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Karro A. Frost Senior Botanist, Wetland Scientist
Summary	Ms. Frost is an experienced environmental scientist and botanist at New England Environmental, Inc. (NEE) having over twenty-six years of experience working with wetlands throughout New England. Her primary specialties are botany, wetland delineations, and wetland permitting; she is also involved in wildlife habitat evaluations, vernal pool identification, rare species assessment, and project co-ordination. Ms. Frost has designed and implemented long-term vegetational monitoring programs to document aquatic plant responses to herbicide treatments in a variety of wetlands and water bodies. She has also monitored vegetation responses to groundwater withdrawals in three Massachusetts towns, and to the experimental use of infrared heat treatments to control problem vegetation.
Areas of Expertise	State, Federal and Local Environmental Permitting Wetlands Delineation and Assessment of Functions and Values Stormwater Permitting Botanical Surveys Rare Plant Surveys Vernal Pool Certifications Dragonfly Identification, Survey and Habitat Impact Analysis
Education	M.A., Environment, Technology and Society – Clark University, Worcester, MA, May, 1985. B.A., Geography – Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1979. Junior year – Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, 1977-1978.
Credentials	Professional Wetland Scientist (Pending)
Experience	New England Environmental, Inc.	1995-present
	Project work includes wetland delineation and mapping; wetland permitting with local, state, and federal agencies for projects ranging from single family homes to subdivisions, supermarkets and malls; long-term vegetation monitoring and mapping; botanical assessments; Lake and pond management plans, use of federal wetland assessment techniques and wetland functional values; wetland replication plans; peer review for Conservation Commissions; wildlife habitat assessments for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes; vernal pool identification and certification; wetland restoration and creation; wetland replication area construction monitoring and supervision; rare plant identification and surveys.
	Karro A Frost Wetland Specialist		1986-1995
	Sole Proprietor Completed wetland delineations, flagging and mapping of wetlands; assisted clients in project design to minimize environmental impacts; wetland permitting through local, state and federal agencies; represented clients before town boards. Assisted Conservation Commissions with site inspections, Orders of Conditions and Enforcement Orders. Designed and implemented small scale wetland restoration and replication areas. Worked with a number of pond associations in permitting drawdowns, and aquatic vegetation control.
	New England Research, Inc.			1984-1985
	Research Associate Project work included assessing impacts to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, analysis and writing of Environmental Impact Reports, hazardous material packaging and hazardous waste disposal and management issues, and technical report writing and editing.
	NER Institute			1984-1985
	Teaching Associate Designed and prepared training materials, lectured in professional training programs including training programs for the Massachusetts Department of Public Works on the Federal Highway Administration method of wetland functional assessment, and workshop on Toxicology Applied to Water Supplies. Arranged seminar logistics, bulk mailings.
	University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences			1984-1986
	Research/Department Assistant Assisted with Agronomy field work in the research of corn, soybeans and alfalfa. Research involved crop yields with different Integrated Pest Management programs. Assisted in plant tissue culture lab preparing growing mediums, maintaining callus cultures, and amino acid analysis in the development of salt tolerant grass species
	University of Massachusetts, Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham MA and RESCO-Refuse Energy Systems, Co, Saugus, MA			1981-1983
	Studied ecosystem response resulting from the placement of incinerator residue within a wet meadow ecosystem. Environmental impacts were examined including changes in, and the extent of such changes, in the plant community over time, soil and water analysis, uptake by plants of various heavy metals from incinerator residue, and researching the potential for food chain contamination through insect vectors through greenhouse studies determining plant and insect uptake of heavy metals. Maintained and expanded the wetland herbarium.
Professional Training/Education	Describe and Interpret Soil Conditions, UMASS Amherst, MA – Spring, 2004 Microbiology of the Soil, UMASS Amherst, MA – Spring, 2003 Multivariate Methods for Life Sciences, UMASS Amherst, MA – Fall, 2000 Botanical Field Survey Techniques, Eagle Hill, Summer, 1998 Aquatic Invertebrates, UMASS Amherst, MA – Fall, 1996
Professional Instruction	Primary Botanical Instructor for AMWS “Difficult Wetland Delineations, 2006” Assistant Botanical Instructor for AMWS “Herbaceous Species, 2007” Botanical Instructor for NEWIPCC “Wetland Delineation Course for Regulators, 2005” Assistant Botanical Instructor for NEIWPCC “Wetland Delineation Course for Regulators, 2004”
Affiliations/ Memberships	Society of Wetland Scientists Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists Soil and Water Conservation Society New England Botanical Club Dragonfly Society of the Americas
Public Service	Chairman, Warwick Conservation Commission Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions New England Plant Conservation Program, Massachusetts Task Force Plant Conservation Volunteer (New England Wild Flower Society) Invasive Plant Atlas of New England Contributor Massachusetts Audubon Herptile Atlas Project Contributor Acid Rain Monitoring Volunteer
Publications	Burnham, Doug, Greg Prull, and Karro Frost. 2003. Non-Chemical Methods of Vegetation Management on Railroad Rights-of-Way. National Technical Information Service/NTIS FTA-VT-0001-03-1. http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24729/Non-Chem_Veg_Mgmt_RR_ROW.pdf Frost, Karro A. 2003. Dragonflies on the Connecticut River In AMWS Newsletter. Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists. Marcus, Mickey, Karro Frost, Gregory S. Liberman. 2003. River Bank Erosion Mapping Using Geo-Referenced Video & G.I.S. Data: Mapping Techniques and Applications. Poster presented at Society of Wetland Scientists 24th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Mika, J.S., K.A. Frost, W.A. Fader, and C.J. Puccia. 1985. The Impact of Land Applied Incinerator Ash Residue on a Fresh Water Community. Environmental Pollution, Series A.
Presentations	Exotic and Invasive Species in a New England Herbaceous Wetland. Oral Paper presented at Society of Wetland Scientists 24th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. June, 2003. Monitoring Vegetative Response to Municipal Wells in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Oral Paper presented at Society of Wetlands Scientists 23rd Annual Meeting in Lake Champlain, NY. 2002. Long-Term Vegetative Sampling to Detect Changes As A Result of Groundwater Drawdown From New Municipal Well. Presented at Society of Wetlands Scientists 20th Annual Meeting in Norfolk, Virginia. 1999.