ENTRIX News

Best in Basin Award Press Release

2010-02-26

Third Creek Restoration Honored with Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s ‘Best in the Basin’ Award Award Recognizes Innovative Natural Systems Engineering and Partnerships Needed to Successfully Complete Stream Restoration Incline Village, NV (February 24, 2010) – A unique coalition of federal, state and local agencies which restored a special part of the State ... more >>

Join Us at the 26th Annual Florida Chamber's Environment Short Course

2010-02-18

ENTRIX is excited to be apart of the 26th Annual Florida Chamber's Growth Management, Energy, Climate Change and the Environment Short Course. This annual course in Orlando held on February 23-25 has become the must attend conference, providing the most current information to engineers, attorneys, consultants, planners, public officials, environmental managers, developers and others. ... more >>

TRPA Announces ENTRIX as a Best In Basin Winner

2010-02-16

ENTRIX was announced as a winner in the Lake Tahoe News, as one of the recipients of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's (TRPA) Best in Basin Award for their Third Creek Stream Restoration Project. The article commends ENTRIX Chief Engineer Charley Miller, P.E. who was recognized in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza back in October ... more >>

Resource Cost Evaluation Services

2010-02-05

On January 26, 2010, ENTRIX was awarded a contract to provide The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) with expertise in reviewing Metropolitan’s cost analysis for water resource programs and evaluating the regional economic impacts of its proposed water supply programs. Work is anticipated in the form of individual task orders issued on ... more >>

ENTRIX Employee Laura Craig Assists in Sea Turtle Rescue

2010-01-25

ENTRIX, Vero Beach employee, Laura Craig assisted last week in one of the largest inter-agency cooperative sea turtle rescue efforts ever undertaken in the U.S. The recent unseasonably cold temperatures caused the water temperature within the Mosquito Lagoon, the Banana River, and other associated waterways to drop well below normal wintertime levels. Unable to withstand ... more >>

ENTRIX Welcomes Kathleen Barrett to the Firm

2010-01-19

ENTRIX is pleased to announce that Kathleen Barrett has joined the firm as a Senior Project Scientist based in our Riverview, Florida office. Kathy has a M.S. degree in Biology/Zoology from the University of South Florida and has over 10 years of experience working as an ecologist in Florida. She has worked on projects throughout ... more >>

ENTRIX Supports the Red Cross and Water for People

2010-01-13

At ENTRIX, we are passionate about making the world a better place. Professionally, we are stewards of the environment. Personally, it is our human nature to make a difference in the communities in which we live and work. Keeping these values in mind, in lieu of holiday cards last year, ENTRIX chose to honor the ... more >>

Numeric Nutrient Criteria - New EPA Regulations for Florida Surface Waters

2010-01-13

On Thursday, January 14, 2010 the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose numeric nutrient criteria, for nitrogen and phosphorus and related parameters, in lakes and streams in the State of Florida. These criteria are intended to replace Florida’s current narrative nutrient criteria with the goal of improving ecological conditions in Florida’s surface waters. ... more >>

ENTRIX Expanding Rapidly Across the Western U.S.

2010-01-12

ENTRIX is increasing its presence in the Western U.S. with the opening of two new offices in Los Angeles and Portland, and a major office expansion in Salt Lake City. These plans provide clients additional local staff and service resources, while extending the firm’s full suite of environmental and natural resource management consulting capabilities across ... more >>

ENTRIX Hires Dr. Bill Williams to Expand West Coast Toxicology Practice

2010-01-11

A highly credentialed scientist and researcher, Bill brings decades of experience in environmental risk and toxicology, including extensive CERCLA, NRDA and NEPA project work to the firm. Throughout his consulting career, Bill has led a wide array of assessment engagements including ecological and human health assessments, natural resource damage assessments, environmental site assessments, probabilistic risk ... more >>

Metropolitan Ministries and ENTRIX

2009-12-30

Sometimes a hot meal can make a real difference in a person’s life. This is why ENTRIX staff chose to include the Metropolitan Ministries as one of their favorite charities. Metropolitan Ministries, and their residential program, Uplift U®, provide a place where homeless families and single women can find answers and help renew their ... more >>

