• Ecological Consultation
• Ecological Restoration
  • Fordson Island, Marathon Petroleum LLC
• Landscapes for Learning
  • Britton-Macon School System
  • Gross Ile School System
• Natural Areas Preservation
  • Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Department
• Natural Features Inventory & Assessment
  • Alger/Golfridge, City of Grand Rapids
  • Pfizer Global Research & Development, Ann Arbor
  • Raisin Valley Land Trust
• Native Prairie and Savannah Demonstration Sites
• Native Riparian Buffer
  • Nankin Mills, Wayne County Parks Division
• Native Seed Specifications
• Native Wetland Mitigation & Rehabilitation
  • Fox Run Village, Novi
  • Gross Ile Nature and Land Conservancy
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife & Natural Resource Conservation Service
• Natural Landscape Design
  • Cannon Township Hall
  • DTE Energy, River Rouge Power Plant
  • Gross Ile Township Waste Water Treatment Plant
  • Jackson County Road Commission
  • Northwest Highway Median, City of Farmington Hills, Michigan
• Naturalized Low Impact Development
  • Beck & Company Real Estate
• Open Space Evaluation
  • Gross Ile Township
  • Van Buren Township
• Research Projects
• Rain Gardens
  • Cannon Township Hall
• River Protection
  • The Nature Conservancy Shiawassee River Program
• Shoreline Restoration
  • Gross Ile Nature and Land Conservancy
  • Tannery Bay, Sault St. Marie, Michigan
• Stormwater Management
  • City of Portage
  • Hager Creek, Ottawa County Parks
• Wildlife and Ecological Management Plans
  • General Information
  • DTE Energy, River Rouge Plant

Research Projects

Soil Bioengineering BMP Research

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Nativescape is conducting ongoing research on bioengineering BMPS (Best Management Practices) for erosion control, slope stabilization, and noise abatement. This research has been a worldwide search for bioengineering practices that have been used successfully. New developments are used for stream bank and shoreline restoration with Aquatic shelf systems to Green Walls for visual and noise barriers along roads and industrial areas.

Presettlement Ecosystem Determinations or Remnant Habitat Identification

Nativescape is conducting ongoing research of presettlement natural community types. All the biological, environmental, and public information is being searched. With this information, the natural community type is recommended for specific sites and seed specifications are provided for projects.

Historical Literature Search for Documented Prairie Habitat Remnants

This is an on going research project to identify all known prairie and savanna community types in the literature. All the biological, environmental, and public literature databases were searched. A GIS/ GPS survey will be a part of the final project.

Historical Research for Establishment of Marshland Museum in Lake Erie Metropark

Research involved literature searches of local “down-river” cultural and natural history at local libraries, museums, and with personal interviews. This information was used to develop museum displays and interpretive programs.

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