With each new stream restoration project, we employ a variety of techniques to bring the stream and its surrounding ecosystem back to health. For the Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project, we used a ‘lighter touch’ approach that leveraged on-site materials to create structures that raised the water surface elevation and reconnected the stream to […]
On April 4, GreenVest Managing Member, Doug Lashley, spoke on a panel in Ashville, NC at the Spring Meeting of the Environmental Council of States (ECOS). The panel was moderated by Ben Grumbles, who serves as both the President of ECOS and the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment. The panel discussion dealt with […]
GreenVest was proud to present at Prince George’s County Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM’s) recent workshop providing information to prospective 2022 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance applicants. GV, a certified Prince George’s County-Based Small Business was invited to speak by the agency after assisting the County’s Department of the Environment with developing […]
Earlier this month, Jack “Wildlife” Turner—one of Team GV’s Ecosystem Restoration Specialists and a talented wildlife photographer—contributed a guest post to The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. The Alliance has been working for over half a century to educate, protect, and restore our magnificent Chesapeake Bay. Jack’s blog highlighted ten of his favorite species that […]
Happy Pi Day! GreenVest celebrated yet another Pi Day and was thrilled to be able to do so safely and in person after celebrating at home in 2021. Celebrating Pi Day means coming together, reciting the digits of pi, and paying special attention to the circles we overlook every day. At GreenVest, we enjoyed pizza […]
Two members of Team GreenVest—Stream Scientist Laura Kelm and Restoration Specialist Jack Turner—hosted a group of the Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy (WSA) Spring Conference attendees and WSA staff at GreenVest’s Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project on Monday, February 21. The weather was perfect for a walk in the woods to learn about this […]
Recently GreenVest Ecologist Bobby Miller spoke to a local third grade class about stream restoration and how GreenVest brings innovative methodology to the field of environmental restoration. Bobby discussed his most rewarding project – the Tinkers Creek Stream Restoration Project in Temple Hills, MD – with the students, elaborating on how GreenVest constructs, maintains, and […]
Earlier this year, GreenVest began work on a project in Baltimore City’s outer harbor that will set immense social and environmental impact into motion. After years of planning, building partnerships, and engaging stakeholders, we are incredibly proud to have the first element of the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative (MBRI) underway. The MBRI is a comprehensive […]
On Friday, the GreenVest staff got in the holiday spirit with a festively clad team lunch and cookie exchange! We enjoyed our pizza in the unusually warm December weather on the office balcony. Following lunch, everyone brought out their favorite holiday cookies and an empty container, and the swapping began! Everyone who was able to […]
Project Manager, Laura Kelm, was interviewed for In-Situ’s AQUAPOD podcast to talk about her work on restoration and mitigation projects. Take some time to listen to what Laura has to say about her experiences with restoring hydrologic function, reducing sediment and nutrient flow into the Chesapeake Bay, and improving habitat. “It was great to talk […]