Earth Tech Environmental provides turbidity monitoring services for dredging and beach renourishment projects in Collier and Lee Counties. During the Blind Pass project, turbidity samples were taken every 4 hours to monitor water quality during construction activities.
Earth Tech Environmental is conducting shorebird monitoring in response to the Big Carlos Channel Realignment project. Composed of a team of dedicated individuals with proven shorebird identification skills, ETE monitors the beach 7 days a week in search of nesting shorebirds, including Wilson’s and snowy plovers, least terns and American oystercatchers.
ETE is now utilizing a DJI Phantom 4 drone to assist in a variety of tasks such as exotic vegetation mapping, bidding, property assessments, and bird counts. The video below shows a portion of a drone flight over Eagle Lakes Park in Collier County.
Earth Tech Environmental recently completed an extensive exotic removal and mangrove trimming event at the Marco Island Executive Airport. Exotic vegetation was removed throughout preserves and mangroves were trimmed to meet FAA runway height requirements.
ETE is providing turbidity monitoring services for the 2016 beach renourishment project in Collier County. The project consisted of a sand truck haul beach nourishment at 3 locations in Collier – Marco Island, Vanderbilt, & Pelican Bay. Turbidity samples are taken every 4 hours to monitor water quality during construction.
Jeremy Sterk was recently accepted as a Certified Environmental Professional (CEP) by the Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals. From the ABCEP website: “For the last 30 years the Certified Environmental Professional (CEP) designation has been awarded to senior managers and other qualified individuals as a way to demonstrate their professional skills and high standards […]
Earth Tech Environmental was hired to do upstream and downstream turbidity sampling at multiple fill locations during a beach renourishment project on Longboat Key. Two (2) sets of samples were taken daily, at least 4 hours apart.
Jeremy Sterk assisted the City of Naples and Rookery Bay with a fisheries trawling event in Naples Bay. The trawling gives a sample of marine life utilizing various portions of Naples Bay. Some of the species observed included squid, sting rays, batfish, flounder, bristle stars, and a variety of baitfish.
ETE recently assisted the Pelican Bay Services Division (PBSD) and the Pelican Bay Foundation with installation of a new osprey nesting platform. The new platform was placed near the north Pelican Bay boardwalk, just inside the beach dunes. The platform will hopefully recruit a nesting pair of ospreys during the upcoming nesting season.
ETE recently conducted a submerged resource survey as part of permitting for a proposed dock in Port Royal. The SRS evaluates the dock construction area for important submerged resources such as sea grass or hard bottom (corals). Underwater photographs of the survey area are taken to document conditions.
