by Karen Knight | July 7, 2017 SHARK ISLAND – About a half mile from Avalon, marshes, which are a part of the New Jersey-Cape May Wetlands Wildlife area, have experienced a decrease in vegetation caused by: * Rising sea levels * Chronic pressure exerted by passing boats * Storms like Hurricane Sandy and Jonas […]
by Jay Dixon | April 12, 2016 The black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is an endangered species within the state of New Jersey. In New Jersey, black skimmers nest on open sandy beaches, inlets, and offshore islands along the Atlantic Coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Black Skimmers are truly unique creatures. Did you know… […]
by Doug Lashley , Managing Member, GreenVest LLC. | April 12, 2016 Increasing global population and the resulting demand for resources has unfortunately led to unsustainable practices producing severe impacts to much of the world’s natural infrastructure. Depletion of natural infrastructure has led to declines in land productivity and real estate values, loss of life, impaired […]
by Jay Dixon | April 12, 2016 GreenVest is pleased to announce that the first phase of the implementation of our salt marsh restoration project in Avalon, New Jersey is complete. In this phase approximately 45,000 cubic yards of clean dredged sediments has been applied over 35 acres of degraded salt marsh within the Cape […]
by Doug Lashley | August 24, 2015 GreenVest is proud to announce it has established a strategic relationship with the Civilian Conservation Corp to help young people and veterans develop skills through tangible restoration projects with the guidance of trained GreenVest mentors. This provides the Corp members with the opportunity to learn, gain confidence and […]
by Jacqueline Jahn | August 24, 2015 For the past year GreenVest has been working alongside The Nature Conservancy, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, GreenTrust Alliance and Princeton Hydro to plan and implement a series of salt marsh restoration projects that employ the beneficial reuse of dredged material. The beneficial reuse of dredged […]
by Shane Mudd | March 16, 2015 As part of GreenVest’s on-going efforts to provide leadership and advocacy in the environmental field, President Doug Lashley has recently accepted two new positions with some of the Chesapeake Bay’s strongest and most innovative conservation efforts. In January 2015, Doug was honored to accept a position as a […]
by Kevin Schneider | March 16, 2015 Public Private Partnerships, or P3 for short, have become increasingly popular mechanisms for sharing and allocating risks, rewards, assets, skills and responsibilities between public sector (federal, state or local agencies) and private sector entities. There are countless methods of structuring a P3 initiative, but they all have one […]
by Shane Mudd | November 14, 2014 Developing successful mitigation strategies requires experience and knowledge across a wide range of disciplines, and one of the essential elements is real estate law. GreenVest Managing Member Doug Lashley has a paper published in the latest edition of the legal periodical Real Estate Review by Thomson Reuters, “Mitigation […]
by Kevin Schneider | October 16, 2014 The primary purpose of the Flat Swamp Mitigation Bank (FSMB) – located on a 386-acre site in Craven County, NC in the Neuse River basin – was to achieve water quality improvements through the reduction of Nitrogen into the Neuse River watershed and establishment of stream buffers. The […]