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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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At GreenVest, it’s important that our team members are engaged in their local and professional communities, and our General Counsel, Dana Cooper, does just that. Dana recently completed a year as Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Environment and Energy Law Section, having been a member of the Section Council for several years. She values how the Section provides lawyers from all parts of the environmental bar the opportunity to form collegial relationships and learn from each other. Dana led the Section through the challenges of maintaining professional connections during COVID-19, and remains involved in the Council as…
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“…Being found in great multitudes all over the country, their noise made the cow-bells inaudible in the woods.” – Rev. Andreas Sandel, 1715. Though cicadas are mentioned in Homer’s Illiad, the above quote is possibly the first known written description of the Brood X cicada. Brood X was mentioned again 17 years later by botanist John Bartram, and 17 years after that by naturalist Pehr Halm and Maryland’s own Benjamin Banneker, a mathematician, astronomer, surveyor, and naturalist. Although some species of cicadas emerge every summer, others emerge en-masse on 13-year or on 17-year cycles. They don’t appear all at once…
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GreenVest is excited to announce our New Jersey office is moving. The office will provide a new home base for our NJ team to assist our clients while protecting, preserving, and restoring nature. Mailing Address: PO Box 200, Tranquility, NJ 07879 Physical Address: 35A Kennedy Road, Tranquility, NJ 07879 While we’re at it, we’d like to introduce you to our New Jersey Team. Here’s why they love working at GreenVest: Brandon Carr “Working as a field tech for GreenVest has many highlights. I love running around the woods, and I can do just that. I enjoy working with my hands,…
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One of our Ecosystem Restoration Specialists, Jack Turner, was engaged by the Monarch Academy of Glen Burnie to present to their first-grade class about birds and birding. Jack’s virtual presentation taught 75 students, numerous teachers, parents, and guardians all about birds’ colors, sizes, diets, habits, habitats, importance, and significance. The students were heavily engaged: asking and answering questions, telling stories, and sharing their favorite bird moments. As Jack puts it: “Having the opportunity to educate the next generation of environmentalists and birders was an experience I wouldn’t pass up. It was rewarding to teach the students about birds, and to…
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To close out our Stream Restoration Series, we have one final testimonial from our Senior Project Manager, David. “Everybody has their favorite place, but many of us in the environmental research or consulting communities will also have their favorite site. Your favorite site is one that makes you happy just thinking about it and excited for the next time you get to go. It’s the site you can’t stop talking about, the one you want to take your colleagues and friends to. It makes you giddy when you get there and anxious for what new treasure you will discover, what…
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