About Carya Ecological Services

Sigrun N. Gadwa, MS, PWS is a consulting ecologist, professional wetland scientist, and registered soil scientist, based in Cheshire, Connecticut.  She holds an MS from UConn Storrs in Ecology and BA in Biology from Brown University. Her business, Carya Ecological Services, LLC,   specializes in applying ecological principals and knowledge of native botany  to a wide range of client projects. It is a WBE (Woman Business Enterprise) .

Sigrun Gadwa holds a scientific collector’s permit for handling state listed wood turtles, eastern box turtles, and mussels, and also conducts rare plant searches.

The manpower available though our collaborative enables us to do complex natural resource assessment work, including specialties such as rare moths and warblers,  as well as  timely completion of large wetland delineation jobs. We can provide sub-meter GPS data as an alternative to conventional surveying.

Margaratifera margaratifera CT Species of Special concern (fresh water mussel)