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 […]
This year, the National Stream Restoration Conference was held in GV’s backyard: Baltimore, MD. With several GV team members attending the conference, three presented on their restoration-based contributions and successes. Max Breslin, Project Manager, presented on watershed-scale restoration in an urban setting at our Tinkers Creek Stream Restoration project. He discussed some of the challenges […]
For the second year in a row, GreenVest had the opportunity to train summer camp counselors at Elks Camp Barrett on ways to incorporate the stream restoration project and its ecosystem into their summer camp programs. Camp Barrett hosts a variety of yearly camp programs for children and adults through spring, summer, and fall. Elks […]
Late last month, GreenVest and project partner Biohabitats hosted students from the University of Maryland on a tour of our Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project. GreenVest’s Senior Project Manager David Merkey and Ecosystem Restoration Specialist Jack Turner led the group on this educational outing. Part of the University’s Department of Environmental Science and Technology, […]
One of the unique aspects of the GreenVest approach is that each step of the process is informed by land. GreenVest seeks access to public and private property alike, always seeking the best opportunity for ecological uplift. The Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration Project is located on private property in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, including […]
Last month GreenVest Project Manager, Laura Kelm, presented at BeaverCon, a conference about beaver conflict management and watershed restoration. This year’s theme was “Building Climate Resilience: A Nature-Based Approach” which closely reflects GreenVest’s own values. Laura presented with project partner Biohabitat’s Senior Ecologist, Joe Berg, about the beaver at the Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration […]
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 […]
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 […]