Tag Archive for: Environmental Services

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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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Progress Update

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…
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Contract Award

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 &…
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Species Spotlight: Florida Burrowing Owl

Love is in the air for Florida burrowing owls. Fittingly, these birds begin their breeding season in conjunction with Valentine's Day, typically falling between February 15th and July 10th. These unique little birds are only found in Florida,…
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Bald Eagle Monitoring

Earth Tech Environmental ecologists recently completed a bald eagle monitoring project in Collier County. Due to a roofing construction project nearby, bald eagle monitoring was required 3 days/week to ensure the eagles were not disturbed during…
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Gopher Tortoise Relocation

ETE recently assisted a single family homeowner on Cocohatchee Street with gopher tortoise permitting.  Two gopher tortoise burrows were identified on the property.  ETE helped the owner acquire a relocation permit from the Florida Fish…
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Doctors Pass

ETE is providing turbidity monitoring services for the Doctors Pass dredge project.  ETE is tasked with make sure that dredging activities don’t produce turbidity (siltation) in that water at levels higher than the FDEP permits allow.  Too…
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Aquaponics

ETE enjoyed having Campbell Peck as an intern this summer. For his summer project, he designed and built an aquaponics system in our in-house nursery. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics in a symbiotic environment. In…
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Utilization of a Drone as a Tool in Seagrass Surveys

ETE conducted a seagrass survey for a property on Marco Island as part of permitting through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  ETE utilized a drone for up-to-the-minute aerial photographs of the survey area.  The high resolution drone photos…