Enviroscapes provided tidal wetland restoration services to Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. (Sevenson) at the Former Brooklyn Union Gas Works Site. Enviroscapes installed tidal emergent wetland species, transition wetland species, and upland species. Seeding was conducted by New Holland tractor with drill seeder attachment. Enviroscapes seeded and installed Erosion Control Blanket on 106,900 square feet of Ecological Buffer Area using 100% Panicum Virgatum. In addition, Enviroscapes seeded 16.27 acres of upland area. Using 50% Turf Type Tall Fescue, 25% Kentucky Bluegrass and 25% Perennial Rye Grass. Enviroscapes also installed 2, 695 linear feet of Wildlife Barrier fencing. Enviroscapes completed the project in 37 working days.

Enviroscapes performed off-site stream interim remedial measures at a South Jersey Gas Company Site in Glassboro, New Jersey. Restoration plantings included:

• 6,750 Red Maple, Sweet Gum, and Black Gum.
• 10,550 Pepperbush, Blueberry, Spicebush, Viburnum, and Laurel.
• 45,000 Soft Rush, Woolgrass, various Sedge, Cinnamon Fern, Cardinal Flower, and Blueflag Iris.

All trees and shrubs were saucer mulched with double-ground root mulch. Enviroscapes performed restoration seeding at several areas on-site. This included seeding 15.4 acres of Freshwater Wetlands, 0.2 acres of Wetlands Transition Area, and 0.5 acres of upland area. Enviroscapes maintained the restoration site and warranted all materials and workmanship for one (1) year following substantial completion of planting activities. This includes an 85% survival guarantee of all planted materials. Overall the project was completed in 52 working days.

Enviroscapes provided wetland restoration services to Conti Federal Services, Inc. (Conti FSI) at the Horseshoe Road Superfund Site. As part of the scope of work, Enviroscapes performed restoration plantins in area encompassing 137, 100 square feet. In accordance with the NJDEP Freshwater Wetland Mitigation Permit condition 11c - Enviroscapes marked the perimeter of the wetland community (i.e., the perimeter of the forested wetland) with PVC pipe. The PVC pipe was (3) inch, white, schedule 40 PVC installed a minimum of 2.5-feet below grade / 4-feet above grade. PVC markers were installed a minimum of every fifty (50) linear feet along the wetland perimeter and at all turning points. Conti FSI surveyed the location of the PVC markers prior to installation. Enviroscapes also installed six (6) wetland identification signs as per NJDEP Freshwater Wetland Mitigation Permit condition 11g and 11h. Signs were 24” x 18”; green with white lettering, 0.080 aluminum. Signs were mounted on pressure treated timbers (4” x 4” nominal).

Enviroscapes seeded 19,300 square feet of Emergent Wetland area, 99,800 square feet of Forested Wetland area, and 154,400 square feet of Upland area (including the “16-foot Wide Dogwood Band”). Enviroscapes installed approximately 1,100 linear feet of temporary goose fencing in the Emergent Wetland areas (19,300 square feet). Currently, Enviroscapes is conducting wetland monitoring and reporting for an overall period of five years in order to ensure survivability. Maintenance activities consist of: repairing goose exclusion measures; manually removing/cutting weeds/grasses from around plants; staking/re-staking plants if necessary; and mulching/re-mulching plants as necessary. In addition, invasive species will be controlled either mechanically or through aquatic herbicide application methods.

Enviroscapes provided wetland restoration services at the Blueball Avenue Site in Chichester, Pennsylvania. In 2007, Enviroscapes performed topsoil placement and seeding activities on 16,348 square feet of area in the Ephemeral Drainage/Forested Wetlands/Compensation Area of the site. Enviroscapes then installed 9,000 square feet of Coir Mat 400 biodegradable erosion control blanket (ECB) within the Ephemeral Drainage and adjacent sloped areas. A four (4) inch by four (4) inch anchor trench at the top of slope was installed. Erosion control blanket was secured using 11-gauge; six (6) inch “U” shape staples. Seeding was conducted prior to installation of the ECB and any plug planting was conducted following placement of the ECB.

Enviroscapes performed wetland restoration activities at the Zschiegner Refining Company superfund site in Howell Township, New Jersey. The Zschiegner facility is located on a vacant 6.1-acre parcel in a rural area of Howell Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, a precious metals recovery operation was located on the facility property. On-site operations included the chemical stripping of precious metals from watch bands, film, and electrical components. The facility was demolished and is closed down in the 1990s. The work was performed under a USACE contract.

