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wesmitigation Tennessee is home to some interesting topography and geology. The highland rim that circles the Nashville area has landscapes featuring limestone rock formations known as Karst. These underground caves and …
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Westervelt Ecological Services Expands with Acquisition of American Mitigation Company

Jan. 5, 2024

Westervelt Ecological Services is pleased to announce the acquisition of American Mitigation Company (AMC), based in South Carolina.

MITIGATION BANKING AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: BALANCING NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT WITH WESTERVELT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES

Sarah Correa

Sept. 20, 2023

Amidst environmental challenges and an increased need for infrastructure improvements, sustainable development becomes imperative to tackle the consequences of a growing human population, escalating resource demands, and the impact of human activities on the …

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Threatened Frog Spotted in Mosquito Fire Burn Scar

Meghan Snow, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

July 18, 2023

Almost a year has passed since the Mosquito Fire roared through the American River Canyon just outside the small northern California community of Foresthill. Steep hillsides covered in oak and pine trees, shrubs and grasses went up in flames. The fire started on September 6, 2022, and burned for 46 days, destroying homes and small businesses and blackening more than 76,000 acres of National Forest and privately-owned lands. But a recent visit to the burn area provided some hope to wildlife biologists. A small population of California red-legged frogs, a threatened species, survived the fire.

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