Contaminated Land Team Field Work
Despite the -6-degree temperature, the contaminated land team is still getting field work completed!With the nearest managed landfills often located considerable distances from proposed development sites, it’s crucial for e3s to assess the level of contamination, and explore local soil reuse and offsite disposal alternatives for our clients.
Freshwater Ecology Team Training
The freshwater ecology team completed some team training and development this week, running through electric fishing, invertebrate sampling and water quality measurements. Team training helps ensure our sampling techniques remain current and consistent across our team based in offices in Invercargill, Arrowtown, Christchurch and Hamilton.
Sea Nest Limited – Our New Partner Company
e3Scientific is delighted to announce the launch of our new partner company Sea Nest Limited. Check out our website and follow Sea Nest on Facebook!! https://www.seanest.co.nz https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559716604907
Subtidal Seagrass Mapping in Bluff Harbour
e3Scientific initiated and supported a Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) BSc Env Management thesis project remapping the subtidal seagrass (Zostera muelleri) beds in Bluff Harbour/Awarua. e3s staff provided technical assistance reviewing the proposed methods, lending marine survey equipment and helping secure funding to carry out the fieldwork. The work was also supported by Environment Southland […]
Urban Stormwater Sampling
Maintaining the quality of our stunning lakes is much better than trying to fix them in the future!We’re helping Queenstown Lakes District to Council collect baseline water quality data, so we can better understand the impacts stormwater has on our local environment and to enable the respective interest groups to work together on solutions that […]
Teamwork
The water resources team spending time with the freshwater ecological team to learn about the ecological attributes in the NPS- Freshwater Management. Enhancing our knowledge from source to receptor, chemistry to ecology gives us a deeper understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants in our environment.
FOSS4G SOTM Oceania Conference
Jessie recently attended the FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2023 in Auckland which is run under the OSGeo umbrella. OSGeo is a non-profit that aims to foster and promote the adoption of open source geospatial technology. The conference was attended by over 150 participants from across the globe with many opensource ideas, uses and concepts discussed across […]
Restoring Lake Hayes foreshore and wetland
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/project-restore-foreshore-wetland-will-replace-willows-%E2%80%98taonga-species%E2%80%99
Coronet Face Planting Day
First Coronet Face planting day – e3Scientific volunteered to be part of the team planting the first 6000 of 700,000 beech trees to restore the recently harvested Coronet Forest – we can’t wait to see the native forest return!
e3Scientific Team Wetland Training
e3Scientific team wetland training – a fantastic morning of hearty discussion and learning around wetland classification, delineation and protection lead by our own Professor Brian McGlynn, followed by field training in delineation protocols. We’re excited to be able to support wetland protection and restoration in NZ and are keen to support councils and community groups […]
