“[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water is the lifeblood of Earth. The arteries, veins, and capillaries it flows through are our oceans, rivers, and streams. Just like the circulatory system within our own bodies, protecting those life-giving waterways is vital for the health of our surrounding ecosystems and, overall, our planet. One of GreenVest’s areas of expertise is stream restoration. […]
The Chesapeake Stormwater Network hosts their biennial Best Urban BMP in the Bay Area awards—the BUBBAs—a stormwater management project competition. GreenVest is thrilled to announce our Bacon Ridge Branch (Elks Camp Barrett) Project placed 3rd in the 2021 Best Stream Restoration category. We are proud that our Bacon Ridge Branch Project was recognized in a […]
Maintenance & monitoring is an important aspect of GreenVest’s work, ensuring that all our sites continue their respective journeys to self-maintaining restored ecosystems. In addition to tracking each site’s performance, we actively inspect and maintain our sites—adaptively managing to proactively address each site’s unique needs. Last year, our staff monitored and maintained 18 projects spanning […]
Among our projects in progress, GreenVest is proud to report efficient progress and strong performance on our Tinkers Creek Stream Restoration project, which will restore just over 7 miles of degraded and actively eroding stream once completed. This stream stabilization project facilitated by GV-Petro, a partnership between GreenVest and Petro Design Build Group, LLC, designed […]
GreenVest was awarded multiple projects in 2020. In turn, these projects support jobs, important infrastructure improvements, and environmental resilience. In Maryland, we were awarded multiple Section 404 Stream and Wetland Mitigation contracts to support MDOT’s Managed Lanes Study focused on transportation-related improvements in the I-270/I-95 corridor. The project consists of 3 different sites assembled from […]
by McKenzi Heger | May 30, 2019 On May 30, our Vice President, Patrick Phillips, attended the Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting in Baltimore. While there, he had the pleasure of presenting on a few of our own projects, including the wetland and stream restoration projects located at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center […]
by McKenzi Heger | January 11, 2019 Stream restoration is more than just stabilizing and repairing stream channels, it also revitalizes and protects the health of our watersheds and aquatic ecosystems. Described as “a set of activities that help improve the environmental health of a river or stream”, stream restoration seeks to stabilize channels within […]