Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda/Materials 109R and 131 Clark Lane Exhibit List (linked)

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Planning & Development
Town of Waterford, CT
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Curriculum vitae
Sigrun N. Gadwa, MS, PWS
Ecologist/Botanist/Wetland Scientist
MS., Plant Ecology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1997.
B.A., Biology, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1975.
Continuing Education
16 credit hours in Soil Science and Geology, 1993 — 2001
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Graduate course in Phycology, Pan American University, Brownsville,
Texas, 1982
Arboriculture course, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT, 1984
Five Plant Pathology courses, Cook College, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, N. J. 1978 - 1979
CT DEEP training workshop Series: Rapid Bioassessment
Techniques, & Stream Ecology Workshops. Bethany.1996 & 7.
Riparian Buffer Function, Performance & Limitations. Urban Riparian
Buffers Conference & Technical Training Session. April 1999.
Freshwater Mussel Workshop. New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Conservation. August 2004.
Sedimentation and Erosion Control Review Session. USDA Natural
Resource Conservation Service and CPESC (Certified Professionals
in Erosion Control), Concord, NH, September, 2001.
Moss Identification & Ecology, 1-week course; Eagle Hill Institute. 6-19.
Registered Soil Scientist,
Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England
Certified Professional Wetland Scientist
Society of Wetland Scientists
Organic Land Care Professional. NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming
Association)
As a plant ecologist Ms. Gadwa inventories, assesses, photographs, and
monitors ecological communities, often in support of open space
acquisition initiatives, including teaching local citizens & students about
the resources. She plans & guides control programs for invasive plants,
and searches for listed plant and turtle populations and assesses their
habitat. Botanical specialties include vascular plant identification and
winter botany. As a wetland scientist, she is experienced with delineation
of wetland and watercourse jurisdictional boundaries (CT and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers), planning wetland mitigation and restoration, third
party reviews of development projects, vernal pools studies, water quality
testing and data analysis, and in-stream bio-assessments.

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1987 to 1991
1974 to 1975
1968 to 1975
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
PUBLICATIONS:
Curriculum vitae: (continued)
Sigrun N. Gadwa, MS, PWS
Ecologist/Botanist/Wetland Scientist
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Univ. of Connecticut Department of Civil Engineering, Storrs, CT
Wetlands Researcher
Part of an interdisciplinary team, studying man-made replication wetlands
and natural reference wetlands. Took part in research design; collected
vegetation, soils, & hydrologic data; literature searches; data analysis.
Research used for wetlands mitigation-related manual for the Connecticut
Department of Transportation and for master’s thesis.
Brown University, Providence, RI
Teaching Assistant, Plant Systematics
Long Island Nature Conservancy, Stewardship Volunteer
Nature trail development & maintenance, botanical inventories, wrote
preserve descriptions & self-guided nature trail brochures.
Carya ES. clients have included Berlin Land Trust, Avalonia Land
Conservancy, Groton Open Space Association, Cardinal Engineering,
Joshua’s Trust, Wright-Pierce, RACE Coastal Engineering, and
Catherine Pratt dandiord of CT River shoreline property)
Connecticut Botanical Society (Board of Directors)
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG)
Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists
Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England
Connecticut Ornithological Society
Ecological Society of America
Native Plant Trust (PCV - Plant Conservation Volunteer Program)
Lefor, M.W. Barklay, JS. Cooke, R.S. Craig, S.N. Gadwa, T.S. Murray,
April 1990. Annotated Bibliography for Wetland Mitigation.
August 1990. Patterns of Herb Layer Species Association. In Lefor, M.W. et al
Wetland Mitigation: Interim Report No. CT-RD-JHR-90-8, TheTransportation
Institute, Storrs, Conn. 97 pp.
1994, Forests. In Chesanow et al. Trails. The Cheshire Land Trust and the
Cheshire Environment Commission, Cheshire, CT 96 pp.

WORKSHOPS &
CONFERENCES
Curriculum vitae: (continued)
Sigrun N. Gadwa, MS, PWS
Ecologist/Botanist/Wetland Scientist
PUBLICATIONS, cont. :
Fall 2005. 8S. N. Gadwa. Preliminary Assessment of the Habitat & Historic
Resources in North Cheshire, West of Route 10 & Recommended Protection
Measures, The Cheshire Land Trust & Habitat Workgroup of the Watershed
Partnership.
October 2011 S.N. Gadwa & G.T. Logan. The Scientific Basis for Wetland &
Watercourse Buffer Zones. 23 pp. White Paper. Rema Ecological Services, LLC.
Spring 2014. Sigrun N. Gadwa. The Invasive Threat to Connecticut’s Upland
Critical Habitats. 3pp. Connecticut Botanical Society Newsletter 41: 1.
Spring 2020. Sigrun N. Gadwa. Gabbro Habitats in Southeastern Connecticut.
Connecticut Botanical Society Newsletter 47: 1.
SA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Symposium, Blacksburg Virginia
Lessons for Mitigation Design from Shoreline Seedling Colonization (selected):
Patterns April 12-14. 2012. (Poster presentation based on MS thesis)
New England Invasive Plant Summit, Framingham Massachusetts: Wetlands
permitting — a potentially powerful tool to control invasive plants. September 19-
20. 2003. (Poster Presentation).
Environmentally Sensitive Development along the Ten Mile River. Riverside
Landscaping Conference. The Rivers Alliance of Connecticut. June 1998.
(Guest Lecturer)
Water Quality in the Quinnipiac River: A Symposium on the Impact of Non-Point
Source Pollution in the Quinnipiac River Watershed. November 1998.
(Presenter)
October, 2014. Documenting and Conserving Eastern Box Turtles in Central
Connecticut: 19 years of Citizen Monitoring. Berlin Land Trust and Nature
Center, Evening Membership Program. (Guest Lecturer)
2011 to 2119. For CT Botanical Society, have led 1-3 guided botany field trips
and/or field botany workshops each year.
October 2016 Sigrun Gadwa ,MS & Todd Mervosch PHD. Connecticut Invasive
Plant Working Group (CIPWG) Symposium, UConn College of Agriculture,
Health, & Natural Resources. Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort): Overlooked
Infiltrator of Meadow Habitats. (Poster Presentation).