Our Team

Cynthia M. Balcius is a Certified Wetland Scientist, Certified Soil Scientist, and Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. Ms. Balcius has a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Biology with a minor in Soil Science from the University of New Hampshire.

Ms. Balcius also completed two years of graduate studies in Soil Science at UNH where she studied soils derived from hydrothermally altered Conway Granite. She was an appointed member of the Governor’s Shoreland Commission and sat on the NH DES Shoreland Rules Committee.

In this ever changing regulatory climate, Cindy strives to stay current and participates whenever possible in rule committees where real life circumstances and how they affect the permitted public are often a focus for her.

The NHDES Stream Rules, Alteration of Terrain Rules, and Mitigation Rules are recent committees where Cindy participated and contributed real world knowledge to the process. Cindy is also very active in her profession currently holding the elected position of Vice-President for the New Hampshire Association of Natural Resource Scientists.

She is past President of the Soil Science Society of Northern New England where she was one of the co-authors of the first version of the NH Site Specific Soil Mapping Standards. She also was a member of the soil-based lot size committee that created Soil Based Lot Sizing: Environmental Planning for Onsite Wastewater Treatment in New Hampshire SSSNNE Special Publication No.4 Version I, 2003.

Cindy was an elected planning board member for 11 years and a conservation commission member prior to that. Cindy offers over 22 years of comprehensive experience in natural resource documentation and permitting to an ever growing list of returning and new clients.