Nazdrowicz of Landmark Science & Engineering announces Bog Turtle Season 2023 is approaching!
Newark, DE — Amy Nazdrowicz, PWS, an environmental scientist and associate with Landmark Science & Engineering, is pleased to have been elected to join the Board of Directors of Delaware Real Estate Women (DREW).
Since 2007, DREW and its Board members have worked to build a professional community connecting women in Delaware's commercial real estate field to one another to help support, challenge and grow. With a goal of empowering women in the industry, they hope to encourage other women to enter the industry in one of its many fields relating to commercial real estate.
Nazdrowicz is a professional wetland scientist with an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in Environmental Science and Forest Biology from S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry. With over 19 years as an environmental scientist, Nazdrowicz has worked with many public- and private-sector clients to address land development and construction project challenges, often involving wetland mitigation and bog turtle investigations. Amy is a Qualified Bog Turtle Surveyor leading all phases of investigations in DE, PA and MD. She is an expert in wetland creation/mitigation design (including native plantings and monitoring the plant, wildlife and hydrologic conditions of mitigation wetlands), habitat assessments, and conducting Bog Turtle Investigations including construction monitoring and radio-telemetry studies.
Nazdrowicz is excited to increase her participation in the organization and says “DREW is a fantastic group of women that are making real differences in our community, both through the professional development opportunities afforded to its members and their philanthropic support of local women and girls’ charities. I look forward to working closely with the DREW Board and assisting in any way I can to achieve our goals.”
Don’t Let Your Project Get “Bogged” Down
Newark, DE — Landmark Science & Engineering’s Bog Turtle (BT) team, led by Amy Nazdrowicz, a professional wetland scientist, is gearing up for the 2023 BT season and is now scheduling Phase II Bog Turtle Investigations (BTI).
What is it you need to know about the endangered BT to keep your project’s schedule on track? There are seasonal restrictions for BTI. If potential BT habitat has been identified on your site through a Phase I, it must be provided a 300’ buffer or a Phase II BTI. The timing of a Phase II BTI is specific, and, if missed, your project could be delayed.
Phase II BTI can only be conducted between April 15 and June 15 (to coincide with the turtles’ breeding season). It consists of four separate surveys where at least two of the surveys must be conducted in May (when the turtles are most active).
Up-front planning and agency coordination is the first step that can take time to complete. So, it is important to reach out to a Recognized Qualified BT Surveyor, certified in the state in which the property is located, as soon as you are aware that an investigation is needed. Amy is a Recognized Qualified BT Surveyor certified in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Read our blog for more information and reasons why procrastinating will do you no favors.
Landmark Science & Engineering is an award-winning consulting firm, started 36 years ago in 1987 as Landmark Engineering, Inc. The firm is one of the regions’ largest and most diverse, integrated civil engineering and environmental science consulting firms, providing professional services across the disciplines of site/civil, water resources and environmental engineering and sciences, and land surveying.
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