Davey: Karen M. Wise, M.S.


Karen M. Wise, M.S. Manager, Natural Resource Consulting

Karen M. Wise, M.S., supervises the Natural Resource Consulting group at Davey. This unit provides comprehensive consulting services to governments, development companies, and engineering/design firms. Services provided include wetlands consulting, endangered species surveys, watershed mapping and planning, and comprehensive urban forestry consulting. Ms. Wise is responsible for business development, client and project management, and supervision of the 25 biologists and urban foresters working within the Natural Resource Consulting group. Ms. Wise is a wetlands biologist by training and has more than 14 years of experience in the fields of wetland ecology, restoration, design, and management. She is particularly versed in wetlands ecology and policy and familiar with all aspects of Section 401 and 404 permitting, isolated wetlands regulations, and compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to streams and wetlands. To that end, Ms. Wise has served as a guest lecturer to The University of Akron School of Law and as a temporary assistant professor at Kent State University, instructing law students and students pursuing a master of architecture and urban design on the topics of wetlands policy and urban ecology, respectively. Ms. Wise has completed the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Waterways Permits Training hosted by the Office of Environmental Services and a prerequisite training for coordinating complex permits for Ohio’s important transportation projects. Ms. Wise is active in local chapters of the National Home Builders Association and has served on the land use policy subcommittee. She has attended and presented projects at national meetings of the Society of Wetland Scientists, of which she has been a member throughout her career. She is also a supporting member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and has coordinated public-private partnerships to assist TNC in land acquisition and land management at holdings in northern Ohio. Ms. Wise joined Davey in 1997 and holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from Wheeling Jesuit College and a master of science degree in natural resources from The Ohio State University.

Contact: KWise@davey.com