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P,O. Box 5                 1204 Baldwin Mill Road Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Phone: 410.692.7500
Fax: 410.692.7503

 

 

 
Restored reach of Winter's Run, Harford County, MD

Welcome to Ecotone, Inc.

Ecotone provides wetland design and construction, stream restoration, forest and wetland mitigation, environmental consulting and permitting, and stream construction in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Utilizing market forces to fund many of its projects, Ecotone restores habitat and function to environmental resources.

 

 


The firm’s team of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental scientists and construction specialists provide a wide ranging blend of environmental investigation, consulting, design, construction, and monitoring experience to projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southeastern United States. Ecotone provides full service environmental consulting, design, construction and monitoring services and collaborates with Civil Engineers and Landscape Architects on many projects involving land development, watershed assessment and restoration, wetland restoration, river restoration, and forest assessment and restoration.

  Restored wetland in Harford County, Maryland

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wetland restoration grading  

Often the intent of the designer is lost during the construction phase of restoration projects and goals and objectives sought by the project sponsors are not achieved. In order to enhance quality and provide value engineering to our projects,  Ecotone offers construction services to implement wetland and stream restoration projects. Our team of experienced designers work hand in hand with our construction personnel to assure project success, and usually realizing significant cost-savings over traditional bid procurement methods.

 

Since 2000, Ecotone has developed numerous successful wetland and forest mitigation sites throughout Maryland.  Currently, we have several sites available for reforestation and wetland mitigation credit within the Central Maryland region.  Stream restoration is also available in selected watersheds, and site specific wetland and forest mitigation site development can be provided.

 

In 2005, Ecotone joined forces with Woods, Water & Wildlife, Inc. to form Albemarle Restorations, LLC.  The joint venture was formed to undertaking large scale wetland restoration and stream restoration opportunities in eastern North Carolina.  To date contracts have been awarded from North Carolina's Ecosystem Enhancement Program to Albemarle Restorations, LLC for over 150 acres of wetland mitigation and two miles of stream restoration in Hyde, Martin, Beaufort, and Bertie Counties.  Albemarle Restorations, LLC, in less than 18 months since its formation, has become one of the leading providers of environmental restoration in Eastern North Carolina.  We are currently working with PCS Phosphate on the restoration of several environmentally significant properties in Beaufort County, NC.

 
restored headwater reach, Falling Spring, Chambersburg, PA  

Ecotone prides itself on providing the highest quality designs and products using state of the art ecological restoration techniques. All computer aided design work is performed in-house by our cross trained scientists and ecologists. We continually monitor our work-load to assure all current projects are performed on-time, on-budget, and with the highest regard for quality and customer service.

Ecotone News - updated October 2007

Ecotone Awarded Design Contract for Little Blackwater project

October 2007

Ecotone, was awarded the design contract to restore several hundred acres of wetland on a environmentally significant property adjacent to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

Wetland Restoration Projects Completed in Eastern North Carolina

October 2007

Ecotone, in cooperation with Albemarle Restorations, LLC and Woods, Water, and Wildlife, Inc.  recently completed construction of two significant wetland restoration projects in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina.  Between the two projects, a total of 75 acres of wetlands were restored.  The projects were funded by North Carolina's Environmental Enhancement Program.   Over 20,000 wetland trees and shrubs were planted on the two sites.   The Rose Bay wetland restoration site in Hyde County will restore wetland hydrology to a significant cypress swamp and bottomland hardwood forest.  

Long Green Creek Wetland Construction

Completed April 2007

Ecotone recently completed construction of an 8.5 acre wetland restoration project in the Hydes area of Baltimore County.  Wetland hydrology was restored to 8.5 acres of historical wetlands adjacent to Long Green Creek, a high quality trout stream.  Construction was completed in winter of 2007 and was planted with 3,000 trees and shrubs in April of 2007.   The restored areas will be permanently protected with a conservation easement. 

Long Green Headwater Wetland

October 2007

Construction of an 18 acre wetland restoration project in the Headwaters of Long Green Creek in Hydes, Maryland on the Wilkerson property has recently been completed.    Ecotone provided design plans, procured all necessary permits, and will plant the project with over 7,000 native hardwood trees and shrubs.  Completion is anticipated in the fall of 2007.  Wetland restoration credits are available at the this site to meet Baltimore County and Maryland Department of the Environment wetland mitigation requirements.  Call or email Jim or Scott for details.

Wetlands and Forest Restored at the Howard County Conservancy

May 2007

19 acres of riparian forest were restored and planted along with 1.5 acres of wetland restoration at the Howard County Conservancy in Woodstock, Maryland.  Over 8,000 hardwood trees and shrubs were planted on the Conservancy property.  Ecotone provided the project design, permitting, conservation easement, construction, and planting for the project.