Earth Tech Environmental LLC staff is currently working on a large native planting project for mine reclamation in SW Florida. Areas impacted from completed mining operations are being reclaimed to wetlands and uplands. This phase of the mine reclamation entails planting over 3,000 trees and shrubs, 7,000 grasses and ground over and 2,000 wetland plants. […]
Earth Tech Environmental LLC field technicians are licensed through FDACS to apply herbicides in aquatic areas, natural areas, ROW’s and forested areas. Continual education and industry seminars help them stay up-to-date on industry BMP’s and eradication techniques. Knowing what is a good plant and what is a bad plant is vital to doing our job. […]
As part of a mitigation plan for Bonneted bat, ETE recently installed 2 bat houses within an onsite habitat restoration area. The houses should provide excellent roosting habitat for bats.
Earth Tech Environmental LLC staff is currently repairing and installing +\- 15,000LF of livestock fence in Flint Pen Strand and Imperial Marsh for the RSW Mitigation Park. This task also includes vegetation clearing along the fence line.
Earth Tech Environmental LLC just wrapped up GT surveys and GT relocation at a current commercial development in Naples. We extracted 8 gopher tortoises and excavated over 40 burrows. The gopher tortoises will be transported to a recipient site near Orlando, FL.
Earth Tech recently excavated tortoise burrows as part of a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved offsite relocation. A total of 2 gopher tortoise were relocated from small residential properties to a permanently protected recipient site. The photos show just how deep a very small tortoise burrow can be!
Earth Tech Environmental recently ranked 2nd out of 8 firms that applied to be pre-approved as a Collier County vendor under their continuing services Request for Proposals (RFP) #15-6397, Environmental & Biological Studies. The selection allows Earth Tech Environmental to provide environmental consulting services to Collier County and the Pelican Bay Services Division on an […]
ETE recently performed a roosting\cavity survey for bonneted bats on a parcel of land slated for development in Collier County. Below are some examples of photographs taken inside cavities found in snag trees. We scope the interior of the cavities using a pole camera to verify bat roosting or activity in the tree. The first […]
Earth Tech Environmental LLC field technicians are busy removing melaleuca trees and other exotics from a protected wetland area. Hand removal is the only option in some of these sensitive areas.