Eagle Act - New USFWS Regulations for Eagles

2009-12-04

On November 10, 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) implemented a new rule governing the “take” of bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden (Aquila chrysaetos) eagles. The USFWS has removed the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in all areas except the Sonoran ... more >>

Lima, Perú Office Relocation

2009-11-11

Continuing with ENTRIX’s expansion into Perú, we are happy to inform you that ENTRIX, Inc. S.A.C. has relocated its offices in Lima to the Miraflores area to better serve its clients. Please note that the new address is: Calle Diez Canseco 148 – Oficina 703 Miraflores – Lima 18 Perú Phone: ... more >>

Lake Tahoe's Third Creek Restoration Project

2009-10-27

Charley Miller, senior consultant with ENTRIX, Inc. was recognized in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza for his part on what was probably the fastest stream restoration project done in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Charley managed Third Creek restoration efforts which highlights include bank stabilization on the creek designed to prevent sediment from ... more >>

Geomorphology and Sustainable Natural Systems Engineering Group

2009-10-22

Our Geomorphology and Sustainable Natural Systems Engineering Group (GSNSEG) is made up of geomorphologists, restoration design engineers, aquatic biologists, riparian and wetland scientists, hydrologists, and hydraulic engineers that routinely collaborate on restoration and water resource projects. Our services, which are often part of larger habitat assessments, watershed studies, management plans, or rehabilitation and restoration ... more >>

Featured Service - Natural Resource Damage Assessment

2009-10-07

Under the provisions of the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), and numerous state statutes, natural resource impacts caused by the release of oil or hazardous substances into the environment must be restored and the public must be compensated for any loss of ... more >>

Green$ense Interview on Solar Power

2009-10-05

Leo Lentsch, ENTRIX Vice President and Technical Director, was recently interviewed on the Green$ense Radio Show in Chicago. Leo discussed information regarding the fragile ecosystems in the Southwest United States as they pertain to siting Solar facilities. The show recently aired on Saturday, October 3rd, between 4:00pm-5:00pm Central time. To contact Mr. Lentsch about your ... more >>

Chris Olson Joins ENTRIX

2009-09-02

ENTRIX, Inc. expands its advisory offerings in the area of land and natural resource asset management providing further value-added services to owners of large land portfolios. On September 21, 2009, Chris Olson, C.P.G. will join ENTRIX as Senior Consultant for Land Asset Management after a 29-year career with BP Amoco, where, as Manager of ... more >>

ENTRIX Welcomes John A. Goolsby

2009-08-31

ENTRIX welcomes John A. Goolsby, CEP to their Riverview, Florida office as Senior Project Scientist. John has over thirty years of experience as an environmental scientist in both private consulting and state government. His duties have primarily included wetlands identification, environmental planning, and coordination with various federal, state and local environmental regulatory agencies on wetland ... more >>

ENTRIX Welcomes John R. Jansen, Ph.D., Senior Managing Hydrogeologist

2009-08-18

ENTRIX would like to welcome John Jansen, Ph.D. to the Ft. Myers, Florida office. John is a Senior Hydrogeologist with over 25 years of experience in his field; he has a wealth of experience in groundwater resource development, engineering and environmental geophysics, groundwater modeling, and wellhead protection. John has conducted over 200 ground water resource ... more >>

Travis Greenwalt of ENTRIX Published Article in ABA Natural Resources and Environment Journal

2009-08-12

ENTRIX Senior Economist, Travis Greenwalt of the Missoula Montana office, has co-authored a paper titled, “Protecting the City’s Water: Designing a Payment for Ecosystem Services Program.” The article has been published in the summer 2009 issue of the American Bar Association Journal, Natural Resources and Environment. The paper focuses on designing Payment for Ecosystem ... more >>

Coral Reef Restoration

2009-07-28

Coral reefs are the most valuable marine habitats for over 100 countries around the world and are the most beautiful of all aquatic ecosystems. Coral reefs contain the largest variety of species of marine life in a very tiny area, and produce more living biomass than any other marine ecosystem. Coral reefs provide ... more >>

Featured Staff Profile: Susan Burke, Ph.D.

