Anna Sherman

Water Resources Scientist

Anna joined Watershed Consulting with a background in stormwater treatment analysis, biogeochemistry, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Anna earned a B.S. in Environmental Science with an Ecological Design Concentration and an Anthropology Minor from the University of Vermont.

At Watershed Consulting, Anna focuses on stormwater permitting, water quality monitoring, sampling and research, Best Management Practices assessment, and Geographic Information System mapping and analysis.

Recent Projects

Floodplain Restoration – Cabot, Vermont

Protecting critical headwaters through floodplain restoration. Cabot’s Town Garage site was located in a headwater tributary’s historic floodplain. The location was a poor choice for a busy town garage and the Town elected to move it to a higher side in the watershed to reduce infrastructure flooding and restore the land for improved stream health…. Read more »

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Mock-up park restoration design with trees and trail

Picnic Area Floodplain Restoration – Middlesex, Vermont

Balancing site use with stream health. The Shady Rill Picnic Area along the Martins Brook in Middlesex, Vermont had been negatively impacted by encroachment and development and showing signs of incision and aggradation. Watershed created a design that provides improved riparian buffer health, decreased compaction along the riverbank, and designated access points to the river… Read more »

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Data Collection App for StormSmart Properties in the Mad River Valley

The Friends of the Mad River (FMR), headquartered in Waitsfield, Vermont, is a small non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the Mad River, one of Vermont’s most picturesque rivers. The Mad River is threatened with excess stormwater runoff from numerous surrounding developments in the Valley, which why the FMR hired Watershed Consulting to develop… Read more »

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Our Services

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

GSI is the next generation of stormwater management that utilizes the natural hydrologic cycle on developed lands.

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Permitting

Permitting has evolved to become much more complex and site specific and demands experienced attention and knowledge of tools and changing regulatory environment.

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Training & Outreach

Sharing information with those who want and need it is a privileged role.

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River Management

Rivers are the arteries of a landscape, from babbling headwater streams to raging white water in steep mountain valleys and lazy watercourses making their way through the plains.

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