Eric T. Plankell, M.S., P.G.

Assistant Geologist
Wetlands Geology Section
Transportation and Environment Center

Phone: 217-265-8029 • Fax: 217-265-8214
E-mail: plankell@isgs.illinois.edu

Wetlands Geology Staff Page

Major Responsibilities

• Manage wetland mitigation sites for the Illinois Department of Transportation
• Provide field support for Wetlands Geology Section through the collection of water-leveldata, the installation, surveying, and maintenance of monitoring wells and data-logging instruments, and data processing

Current Research Projects

• Primary Site Manager: Buckhart, Sangamon Co., Illinois
• Primary Site Manager: Freeport Bypass West, Site 6W, Stephenson Co., Illinois
• Primary Site Manager: Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve, Winnebago co., Illinois
• Secondary Site Manager: Green Creek, Effingham Co., Illinois

Selected Publications

Frankie, W.T., Miner, J.J., Benton, S.E., Pociask, G.E., Plankell, E.T., Stumpf, A.J., and Jacobson, R.J. (2007). Guide to the geology of Moraine Hills and Volo Bog area, McHenry County, Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey Geological Science Field Trip Guidebook 2007A, Champaign, IL, 52 pp.

Plankell, E.T. and K.D. Weaver-Miner, 2007, Level II Hydrogeologic Characterization Report: Potential Wetland Compensation Site 6W, West Freeport Bypass, Stephenson County, Illinois (Federal Aid Project 301, Sequence Number 10487): Submitted Under Contract Number IDOT SW PESA WIP B FY07 to Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 2007-01, Champaign, Illinois, 49 p.

Fucciolo, Christine S., S. E. Benton, K. W. Carr, C. W. Knight, J. J. Miner, E. T. Plankell, G. E. Pociask, and B. J. R. Sperling, 2006, Annual Report for Active Wetland Compensation and Hydrologic Monitoring Sites, September 1, 2005 to September 1, 2006: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 200604, Champaign, IL, 206 p.

Christine S. Fucciolo, S. E. Benton, K. W. Carr, M. V. Miller, J. J. Miner, E. T. Plankell, G. E. Pociask, B. J. Robinson, G. A. Shofner, K. D. Weaver , (2005), Annual Report for Active Wetland Compensation and Hydrologic Monitoring Sites, September 1,2004 to September 1, 2005: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 2005-14, Champaign, Illinois, 228 p.

Plankell, Eric T., Shofner, G.A, Carr, K.W., Pociask, G.E., and Fucciolo, C.S. (2005). Initial Site Evaluation: Green Creek Property - Proposed Wetland Compensation Site, Effingham County (BDE Sequence No. 12505). Wetlands Geology Section, Illinois State Geological Survey unpublished contract report to the Illinois Department of Transportation, Champaign, Illinois, 27 p.

Fucciolo, C.S., Benton, S.E., Carr, K.W., Miller, M.V., Miner, J.J., Plankell, E.T., Pociask, G.E., Robinson, B.J., Shofner, G.A., and Weaver, K.D. (2004). Annual report for active wetland compensation and hydrologic monitoring sites, September 1, 2003 to September 1, 2004: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 2004-17, Champaign, IL, 279 p.

Benton, Steven E., Shofner, Greg, and Plankell, Eric, (2004), Initial Site Evaluation, Proposed Wetland Compensation Site in Clay County, Illinois, Kim/Lou Road Site, unpublished contract report, Illinois State Geological Survey, 19 pp.

K.W. Carr, S.E. Benton, K.D. Weaver, G.A. Shofner, E.T. Plankell, (2004), Proposed Wetland Compensation Site near Bone Gap, Edwards and Wabash Counties, IL (Steckler Property: U.S. 45, FAP 328): Illinois State Geological Survey unpublished contract report to the Illinois Department of Transportation, Champaign, Illinois, 27 p. Submitted to IDOT on 4/21/04.

Plankell, Eric T. 2001. The origin of small-scale surficial folds and faults in northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. Masters Thesis, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 163 pages.

Plankell, Eric T. 1999. Neotectonic(?) Structures in the Southern Lake Erie Region. In: Abstracts with Programs, North-Central Section Geological Society of America Meeting, Vol. 31, No. 5, April 1999.

Professional Affiliations

Society of Wetland Scientists, since 2004

Additional ISGS Activities

• 2008 Open House Committee
• Kids Fossil Dig, manager

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