Water Quality Restoration
We are currently planning, designing and coordinating a water quality restoration project in the Rappahannock watershed. The project consists of habitat restoration for oak-shortleaf pine savannah, wetland and riparian communities; wildlife management; and stream restoration.
These activities will greatly enhance the available habitat for native species, remove nutrients and sediment from entering the waterway, and provide wildlife viewing and hunting opportunities.
This one project will derive funding or revenue from state and federal programs, private capital, ecological markets and private hunting leases. The result of our efforts will be an ecologically improved landscape, a net reduction in pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay and a profitable enterprise for our client.
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Welcome to Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Services, LLC is an ecological restoration, engineering and environmental consulting firm in Virginia. Our experienced team specializes in creating innovative and economically feasible solutions to the complex challenges that face landowners, developers, municipalities, nonprofit organizations and institutions.
Ecosystem Services provides mitigation banking, stormwater management, land planning, ecological restoration, regulatory coordination and permitting services to the mid-Atlantic region. Ecosystem Services, LLC is a Virginia SWaM certified small business (Certification Number: 695625).
News and Events
- The Chesapeake Bay Commission releases Nutrient Credit Trading for the Chesapeake Bay: An Economic Study (May 2012)
- Chesapeake Bay health drops to a D+ in 2011, according to scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (17 April 2012)
- DCR posts Possible grant and funding opportunities to address the Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) (30 Mar 2012)
- Ecosystem Services, LLC co-founder, Brian Wagner, has been appointed to the Thomas Jefferson Water Resources Protection Foundation Board by the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors. (January 2012)
- Ecosystem Services, LLC co-founder, Kip Mumaw, is now licensed in the State of Virginia as a Professional Engineer. (January 2012)
- Ecosystem Services, LLC co-founder, Brian Wagner, is elected to the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors (Nov 2011)
- Find out what the Virginia Senate Finance Committee has to say about What it Will Cost to Meet Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL Goals, PDF (18 Nov 2011)
- New Technical Bulletin helps localities with their local stormwater load reductions -- Chesapeake Stormwater Network (6 Sept 2011)
- New Fact Sheet Helps Chesapeake Bay States Design Nutrient Trading Programs -- World Resources Institute (15 July 2011)
- Sportsmen oppose House Bill 2018 that may weaken Clean Water Act Protections -- Trout Unlimited press release (14 July 2011)
- The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Local Government Advisory Committee of the Chesapeake Executive Council have released a new publication that helps local governments understand the requirements and opportunities provided under Phase II of the Watershed Implementation Plan. Read Our Waters, Our Towns: Local Governments Role in the Watershed Implementation Plans (PDF, July 2011).