Welcome to Oikos Ecology LLC
Ecological planning, ecological design, ecosystem restoration, environmental compliance
A registered Pennsylvania Benefit Corporation
Oikos Ecology is…
Tim Nuttle, Phd, CSE, CWB
Tim is a systems ecologist with over 28 years of experience in ecology of wetlands, streams, and forests, restoration ecology, green infrastructure, ecological planning, ecological modeling, and statistical analysis. Tim is particularly interested in understanding and managing the functions of complex, species rich ecological systems, how these respond to human-caused environmental changes, and how they can be restored and managed to better meet society’s or landowners’ goals for them.
Tim enjoys collaborating with engineers, planners, architects, landscape architects, and other ecologists and environmental scientists to create imaginative project solutions that meet the client’s goals.
Oikos + Logia = Ecology
Oikos Ecology LLC takes our name from the Greek root of ecology itself.
The term ecology was coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel, a prominent zoologist at University of Jena in Germany (where I also conducted postdoctoral studies).
Οίκος (oikos) refers Greek “homestead” or “place to live”.
-λογία (-logia, from logos) means “explanation”.
Thus, ecology is the study of interrelationships of organisms and the places they live – their environment.
Thus Oikos is Ecology!