Earth Tech Environmental recently completed a seagrass monitoring survey for the future dredging project that will encompass the channel from Wiggins Pass down to Water Turkey Bay. This monitoring project was implemented to help the dredging company prepare for what they need to do help avoid impacts to important resources, such as seagrass, throughout the […]
This September, ETE assisted Collier County Coastal Zone Management in reinstalling two Canoe Trail Markers in Clam Bay. These 32 markers help kayakers, canoers, and paddleboarders navigate their way through the mangroves of Clam Bay. These trail markers can be displaced by hurricanes, repeated boater hits and human interaction, or naturally through […]
Earth Tech Environmental recently went out to Clam Bay to conduct annual seagrass monitoring. Seagrass is an ecologically valuable resource because it helps stabilize the sea floor, provides food and habitat for marine organisms, helps maintain water quality, and supports local economies. Can you spot the seagrass from the aerials below? Our ecologists took to […]
What do creeping oxeye, Caesarweed, and golden dewdrops all have in common? If you said that they are all beautiful plants you would be…WRONG! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and while these plants may be attractive, they are all invasive exotic plant species in Florida. Invasive exotics have the […]
Auston Germano is one of Earth Tech Environmental’s ecologists who puts his boots in about everything, but specializes in gopher tortoises, preserve management, and vegetation monitoring. Auston has recently attained a Certified Environmental Scientist (CES) certification from the National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREPSM). He received his certification on June 3, 2019 and his […]
Earth Tech Environmental has been busy in the field working on the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Plan (CCCWIP), a massive, collaborative effort to redirect and restore the historical flow of water to Naples and Rookery Bay. During the early development years of Southwest Florida, extensive canals were dug to drain the wetlands of the […]
Construction continues on the Collier County Sports Complex & Events Center. The City Gate phase of the property has been cleared and the majority of the onsite lake has been excavated. ETE continues to provide environmental permitting services for the City Gate property and the future phase of the complex slated for the property to […]
ETE is currently providing turbidity monitoring services for the Hideaway Beach Erosion Control project located at Hideaway Beach, Marco Island. The project is being done for the City of Marco Island, alongside Cavache, Inc. (the contractor) and Coastal Engineering Consultants (the coastal engineering firm). Completion is expected prior to the end of April, 2019.
ETE is currently providing turbidity monitoring services for the Central Marco Island Re-Grade project located north of resident’s beach. The project is being done for Collier County, alongside Earth Tech Enterprises (the contractor) and Humiston & Moore Engineers (the coastal engineering firm). Completion is expected prior to the end of April, 2019.
ETE has been awarded a new 3 year contract to continue as the biological monitors for the Clam Bay Estuary. We have been the biological monitors for that last 3 years. Our monitoring services include: Mangrove Monitoring Exotic & Nuisance Vegetation Monitoring Coastal Scrub & Cabbage Palm Hammock Monitoring Seagrass Monitoring Protected Species Monitoring Recreational […]
