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April Doroski
Senior Wetland Scientist, Team
Leader, Fuss & O’Neill: Age 35
It’s come to be known simply as the ‘mushroom calendar.’
That’s because it features photographs of mushrooms,
taken and collected by April Doroski, who encounters
numerous varieties of the fungi while out in the field
serving as a team leader and senior wetland scientist for the
Springfield-based engineering firm Fuss & O’Neill (F&O).
The calendar, which graces the cubes of many employees
at the company, and several other settings as well, is
offered as part of a fundraiser. Since 2020, Doroski
has raised more than $6,500 for environmentally
focused nonprofits including the Clean Air Task Force,
Ecology Project International, Biobus, and Trees for
the Future.
And such efforts comprise just a few of the ways
Doroski has become ... well, a standout in her
field.
Indeed, as a senior wetland scientist and
permitting specialist at F&O, she is a key member
of its environmental permitting practice and the firm’s
climate resilience work. She leads environmental
permitting strategy and preparation for a wide
array of climate adaptation, ecological restoration,
transportation, energy, water, infrastructure, and
development projects across the state. She has
delineated wetlands across New England and has
conducted compliance monitoring, as well as water
quality and hydrologic assessments.
This is work she’s been drawn to since she
was very young.
“As far back as I can remember, I always enjoyed
spending time outdoors, camping with my family,
and I knew I was interested either in microbiology
or environmental science, and I ended up in
environmental science,” Doroski said, adding that
she enjoys many facets of this work but especially the
places it brings her and the improvements she helps
create.
“I drive by projects or sites or areas where I’ve
performed wetlands delineation, and I always point
them out to people,” she said, adding that she’s proud
of the work she and other team members carry out across
the region, such as the removal of obsolete dams that are
no longer being used and repair of those that still serve a
purpose.
“There are a lot of dams and infrastructure that are outdated
and not needed,” she explained. “And the dam removals are
exciting projects because we’re restoring the rivers to their
natural flow and natural state.”
When not working or putting together the mushroom calendar,
Doroski enjoys traveling — she has a trip to Spain planned for
this summer — and snowboarding, two activities that provide
her with more time outdoors, which is where she thrives.
—George O’Brien
Solve better. Go further.
Proud to celebrate the 40 Under Forty
Class of 2026, including our own
April Doroski
PWS, CPSS
800.286.2469 www.fando.com
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