Steward Green helps clients restore, manage and protect natural environments through practical, science-based solutions. From habitat regeneration to land stewardship, our team brings the expertise to take projects from planning and design through implementation and long-term care. The result is healthier habitats, greater biodiversity and more resilient landscapes that provide lasting value for people, wildlife and the environment.

 

Bioretention Solutions

Bioretention systems are vegetated stormwater management facilities that are used to remove a wide range of pollutants from land development sites; these pollutants include suspended solids, nutrients, metals, hydrocarbons and bacteria. Stormwater runoff entering the system is filtered through the soil bed before discharging downstream through an underdrain or infiltrating into the subsoil. Vegetation in the soil bed provides uptake of pollutants and runoff, and the root system helps maintain the infiltration rate in the soil bed.

Habitat & Land Trust Solutions

Installation of Pollinator Meadows, bioswale development, and curation of meadow habitats is the backbone of our field work, click the Habitat link below or reach out for consultation!

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Habitat

  • Bioretention systems are vegetated stormwater management facilities that are used to remove a wide range of pollutants and stormwater runoff entering the system is filtered through the soil bed before discharging downstream through an underdrain or infiltrating into the subsoil.

  • Bioswales are channels designed to concentrate and convey stormwater runoff while removing debris and pollution. Bioswales can also be beneficial in recharging groundwater, and are typically vegetated, mulched, or xeriscaped. They consist of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides.

  • Now a requirement in most new constructions, pervious surfaces allow water to percolate through to the area underneath rather than becoming runoff. These functional pavements have a number of benifits such as recharging groundwater resources, filter out pollutants, reduce the heat island effect and also help mitigate an areas potential to flooding.

  • Steward Green leads trusted clients and partners though their “5 Step Habitat Regeneration Program”.  This process has been designed to meet conservation goals, stay within budget, adhere to scheduled deadlines, greatly improve aesthetics and protect project investment.  Results are improved ecosystem services, better habitat for place-based species and increased biodiversity.

  • Land Trusts need an efficient mechanism, or tool to aid in the proper follow through and care of land acquisitions to protect the initial investment and provide sustainable ongoing protection. Our land stewardship plans can be created for a region, creating a template that can be utilized with many types of land and habitats within that same region, with only minor changes to the plan.  This “template” then simplifies the process and allows the Land Trust to focus more attention on acquiring land, with the assurance that proper management will follow.

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  • “ Steward Green was very professional, guiding a project that could have held a higher risk than anyone wanted. They even supplied specialized crane rigging necessary to protect the large trees we moved ”
    — Jeff Benkini, Benkini Landscaping
  • “ Steward Green performed a last-minute deer density study for our area, walking us through the data collection process and took time to answer our questions. They are true professionals! ”
    — Karen, Detroit, Michigan
  • “ We are grateful to the experts at Steward Green for compiling these important statistics, and for their ongoing efforts to manage conservation and wildlife concerns in the Garden State, ”
    — Ryck Suydam, President of New Jersey Farm Bureau.
  • “ Steward Green had the expertise and specialized equipment to help us with a sensitive habitat restoration for an endangered butterfly species. Very professional. ”
    — Carla Lee Lewis, Ridge & Valley Conservancy