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At GreenVest, we encourage our employees to take the time to lead educational and outreach initiatives in the communities that our projects serve. Such initiatives have included primary schools, universities, local neighborhood organizations, and camps such as Elks Camp Barrett. Elks Camp Barrett is home to GreenVest’s Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project (the Bacon Ridge Project or the Project), and a regionally significant, 187-acre camp facility within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Camp provides an opportunity for personal development through outdoor recreation and education. The Camp hosts a variety of programs for children and adults year-round, hosting thousands of…

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In 2020, GreenVest completed the Muddy Creek Stream Restoration Project (MCRP) for the benefit of the Maryland Department of Transportation—State Highway Administration (SHA) to help them meet their Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reduction requirements. The MCRP is located at River Valley Ranch (RVR), a year-round camp facility with programming for all ages that serves more than 15,000 visitors annually. Currently in its fifth and final year of maintenance and monitoring, the site continues to outperform expectations. Designed to meet the goals of both RVR and SHA through one comprehensive approach, the project delivered myriad co-benefits: aquatic habitat and water…

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The Environmental Markets Conference (EMC)—a national networking and collaboration event connecting mitigation, conservation, and restoration markets—has been serving the industry since its inception in 1997. This year, GreenVest had the privilege to present and lead two important panels during the 2024 annual conference. Matt Bouadana, Director of Environmental Markets, led a panel called 404 Solutions for Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Mitigation. The panel included Martin McHugh, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc., and Ted Tomasi, PhD, Managing Principal at Integral Consulting, Inc. Recognizing that the prospect of addressing Natural Resource Damages (NRD) is generally approached…

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Kathleen Litchfield (Petro Design Build Group), Mayor Dr. Noah Waters (Town of Eagle Harbor), and Brett Berkley (GreenVest). On April 22, 2024, GreenVest recognized Earth Day in a significant way by gathering with project partners adjacent to Coleman Creek on the banks of the Patuxent River to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Eagle Harbor Stream Restoration & Community Resiliency Project. This event marked construction of a project that will address persistent flooding in this riverside community, foster an investment of resources and environmental justice to boost resilience in a town with rich history, and improve water quality entering the Chesapeake…

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Trees about to be planted While GreenVest spends every day celebrating the planet, its resources, and the environmental services it provides, Earth Day is a reminder of the positive impact our work can have on local communities. On Monday, April 22, Sydney Duncan (GreenVest’s Proposal & Marketing Coordinator) joined GreenTrust Alliance (GTA) and volunteers from Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) to plant trees in celebration of Earth Day. The group planted 100 trees and shrubs at Baltimore County’s Southwest Area Park. The 230-acre park is a multi-purpose amenity for the community with a dog park, nature trails, paved paths, pavilions,…

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On April 19, GreenVest celebrated the groundbreaking of the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative’s (MBRI) lead project: the Hanover Street Wetland Site. This event, now nearly four years in the making, celebrated the commencement of construction for the first of many of the MBRI’s nature-based resilience projects. The MBRI is the ecological restoration arm of the Reimagine Middle Branch (RMB) Master Plan. GreenVest joined South Baltimore Gateway Partnership; GreenTrust Alliance; Environmental Quality Resources; federal, state, and community leaders; and local residents to commemorate this momentous occasion. MBRI Groundbreaking – Photo of the Ceremony’s Speakers Many Federal, State, and Local leaders attended…

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Joe Garner Presents | Photo by Adam Nabors, MSRA and EQR GreenVest was proud to participate in the Spring 2024 Stream Restoration Seminar and Job Fair hosted by the Maryland Stream Restoration Association (MSRA) at the University of Maryland on March 9. GV Project Managers Joe Garner and Bobby Miller represented our team during the event, which was geared toward undergraduate and graduate students in the region. The event introduced students to the stream restoration industry, made them aware of potential environmental career pathways, discussed the skill sets and knowledge base that companies are looking for in prospective employees, and…

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Enjoying Pi Day Today (3/14) is Pi Day, but GreenVest celebrated a day early! Since Team GV was spending Wednesday together in our Bowie office for our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lunch and Learn training, we decided to enjoy pi(e) two circumferences of the clock sooner. As always, Pi Day involved enjoying various round foods, like pizza and dessert pies. Pi Day Pies A little background on Pi Day: Pi (3.1415926…) is the mathematical constant of a circle’s circumference divided by its diameter, which is essential to many formulas in mathematics and physics. Here at GreenVest, we use it often…

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Bobby Miller, a Project Manager at GreenVest, recently presented to a local third grade class about stream restoration and how GreenVest innovates methodology within the field of environmental restoration. Bobby’s wife, Jessica Miller, a third-grade teacher at Chesterbrook Elementary School, has been teaching her students about the water cycle and its importance in maintaining life on Earth, highlighting its key role in sustaining ecosystems. After completing the lesson, the kids were tasked with developing a group action plan to restore a local stream called Scotts Run. “It is extremely rewarding to see elementary school students working together on real life…

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Learning About Local Wildlife Even GreenVest’s legal team enjoys getting out in nature! Dana Cooper, Team GV’s General Counsel, recently chaperoned a trip to Masonville Cove (located in South Baltimore, near our MBRI projects) for her daughter’s Girl Scout Daisy Troop. Captain Trash Wheel Masonville Cove is the nation’s first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership, in the heart of South Baltimore, with over 251 bird species calling the refuge home. Apart from the nature center and waterfront public trails, visitors can also meet Captain Trash Wheel (a 40-foot-long trash clean-up machine) and spot Baltimore City’s first known pair of nesting bald…

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