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Name	Mark S. McClain
NSCSS Member	Since 1990
Degrees	B.S. Biology (Botany/Plant Ecology), Ball State University (1979)
	M.S. Natural Resources Environmental Management, Ball State University (1985)
	M. S. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Environmental Chemistry & Phytoremediation Engineering), Purdue University (2005)
	Ph.D. (ABD) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Purdue University
Licenses	RPSS-IN (#79), PSS-MN (#40250), PSC-MS (#53), PSC-SC (#67), PSC-AL (#91)
Registrations	RPSS (#022)
Certifications	CPSSc, CPSC, CPESC, PWS, CEI; CPSC-IL; CPSC-IN
Consulting Practice	Since 1986: Soil Horizons, Inc. (Lafayette, IN): 1986-2006; MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (Kennesaw, GA): 2006-2007; and Ecology Group Manager, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (Smyrna, GA): 2007- Present
Business
Location	Smyrna, GA

Other Memberships: Agronomy Society of America, Ducks Unlimited, Society of Wetland Scientists, Soil Science Society of America

Mark served as NSCSS President in 1996. Mark served on the Council of Soil Science Examiners from before its inception, when it was a SSSA committee, through 2003.

In 1986, Mark founded Soil Horizons, Inc., (Lafayette, IN) a soil and environmental consulting firm that provided services in on-site soil and environmental investigations, wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and litigation consulting/expert witness testimony. Clients included private landowners and homeowners, engineers and surveyors, developers, small businesses, and government agencies.

Before starting Soil Horizons, Inc., Mark was as an assistant professor at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, teaching in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management. Mark taught both graduate and undergraduate students. While at Ball State, Mark taught introductory soil science; soil genesis, classification, and interpretation; soil fertility and fertilizers; soil conservation and management; introductory natural resources/environmental science; practicum (internship) in natural resources; and special studies in natural resources. Mark also taught introductory soil science, forest soils, and a soil fertility lab at Purdue University.

Mark was a contract consultant for USDA-NRCS, making farmed wetlands determinations/delineations in Indiana, and also worked on the USDA-NRCS National Cooperative Soil Survey in the state on several soil surveys. The soil survey program was a cooperative effort between the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service, to produce soil survey maps and reports (used by farmers, land use planners, engineers, and others who need information about soil resources). Mark also worked for the USDA-ASCS, which is presently the USDA-Farm Services Agency.

Mark is married with three adult children, two of whom are married, and he has three miniature dachshunds!

The following presentation is available in the link below:

McClain, Mark S., Laurel Mueller, Edward P. Small, Philip Scoles, Pierre Bordenave, Sidney Davis, Paul Brandt, and Donald W. Owens. 2006. Diversity of Practice by Consulting Soil Scientists from the National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc. [Oral paper presented by Mark S. McClain]. Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America, November 12-16, 2006 (Indianapolis, IN).

Diversity of Practice.pdf