Amy (Alsfeld) J. Nazdrowicz is an environmental scientist and registered Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS). She is an Associate of the firm and heads the Environmental Sciences Department. With 19 years of experience, Amy is a specialist in wetland creation and mitigation design, 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.
Qualified Bog Turtle Surveyor
Amy is a Qualified Bog Turtle Surveyor (certified in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania) and can lead Phases I-III Bog Turtle Investigations and construction monitoring, and has utilized radio-telemetry when appropriate. She works closely with state and federal regulatory agencies on a regular basis during all phases of the wetland permitting and wetland mitigation approval processes. Amy frequently testifies and/or presents at county land use hearings. She performs these services for inhouse clients and also as requested by other engineering companies.
Amy earned a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Forest Biology from S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She is respected as an expert on evaluating the effects of wetland amendments on the biodiversity of constructed wetlands, and her research has been published in Biological Conservation (2008) and in Restoration Ecology (Nov. 2010). She has conducted a number of professional scientific seminars and environmental educational programs on topics including wetland creation, wetland diversity, native plants, landscape ecology, and herpetology.
Amy serves on the Board of Directors for Delaware Real Estate Women (DREW). She is an avid volunteer with the Delaware Nature Society where she is certified as a Habitat Steward to assist people, businesses and organizations in attaining “Gardening for Wildlife and Water” certification, and assists with other programs including the Marshes and Monarch Celebration and Native Plant Sale. She is an experienced researcher for the UD Salamander Population Monitoring Project and Delaware Amphibian Monitoring Program (DAMP); is an environmental educator for several programs, including DelNature Summer Camp for herpetology; and was an active member of the Delaware Adopt-A-Wetland Program for many years until it ended in 2014.
