NEWS
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Stone Environmental's Participation in Montpelier BioBlitz 2018
We are thrilled to have sponsored the Montpelier Bioblitz on July 21-22, 2018! For 24 hours, biologists and members of the community (including our in-house pollinator expert, Leif Richardson, Ph.D.) banded together to survey and catalog all flora and fauna in Montpelier, while round-the-clock activities for all ages happened in Hubbard Park and the North Branch Nature Center.
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Stone's Leif Richardson Interviewed on Vermont Public Radio
Senior Ecologist Leif Richardson, Ph.D was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio about the recent sightings of the Fernald's bumblebee, Bombus fernaldae in Vermont. While relatively common elsewhere in the northeast, Bombus fernaldae's presence in Vermont is notable--as is its behavior.
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Vermont Transportation Flood Resilience Planning Tool Receives Awards
Stone was honored to have been awarded both the GIS & Data Science Project of the Year from the Vermont Center for Geographic Information, and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Vermont (ACEC/VT) Grand Award for our part in the Methods and Tools for Transportation Resilience in Vermont project. In collaboration with Fitzgerald Environmental, DuBois & King, and Smart Mobility, Stone created a web-based application that identifies bridges, culverts, and road embankments within watersheds that are vulnerable to flood damage, estimates the risk to those features, and offers mitigation measures. The application is available through a variety of web-browsers and devices for free use.
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Streamline Field Data Collection with GIS/Data Management Tools
Field season is here, and with it comes the necessity of efficient and accurate field data collection solutions. Read on to learn more about how Stone applies several options for streamlining this process, and how we can support your fieldwork.
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City Market Receives Vermont Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for its Brownfield Redevelopment Project
We were honored to join City Market last week as they received the prestigious Vermont Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for their South End Expansion Project in Burlington, Vermont. The award, announced annually since 1993, recognizes the efforts and actions of Vermont individuals, businesses and organizations to conserve and protect natural resources, prevent pollution, and promote environmental sustainability. We are proud to be part of this project and look forward to joining City Market with its grand opening later this year.
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Stone's Attendance at the 2017 Esri User Conference
Stone attended the Esri User Conference and connected with colleagues, partners, clients and Esri staff. As part of last year's conference, "Applying The Science of Where," Katie Budreski and Kelsey Lanan shared information and insights on some of Stone's recent GIS successes.
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Announcing a Transition at Stone
On behalf of Stone Environmental’s Board of Directors, we are pleased to the announce the appointment of John Hanzas as President and Michael Winchell as Vice President. While stepping down from their current executive positions, Founder and President, Christopher Stone and Vice President, David Healy, will remain at Stone as senior executive and technical consultants, as well as continue to serve on the Board of Directors. All of these changes will become effective July 1, 2017.
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The Society of Quality Assurance Recognizes Kim Watson for Her Exemplary Service
The Society of Quality Assurance Quality recently recognized Kim Watson, RQAP-GLP for hard work and dedication in developing and managing the joint program at the American Chemical Society meeting. Join us in congratulating Kim!
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Esri Partners Help Users Make the Maps That Run Their Towns
Stone was recently featured in Esri's ArcGIS Spring Newsletter for our work in developing a holistic plan for downtown revitalization in Bennington, Vermont using ArcGIS to perform an environmental and infrastructure assessment and an interactive story map to gain community buy-in for the plan.
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Meet Our New Pollinator Expert!
We're excited to announce that Leif Richardson, Ph.D. has joined the Stone team as a Senior Ecologist, bringing with him over 15 years of experience in diverse aspects of applied ecological and environmental science, including research on impacts of diet chemistry on bees and effects of land management practices on crop pollination by managed and wild bee pollinators.