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Watertown appoints Rohwaeder, reappoints Martin to Conservation Commission

Watertown Parks and Recreation Committee voted unanimously to appoint two to the Conservation Commission on February 19.

City Council_ Committee on Parks and Recreation · Meeting of February 19, 2026

Watertown Parks and Recreation Committee voted unanimously to appoint two to the Conservation Commission on February 19. Theophilus Offei, Chair, presided as the committee voted 3-0 to appoint Marie-Sophie Rohwaeder, an ecologist and biodiversity researcher who moved to Watertown from Germany and is trained in wetlands protection, and to reappoint Leo Martin, a retired engineering geologist with over 40 years of infrastructure experience who has served on the commission since 1997. Both appointments are for terms expiring February 15, 2029.

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Source: the City Council_ Committee on Parks and Recreation meeting of February 19, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.

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