Enviroscapes conducted wetland restoration activities at the Former Nassau Metals Facility in Staten Island, New York. Nassau Smelting & Refining Company’s plant was built in 1900 on the Richmond Valley line of Tottenville. The smelting works (Tottenville Copper Company) was bought by Western Electric in 1931, another result of Depression times. In 1971 it became a metal recycling plant and renamed Nassau Recycling Corporation.

Enviroscapes is in the early stages of a wetlands restoration project at the Bridgeport Oil and Rental Services (BROS) site in Logan Township, New Jersey. The BROS site is a 30-acre parcel of land, formerly used as waste oil storage and recovery facility, located in Logan Township, one mile east of Bridgeport and two miles south of the Delaware River. The property originally housed a tank farm, consisting of approximately 100 tanks and process vessels, drums, tank trucks, and a 13-acre waste oil and wastewater lagoon. Initial estimates indicated that the lagoon contained about 2.5 million gallons of oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 80,000 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediments and sludge, and 70 million gallons of contaminated wastewater. Groundwater underlying the site and extending about 2,400 feet from the lagoon has been contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Under contract to New Jersey Natural Gas, Enviroscapes performed wetlands mitigation and maintenance services at Site AOC-6A, a former railroad right-of-way, in the Borough of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. Prior work by others had included the excavation, installation of a soil cap, backfilling and final disposition of soil. Upon completion of the original site work, wetlands plantings were not completed. Although some beneficial species had volunteered into the area, invasive species have also been observed in the mitigation area.

Enviroscapes conducted wetland restoration activities including select topsoil placement, installation of erosion control fabric, tree installation, planting and deer exclusion fencing at the Cherokee Parcel “C” LLC and York Parcel “C” LLC site in Hanover Park, New Jersey.

Enviroscapes conducted wetlands mitigation and enhancement activities for the NYSDEC voluntary cleanup program in Staten Island, New York. Enviroscapes first installed 2,700 linear feet of goose exclusion fence. Goose exclusion fence was installed around the perimeter of the low and high marsh areas (L-8, H-2, H-3, and H-4). Goose exclusion fence material was TenaxTM Utility Fence. TenaxTM fence is heavy duty, four (4) feet in height, UV stabilized, corrosion/rot resistant, polypropylene mesh (mesh size is 3-inch x 1 ¾-inch). The perimeter exclusion fence was fastened to wood stakes with cable ties. The wood stakes were 2-inch by 2-inch by 6-feet long, installed at a minimum, 24-inch below grade. Wood fence posts were installed every 10 feet on center. Following goose exclusion fence installation, 38,000 square feet of interior goose exclusion netting/twine was installed inside the goose exclusion fence. The interior fence was placed in a square grid, with wood posts spaced a maximum of ten (10) feet apart along the grid pattern. Wood posts were six (6) feet in length, with a minimum of 2-feet installed below grade. Twine comprised of durable, rot resistant nylon or polyester with a minimum diameter of 1/8-inch was securely tied to both horizontally and vertically to each adjacent post, so the end result was a 10-foot by 10-foot grid pattern. Finally, red and silver Mylar flash tape was tied on the twine at the mid-point between each post.

Enviroscapes was awarded a contract with the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders to perform wetland mitigation services at Ambrose Doty’s Brook Park. The site consists of two parcels consisting of approximately 6.2 acres in area. The mitigation was required to compensate for 2.2 acres of wetlands impacted due to the NJDOT Route 18 widening project performed in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Ambrose Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It rises underneath Route 27 in Edison and eventually flows into the Green Brook in Middlesex just before entering the Raritan River.

Enviroscapes conducted Wetland Mitigation activities at Port Reading in Carteret, New Jersey, located along the Arthur Kill waterway that separates New Jersey from Staten Island, New York. Wetland Mitigation activities were conducted on an 11-acre parcel of land to mitigate the impact from major infrastructure/warehouse development at Port Carteret.

Under contract to New Jersey Natural Gas, Enviroscapes performed wetland mitigation activities at Troutman’s Creek in Long Branch, New Jersey. Following excavation, disposal, and backfilling by a remediation contractor, Enviroscapes was tasked to maintain and remove Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Measures at the site, install both wetland and upland plant material and repair temporary disturbances to restoration areas associated with plant installation activities.