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Last month, the GreenVest Maryland staff took a field trip to the Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project Site at the Elks Camp Barrett in Annapolis. Our team members got to see the completed stream restoration firsthand, while our Operations Staff shared information about the project and what makes it so special. For those that spend most of their time in the Bowie and Baltimore offices, it was nice change of scenery while learning more about the physical environment that we all work to restore. Following our tour of the completed stream restoration project, we headed over to a local…
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GreenVest, LLC and Petro Design Build Group, under the GV-Petro Joint Venture, LLC, recently completed construction of the Tinkers Creek Stream Restoration Project. The Project is a full-delivery solution for the Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DOE) to comply with their total maximum daily load (TMDL) and Impervious Acres Treated requirements as part of their Municipal Separate Storm Sewer (MS4) Permit obligations. At 40,662 linear feet, the Tinkers Creek Stream Restoration Project is one of the largest stream restoration projects ever completed in Maryland and is located on both public and private property in Clinton and Temple Hills,…
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GreenVest seeks a full-time Ecosystem Restoration Specialist to work in the challenging and rewarding field of ecosystem restoration. The successful candidate would be primarily based out of GreenVest’s Bowie, Maryland office although a large percentage of their time will be spent on GreenVest’s restoration sites. GreenVest is an entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets. We are a widely recognized expert in fully delivering fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions. While we are a for-profit company, our goal is to restore and conserve the environment not only to improve habitat and water quality but quality of life. GreenVest…
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Brett, Jem, and Senator Katie Fry Hester GreenVest recently hosted a fundraiser for State Senator Katie Fry Hester. It was a beautiful day, perfectly complementing the local food and beverages provided by Manor Hill, RED, and the Wine Bin. With the help of our sponsors—Ashton Manor Environmental, Environmental Quality Resources, JemTech Environmental, KCI Technologies, McCormick Taylor, Site Insight, Three E Consulting, and WSP—we were able to both celebrate the Senator’s commitment to the environment, education, agriculture, and transportation, and raise over $11,000. While championing for these platforms, Senator Hester has secured funding for flood mitigation in…
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Meg, Joe, and Chandler GreenVest is excited to announce that we have opened a third office location: Baltimore City. As part of the Betamore space at City Garage in South Baltimore, our new office is a stone’s throw from the sites of upcoming transformative ecological resilience projects that we have in the works for the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River. We’re passionate about the vision of the Middle Branch as Baltimore’s next great waterfront, and thrilled to be part of the team making that vision a reality—be sure to keep an eye out for future…
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“[Wetlands] are nature’s flood defenses and we need them now more than ever.” – Dr. Tom Fairchild, Swansea University Protecting our wetlands is important—this we know. From the life they support, to the food they provide, to the cleansing of our water and storage of harmful carbon, healthy wetlands are essential to the wellbeing of our planet and every human living on it. But new research (by Dr. Tom Fairchild et al.) shows that wetlands are even more important when dealing with intense weather events such as storms, flooding, and the dangerous combination of the two. As seen recently by…
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Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration GreenVest’s Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration project has been a resounding success. (To view our White Paper about this project, click here.) This was one of the first stream restoration projects in the Mid-Atlantic region to use beaver dam analogues (engineered log jam structures more commonly used in the Northwest and Rocky Mountains), and we made sure to use as much on-site material as possible. The results have been stunning, as we’ve previously mentioned here. Flora and fauna have returned to Bacon Ridge Branch, and the area is thriving. To monitor…
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(from left to right) Nate, Christian, and Matt It’s always a bittersweet time at GreenVest when summer interns return to college. We love having them on our team and appreciate all of their hard work, but we’re proud to see them return to school to continue to learn and grow. This year, we offer our thanks and good wishes to three valuable interns. Christian and Matt were returning operations interns, and we were happy to welcome them back to GreenVest for another summer. Nate was our legal intern, and did a fantastic job taking on the…
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GreenVest seeks a full-time Project Manager and/or Senior Project Manager to work in the challenging and rewarding field of ecosystem restoration. The successful candidate would be primarily based out of GreenVest’s Bowie, Maryland office with flexibility to split time between GreenVest’s Bowie and Baltimore offices. GreenVest is an entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets. We are a widely recognized expert in fully delivering fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions. While we are a for-profit company, our goal is to restore and conserve the environment not only to improve habitat and water quality but quality of life. GreenVest…
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