2009-07-10

Susan Burke, Ph.D. is a Senior Consultant and Senior Economist for ENTRIX's dynamic economics group and specializes in consulting natural resource managers on how to monetize eco-system goods and services for sustainable solutions for their natural resource challenges. Ms. Burke is a member of the Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) and possesses over 10 ... more >>

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs thanks ENTRIX.

2009-07-09

On behalf of the staff and patients at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, the Chief of Volunteer Service Deborah J. Gottardi sent a thank you to ENTRIX, Inc. for the company’s continued support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. ENTRIX staff recently donated food items to the Fisher House in support of their ... more >>

Donna Lee, Ph.D. Co-Authors Article on Managing Invasive Plants

2009-07-09

Ms. Lee, ENTRIX Senior Consultant and Senior Economist, partnered with two of her colleagues to write "Managing Invasive Plants on Public Conservation Forestlands: Application of a Bio-economic Model". The article was recently published in the Journal of Forest Policy Economics, an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles linking forest ecology with the management of forest resources. The ... more >>

ENTRIX Project Highlighted in Delaware's Cape Gazette

2009-07-07

Slough’s Gut Marsh's damaged habitat has been transformed into a vibrant ecosystem thanks to Chris Pfeifer, ENTRIX Sr. Project Scientist, and ENTRIX staff members Nicole Saunders, Patti Reilly, Dave Jackson, and Stephanie Briggs, who all contributed significantly to the planning, design, monitoring, and construction oversight of the project. Read the full article here ... more >>

Peace River Committee Reviews Horse Creek Study

2009-06-30

"Results of a study of Horse Creek show no negative impacts have been attributed to the phosphate company Mosaic," said an article by DeSoto Assistant Editor Susan E. Hoffman. To read more about the Horse Creek study and ENTRIX's involvement, please click here. ... more >>

Featured Service: Product Safety and Compliance

2009-06-24

ENTRIX positively positions its clients among the industry leaders in product safety assessment, management and regulatory compliance of chemicals. Our integrated team of professionals understands the importance of environmental, health and safety to the sustainability of our client’s products in a world with evolving regulatory requirements and societal norms. We skillfully guide our clients ... more >>

Featured Service - Lake Management

2009-06-22

Properly managed lakes, retention ponds, and drainage-ways are valuable aesthetic amenities for residential developments and commercial centers. Poorly managed, they become unattractive liabilities dominated by aquatic weeds and algae. ENTRIX, Inc. recommends integrated management programs of biological, chemical and manual controls that are designed specifically to meet the needs of individual sites. Our field ... more >>

ENTRIX Provides Webinar Series

2009-06-17

ENTRIX currently offers webinar series to clients and potential clients with extremely beneficial information regarding our environment, including talented guest speakers. By joining ENTRIX’s mailing list, notifications of future webinars will be sent for the opportunity to register for any webinars offered. To Subscribe to ENTRIX’s mailing list click here. ... more >>

Florida Governor Signs Community Renewal Act

2009-06-15

Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed SB 360, the Community Renewal Act. Amongst the bill’s provisions are measures to aid in the revitalization of Florida’s land development industry. (Click here to view the bill summary.) For more about how the bill could affect your company’s land development project, contact ENTRIX Vice President and Technical Director ... more >>

ENTRIX, Inc. Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary

2009-06-15

Driven by a passion for the environment and a personal desire to forever change the paradigm of environmental consulting, 25 years ago a small group of innovative and forward thinking scientists joined forces to form ENTRIX. From that inception, its philosophy has remained strong—solving environmental challenges by delivering creative solutions that enhance the environment and ... more >>

Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) - Featured Service

2009-06-03

ASR is a water management tool whereby aquifers are used as a reservoir to store excess water that is later withdrawn for use. Commonly in this process, aquifer zones containing brackish water are flushed by displacement with fresh water. Fresh water can then be stored in either treated or untreated form. ASR well systems ... more >>

