Eco Logic Staff

Spencer Goehl, Principal
Executive Director

Spencer Goehl was one of the founding members of Eco Logic, LLC in 1999. He began his career in the green industry over 15 years ago as an I.S.A Certified Arborist. His initial love of native trees and shrubs has turned into a career installing and managing native plant communities. He has designed and managed numerous public works projects utilizing native plants as well as numerous government and private projects involving invasive plant management.

Mr. Goehl played an instrumental role in guiding the ecological restoration of the Marian College Eco Lab's wetland and forest communities from 2002 to 2006. He has also worked closely with Indy Parks providing invasive plant management services for their forests, prairies, wetlands, and stream channels from 2002 to the present. Mr. Goehl is very focused on finding new and innovative ways to use native plants in the landscape and to control invasive plant species with the lightest footprint possible.

Joachim Behrman, Principal
Director of Ecological Restoration Services

Joachim (Jon) Behrman was one of the founding members of Eco Logic, LLC in 1999. Early in his career, Jon worked with Mark Adams at Arbor Care as an arborist. Jon holds both a Category 3A and 6 pesticide applicator's license. He has overseen the successful completion of a number of invasive management projects in a variety of habitats around the state. These projects include selectively treating woody invasives in sensitive habitats such as; sedge meadows, emergent marshes, and prairie communities to the long term treatment of species such as vinca, kudzu, and tree of heaven on state nature preserves.

Recently, working with the Nature Conservancy, he led a field crew in a native cane restoration project at the Wabash and Ohio River confluence. A dedicated individual to the conservation of healthy ecosystems, Jon was honored as the 2000 Volunteer of the Year by the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and continues to volunteer today in resource management and environmental education.

Richard Ciasto, Principal
Director of Operations

In 1999, Richard Ciasto was one of three founding members of Eco Logic LLC.
As Eco Logic's Director of Operations he is responsible for day to day project management, maintenance, and human resource management. He has provided project management for a variety of ecological restoration projects on many of Indiana's state dedicated nature preserves including dune and swale, oak savannah, wet prairie, and woodland habitats. His unique approach to large scale invasive species removal is accomplished with minimal disturbance to the native vegetation. This has allowed Eco Logic to provide their clients with cost effective management and control options to accomplish their restoration goals.

His 15 years of experience operating a wide variety of equipment facilitates Eco Logic's successful completion of many challenging projects from large biomass removal (Baseline Barrens Nature Preserve in Washington County for the Indiana Department of Nature Preserves) to delicate stream bank stabilization(Crooked Creek in Indianapolis for Cold Spring School).

Tammy Behrman
Environmental Education Specialist

Tammy graduated from Indiana University in 1996 with her bachelor of science in Biology. Early in her career, Tammy designed and provided environmental public programming while working for McCormick's Creek State Park as an Interpretive Naturalist. She has been involved with Eco Logic in a variety of ways since its inception in 1999. Tammy manages company finances, payroll, and taxes. She also provides expert knowledge for floristic and fauna inventories.

Recently Tammy was able to add Eco Logic to the list of INDOT prequalified contractors. Currenty Tammy is working on educational materials to illustrate the restoration work that has been completed at Cold Spring School in Indianapolis.

Bradley Weigel
Ecological Restoration Supervisor

Brad Weigel is a very talented member of the Eco Logic team. He has extensive restoration experience beginning with his work for The Nature Conservancy working on the Kankakee Sands wetland-prairie restoration of over 7,000 acres. Brad also worked as an ecological restoration steward for NICHES Land Trust where he focused on the Savanna's of the northwest part of the state. Brad's botany and birding skills are excellent and he is always focused on the conservation goals of each project.

Brad has completed a two year project for the Division of Nature Preserves eradicating stands of Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea from Suman Fen Nature Preserve in Porter County. He has also worked on over 30 individual sites eradicating Kudzu Pueraria labata from central and southern Indiana for the Department of Natural Resources. Brad has a bachelor of science in Natural Resources from Indiana University.

Rachel Powers
GIS Specialist/Restoration Ecologist

As Eco Logic's GIS Specialist and Restoration Ecologist, Rachel is responsible for a number of projects that are interconnected with invasive species management, native plant installment, and environmental consulting services. Her duties include collecting GPS data on site and using GIS software to conduct analyses and create maps. For Eco Logic's long term invasive species treatment sites, Rachel compiles baseline and subsequent data to track treatment methods, areas treated, and species treated to improve the effectiveness of future management efforts.
Past projects include the mapping of native plant communities and invasive species at McCloud Park in Hendricks County and compiling GPS/GIS data for invasive species treatments performed for Indy Parks. While working at Eco Logic, Rachel has assisted in the completion of both stream and wetland monitoring projects.
Rachel's strong background in ecology and natural resource management, as well as her knowledge of state of the art technology, enables her to combine today's technology with the best management practices in restoration ecology. She holds a master's in Environmental Science and a master's in Public Affairs from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a bachelor of science in Biology and Environmental Studies from Ohio Northern University.

Phillip Oser
Ecological Restoration Supervisor

For Eco Logic, Phil has completed wetland management projects for Rumpke in Jackson County and for the Trails of Hayden Run subdivision in Zionsville. He is the project manager for a woodland and stream restoration at Cold Spring School in Indianapolis. Phil's passion for the environment, strong organization skills, and attention to detail make him a superb project manager.