company financial oversight.