Consulting

Mossy Creek Ecosystem Services is working with a landowner in Mt. Solon, Virginia to develop a stream mitigation bank on the famous angling destination of Mossy Creek.  This project will contribute to regional efforts to improve fish spawning habitat for native brook trout and will reduce instream erosion and provide riparian buffers streamside wetlands.  [...]

Bergton Watershed Restoration Our project in Bergton, VA is a partnership with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to conduct a watershed assessment and restoration plans on 17 miles of streams and rivers to restore critical wood turtle and trout habitat, and to improve water quality through the reduction of [...]

A stream and wetland restoration project was designed and permitted by Ecosystem Services, LLC to help meet both the MS4 pollutant reduction goals of JMU and aesthetic and educational goals of the Arboretum. Outreach and environmental education was provided to JMU faculty staff, students, and others ...

Southampton Agribusiness Our Certified Nutrient Management Planner assisted with the Southampton Agribusiness Farm at the Department of Corrections to write a Nutrient Management Plan for the 1,200-acre farm in Southampton County, VA. This self-sustaining farm produces broccoli, asparagus, snap beans, watermelons, corn, soybeans and Bermuda hay. Commercial fertilizer was used in conjunction with swine [...]

Midlothian Turnpike Commercial Retail Site The project had an ideal location, but still presented challenges for the developer because of site access and environmental constraints. Road frontage and access requirements from Chesterfield County mandated that the entrance to the project cross a perennial stream and associated wetlands. Ecosystem Services worked with our client and [...]

Wynwood Subdivision Ecosystem Services was brought in during the middle of the project when regulatory permitting issues were encountered. The project included multiple phases of development, including utility and road construction. Ecosystem Services was able to step in and provide multiple permitting strategies that ultimately reduced the permitting timeline by months, which satisfied the [...]

Old Stage Road Industrial Pad Site Ecosystem Services was contracted by a local developer to provide environmental consulting services for a proposed 25-acre industrial pad in Chester, VA. Site access and pad layout were complex issues on this project because of overhead utilities and easements, railroad spurs and environmental constraints. ES in coordination with [...]

Norfleet Products Norfleet Products is a leader in the manufacturing and packaging of mulch, compost and soil amendment products in the Fredericksburg area. Ecosystem Services assisted Norfleet with reapplying for their Virginia Pollution Discharge and Elimination System (VPDES) permit and provided monthly Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) inspections. Their facilities include numerous buildings, [...]

Angel Rose Engel Family Farms, Inc. has partnered with Ecosystem Services to implement a stream and wetland mitigation bank on the family owned 533 acre Angel Rose farm located in Sussex County, Virginia. Engel Family Farms is one of the leading family owned operations that farms over 20,000 acres of land throughout the state [...]

AVINTIV Project Ecosystem Services was approached by AVINTIV (formerly “The Polymer Group, Inc.) in the early spring of 2014. AVINTIV had experienced the loss of key personnel and Ecosystem Services was contracted to provide on-call environmental consulting services to maintain compliance. While AVINTIV has a small environmental footprint for being one of the world’s [...]