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Shawn William Bruzda is a senior urban forester and biologist with Davey Resource Group. Mr. Bruzda serves as an inventory arborist/urban forester for all categories of tree inventory projects, including cemeteries, FEMA-related projects, golf courses, military bases, municipalities, parks, tree preservation inventories and planning and appraisal projects, and university and corporate campuses. He specializes in tree inventories located in the southern United States, as well as southern tree species and tropical and sub-tropical hardwood and palm identification. Mr. Bruzda is also responsible for the creation and dissemination of tree inventory management plans, as well as reports dealing with various applied urban forestry topics. He has extensive experience with both GPS and handheld and pen-based data collection units and their respective software applications. He has served as project manager on numerous large- and small-scale municipal tree inventories throughout the United States. Recently, he has participated in the collection of data for Street Tree Resource Analysis Tool for Urban Forest Managers (STRATUM). STRATUM, developed by the U. S. Forest Service, is a model used for analyzing the benefits of urban street trees as well as the costs of managing them. As a biologist with Davey Resource Group, Mr. Bruzda is responsible for ecological surveys, fish and macroinvertebrate identification and data analysis, general fieldwork, and technical report writing. Proficient with AutoCAD software, Mr. Bruzda uses these skills to help create maps of wetlands delineations and tree related projects. He also assists in various other areas, such as wetlands delineation surveys, bat mist-netting surveys, endangered species studies, habitat analyses, secondary source reviews, and technical report writing. He is a Certified Arborist (OH-1342A) through the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and member of the Ohio Chapter of the ISA. Mr. Bruzda is a graduate of Kent State University, having received a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences with an emphasis in aquatic ecology. | 