ENTRIX to Participate at “Ecosystems Markets: Making Them Work" Conference

2009-06-02

ENTRIX VP and Technical Director, Gordon Robilliard, PhD, is a featured conference speaker and ENTRIX Senior Economist, Barbara Wyse, will serve as moderator for a conference session titled “The Business Opportunity”. The conference will feature national and regional experts, innovators, and hands-on users focusing on how ecosystem markets can help to protect and restore ecosystems, how ... more >>

ENTRIX Ranks #1 in Bay Area

2009-06-02

We are proud to announce that ENTRIX, Inc. was ranked as the #1 environmental consulting firm in the Tampa Bay area by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. “It is always great to see our name at the top of the list,” said Tim Neldner, Senior Consultant with ENTRIX. “We take great pride in providing ... more >>

ENTRIX Economists Co-Author Scientific Report Issued by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation

2009-05-29

ENTRIX economists, Dr. Gretchen Greene and Dr. Donna Lee, were contributing authors to the recently released "Trinational Risk Assessment Guidelines for Aquatic Alien Invasive Species". The report issued by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was developed in cooperation with experts from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Drs. Greene and Lee contributed Chapter ... more >>

ENTRIX Assists with Environmental Educational Project

2009-05-26

On Friday, May 8th, Knights Elementary School in Plant City, Florida, held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Knights P.R.E.S.E.R.V.E. project (Protecting and Rescuing Environmentally Sensitive Resources in a Varied Ecosystem). This ceremony was the culmination of approximately four years of effort to create a small, but significant, wetland preserve and environmental education ... more >>

Featured Staff Profile - Anthony Morris

2009-05-06

ENTRIX would like to introduce you to Staff Hydrogeologist Anthony Morris. Mr. Morris has experience in the review and interpretation of hydrogeologic information, pumpage report assessment, well site geology, well construction supervision, and well testing. He is also knowledgeable about federal, state, and local regulations, as well as the analysis of borehole cuttings ... more >>

Dr. John P. Giesy Named Einstein Professor by Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009-04-27

ENTRIX Technical Director and University of Saskatchewan toxicologist Dr. John P. Giesy has been named an Einstein Professor by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a distinction reserved for research leaders with the potential to win Nobel and other international science awards. The distinction is awarded annually to up to 20 distinguished international professors who ... more >>

ENTRIX Awarded IDIQ Contract by the National Park Service

2009-04-20

ENTRIX has been selected by the National Park Service for an IDIQ contract for Architect-Engineer / Engineering services for the Intermountain Region (Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming), Pacific West Region (California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and the islands of the outer Pacific) and Alaska. The contract is ... more >>

Project Mgr. Gretchen Greene Presents Strategic Business Plan for Valles Caldera National Preserve

2009-04-15

ENTRIX Project Manager Gretchen Greene and staff recently presented a strategic business plan detailing revenue-enhancing projects for the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The 89,000-acre preserve, located in the Jemez Mountains, was purchased by the federal government from ranching interests in 2000. It was established as an "experiment in land management" therefore it is up to a board of trustees, ... more >>

Featured Project - The Westshore Yacht Club

2009-04-06

The Westshore Yacht Club is a mixed-use residential community and a 217-slip marina developed by WCI Communities with environmental permitting assistance provided by ENTRIX, Inc. Located along Old Tampa Bay in South Tampa, the site previously existed as an abandoned industrial warehouse facility, deepwater shipping access, and a dredge material disposal site. Classified ... more >>

CEO Todd Williams Featured in the Zweig Letter

2009-04-06

The Zweig Letter, which is known as the “voice of reasoning for architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms,” published an article on ENTRIX President and CEO Todd Williams. The report stated, “this could turn out to be quite a year for ENTRIX, Inc… firm leaders hope to be well on their way to doubling ... more >>

ENTRIX Provides Sustainability Expertise

2009-04-06

In the sustainability industry, ENTRIX, Inc. is distinctively positioned to help our clients move beyond compliance to high-performance profitability. With decades of experience as offering clients world class scientific, engineering and economic services, the ENTRIX team specializes in helping companies identify unique opportunities to reduce consumption, mitigate risk, improve processes, and adding value through sustainability. ... more >>

Featured Staff Profile - Neal Brody

2009-03-25

Neal Brody is an ENTRIX Vice President and Technical Director. Mr. Brody possesses over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies to address complex environmental and natural resource issues. Prior to joining ENTRIX, Mr. Brody worked for over 8 years as a Director at LECG, an economic and financial analysis firm, providing expert ... more >>

Featured Staff Profile - Project Scientist John Bailey, P.W.S.

