Alea Tuttle receives Professional Wetland Scientist certification

Professional Wetland Scientist, ALea TuttleJoin us in congratulating Wildlands team member, Alea Tuttle, for receiving her Professional Wetland Scientist certification! This certification is awarded by the Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program, which evaluates each applicant based on a combination of academic coursework, continuing education training, years of working experience in the field, letters of recommendation, and an essay describing an area of expertise. As a recipient of this certification, Alea meets the standards expected of a practicing wetland professional and she agrees to adhere to standards of professional ethics with regard to the conduct and practice of wetland science. Way to go, Alea!

Wildlands is excited to sponsor “Partners for Parks”

What a wonderful evening we had at the “Partners For Parks” social event for annual sponsors, last night. Wildlands Engineering is honored to sponsor such a great organization that values the importance of green spaces within our region.

Learn more about Partners for Parks by visiting their website: www.partnersforparks.org.

 

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Wildlands completes the Morgan Creek Stream Restoration Project

The Wildlands team recently completed the Morgan Creek Stream Restoration Project, which will reduce sediment loading and thermal impacts to the Valley River. Wildlands provided assessment, design, bidding, and construction services for this project that is approximately 1000 feet in length.

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Wildlands is seeking a Water Resources Engineer in our Asheville office

Career at Wildlands EngineeringWildlands Engineering is seeking a dynamic individual to join our growing team in our Asheville, NC office. The preferred candidate should have 1 to 4 years of experience and understand the ecologic and hydrologic processes important to water resources engineering and ecosystem restoration in the Southeastern United States.

 

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Construction is complete on Owl’s Den Stream and Wetland Mitigation Project

Wildlands is developing this full-delivery project in Lincoln County, which flows on the site of a blackberry farm. The project will provide 2,400 SMUs and 8.0 WMUs for the NC Division of Mitigation Services. Construction was completed in July 2015 and the site will be planted in the fall of 2015.

This full-delivery project included existing site assessment, conservation easement acquisition, permitting, stream restoration design, construction, and seven years of post-construction monitoring of geomorphic stability and vegetation. Detailed hydrologic modeling was completed to study wetland-groundwater connections. The project is currently in the baseline monitoring phase.

 

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Wildlands Engineering Acquires Confluence Engineering

Wildlands Engineering, Inc is pleased to announce their recent merger with Confluence Engineering, PC, an Asheville-based company that specializes in ecosystem restoration, stormwater, and floodplain management. Wildlands Engineering will be the surviving entity in the merger.

Merging with Confluence Engineering is a natural fit for us. Wildlands and Confluence have very similar approaches and guiding principles for ecological restoration and our cultures match exceptionally well. - Shawn Wilkerson, President of Wildlands Engineering

 

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