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The US Highway 17 Widening Project was highlighted in the Moultrie News, a newspaper serving Mount Pleasant and east of the Cooper River. The article describes Tidewater’s coordination with the sweetgrass basket community during the roadway widening in Mount Pleasant. Tidewater actively participated in  initial project scoping, prepared environmental assessments for NEPA compliance, and now acts as a liaison to the sweetgrass basket community during the 2-year construction. The US 17 Widening exemplifies our ability to manage a project from “cradle-to-grave”. As the project comes to a close, the artistry of sweetgrass baskets remains within the project corridor. http://www.moultrienews.com/article/20130123/MN01/130129945/1034/MN/new-stands-better-locations

Tidewater Environmental in support of NREAO personnel from MCAS Beaufort gave a presentation on the design and implementation of the MCAS Beaufort Wetland Mitigation Bank located in Beaufort, South Carolina. Specifically the presentation described how the wetland restoration was designed and implemented to so as to not increase BASH occurrences and specifically reduce BASH occurrences as the site matures from an early successional system to a mature forest.

Tidewater Environmental is excited to announce the hire of a new Project/CADD technician, Kelley O’Brien.  Kelley will be developing figures to support Individual, Nationwide, and General Department of the Army (DOA) permit application packages for impacts associated with proposed private, commercial, and industrial construction. Josh will also be assisting with wetland delineations and associated data collection, supporting NPDES permitting, Best Management Practice design, hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, natural channel design, and other natural resource restoration services.

In January 2012, Tidewater initiated the planting of 120 acres at the MCAS  Beaufort Mitigation Bank located in Beaufort, South Carolina. Over 55,000 trees were planted; including blackgums, cypress, American elm,  American holly, redbay, swamp chestnut oak, water oak, laurel oak, and elderberry. In addition, approximately 10 acres of longleaf pines were planted in the surrounding upland buffer areas.

Tidewater Environmental recently won the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s “On-Call” Contract for Environmental Permitting Services. Highlighted services covered under this contract include: field investigations, field surveys, jurisdictional determinations, critical area determination, 404/401 permitting, navigation/CZM/critical area permits, environmental documents, interagency consultations, and other related services. This is the second time that Tidewater Environmental has held this contract vehicle with the SCDOT.