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The Value of Native Plants

  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…
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Collier County Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Plan

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.…
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Mangrove Trimming

ETE recently completed a mangrove trimming job along the Imperial River in Bonita Springs.  ETE has 2 professional mangrove trimmers (PMT) on staff to assist waterfront homeowners with mangrove questions.  Often a significant improvement in…
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Ecosystem Value of Butterflies

ETE is focusing on producing butterfly friendly plants in our native nursery.  Why you may ask?  Not only are butterflies beautiful, they are tremendously important to our ecosystem! Ecosystem Value Butterflies are indicators of a…
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Marco Island Executive Airport

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…
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North Naples Fire Control & Rescue District

Date of Service: 2012 to Present ETE’s North Naples Fire Control and Rescue District contract involves Fire Stations No. 44 and 46.  In 2012, ETE ecologists conducted a field investigation to determine the presence of exotic plants and…
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Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)

Date of Service: 2009 to Present ETE ecologists have been providing various environmental and biological services at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2009.  ETE ecologists provide field oversight and Eastern Indigo snake monitoring during…
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Babcock Ranch & Earthsource Mine

Date of Service:  2011 to Present Babcock Ranch & EarthSource Mine is an open contract that was initiated in 2011 to perform land management and mitigation restoration activities that includes exotic eradication, preserve maintenance,…
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Restoration Planting Area

Earth Tech completed a restoration of a conservation easement impact area at Riverside Baptist Church in Fort. Myers.  An adjacent property owner had impacted a portion of the church's preserve.  ETE re-graded the impacted area and planted…
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Mine Reclamation

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…