2009-01-28

ENTRIX's John Bailey is an expert in wetlands ecology and has extensive botanical knowledge of, and experience in, South and Central Florida ecosystems. His Masters research at the Center for Wetlands at the University of Florida focused on assessing changes in wetland plant communities associated with cattle ranching and ditching. His project experience ... more >>

Lima, Peru Welcomes ENTRIX

2009-01-27

We are happy to announce the opening of another international location in Lima, Peru. ENTRIX's Lima office, located in the district of Barranco, is being headed by Roberto Leguia, our Administrative and Business Operations Manager. Barranco's old world style is a favorite of artists, and writers, is located near the Pacific Ocean, and has evolved ... more >>

ENTRIX Supports the American Red Cross

2008-12-18

Founded in 1881 by visionary leader Clara Barton, the American Red Cross is a charity known worldwide for helping people during emergencies. According to their website, in addition to domestic disaster relief, the Red Cross offers compassionate services in five other areas: community services that help the needy; support and comfort for military members ... more >>

ENTRIX Special Assets Management Group

2008-12-17

ENTRIX has collected a comprehensive team to concentrate on larger assets for lenders. ENTRIX’s Special Assets Management Group is uniquely situated to provide lending institutions with a full disclosure of an asset’s status in a cost-effective and timely manner. Furthermore, the group also provides concise plans on how to maintain or increase the value ... more >>

Featured Staff Profile - Senior Ecologist Kerri A. MacNutt

2008-12-15

Ms. MacNutt has extensive regulatory experience in South-Central Florida, as a former employee of three state agencies. Specific areas of expertise include project management, environmental feasibility studies, comprehensive environmental planning and strategic site design, agency coordination/negotiations, wetland and environmental resource permitting, wetland delineations and hydroperiod analysis, habitat assessments, listed species surveys and permitting, mitigation ... more >>

ENTRIX Community Relations

2008-12-11

In anticipation of a visit from a good friend, more than 100 kindergarteners sat outside and sang holiday carols with their teachers. Despite the cool temperature, each one of them had a smile as a familiar fellow approached. Accompanied by the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue team, Santa Claus was perched high above on a hook ... more >>

Geospatial Services (Project Sample)

2008-12-11

In 2005, the storm surge from hurricane Katrina caused severe and catastrophic damage along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Part of the cleanup effort post-Katrina includes removing debris in the major waterways. ENTRIX created a grid generated with a 1 square mile cell size. Each row was assigned a unique ... more >>

ENTRIX Geospatial Services

2008-12-11

Cognocarta, a division of ENTRIX, Inc., changed its name to ENTRIX, Inc. on January 1, 2009. "We feel that this change marks a huge step forward for the company,” said an ENTRIX representative. “We have added a lot of new capabilities and staff over the years, and this change represents our national presence.” ... more >>

ENTRIX Supports Humane Society

2008-12-11

When a hurricane hits the ground in the United States, the Humane Society, among other animal rescue groups, sets up temporary “mega shelters” to care for stray and displaced animals. During Hurricane Gustav, three such shelters were created, including one that housed over 1,000 animals. Since many evacuees won’t leave their homes without ... more >>

Recognition by Department of Veterans Affairs

2008-12-04

ENTRIX was recently recognized for their efforts in support of the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, FL. ENTRIX has conducted several food drives in 2008 for the Tampa area Fisher House. The food drives and financial support were spearheaded by Bill Carey, Technical Director in the Tampa office. “On behalf of the ... more >>

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