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Evan P. Fitzgerald,
Principal Watershed Scientist
Evan
Fitzgerald is a 5th generation Vermonter
raised in the Burlington
area. He currently
lives in Colchester
along the banks of the Winooski
River. Evan has a diverse
educational and
professional background in the natural sciences. While
pursuing a BS in Environmental Science
at the University
of New Hampshire,
Evan became interested in
forest ecology and taxonomy while walking the woods and peaks of New
England. Following
his
undergraduate studies, he spent time working with tropical butterflies
at Costa Rica Entomological Supply
in Alajuela, Costa
Rica.
Upon returning to Vermont,
Evan worked as an environmental consultant for several years, focusing
on
stormwater analysis and GIS services for the ski industry in New
England. From
2002 to 2004,
Evan and his wife, Colleen Birner, served as Peace
Corps Volunteers along the border of the Dominican
Republic and Haiti
where they taught sciences in an agroecology program for high-school
students
at the Centro Regional
de Estudios de Alternativas
Rurales.
Most
recently, Evan completed a MS in Aquatic
Ecology and Watershed Science at the University
of Vermont’s
Rubenstein
School,
and received a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Ecological
Economics from the Gund
Institute. He
worked with UVM’s Dr.
Breck Bowden and Mike Kline of Vermont’s
River Management Program
to assess the
geomorphic condition of 15 small watersheds in Chittenden
County,
including 9 stormwater
impaired watersheds. The
results of
Evan’s research have been incorporated into the TMDL approach used by
VTDEC to
address stormwater impaired surface waters in Vermont.
Link to Evan's CV
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Sam P. Parker, Staff Scientist
Sam has been with Fitzgerald Environmental since 2007. Sam recently completed a BS in
Water Resources at UVM's Rubenstein School, during which time he was awarded a prestigious Undergraduate
Research Endeavors Competitive Award (URECA!) grant for a stream
macroinvertebrate study in Chittenden County, Vermont. As
part of Sam's URECA! grant, he worked with Evan Fitzgerald and Dr.
Breck Bowden to assess land use impacts on biotic health in small
watersheds in the Lake Champlain Basin.
At Fitzgerald Environmental, Sam
assists with field data collection for stream geomorphic assessment
surveys, data entry, and GIS analysis.
Link
to Sam's CV
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