The newest member of our Water Resources Management Team
Meet Polly Crocker
Project Highlight: A plan for lake health gains traction
Stone is working with state authorities on a plan to reduce phosphorus into Lake Champlain.
Service Spotlight: Restoring stream ecosystems
Stone's website now features a new page highlighting our work improving the health of streams and rivers in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Greetings!
Though we are working from a range of locations these days, Stone Environmental is excited to introduce you to the newest member of our Water Resources Management Team, provide an update on an important project addressing pollution in Lake Champlain, and invite you to visit our new
ecosystem restoration page on our website.
STAFF RECOGNITION: Meet Polly Crocker, Our New Senior Water Quality Specialist!
Stone's Water Resources Management Team grew last fall with the addition of Polly Crocker. Polly brings ten years of experience that includes developing stormwater policy in San Francisco and implementing agricultural best management practices in Vermont's rural communities. At Stone, she manages and provides technical support on watershed assessment, stormwater policy, and green infrastructure projects.
From Polly:
"When I headed to the West Coast to earn my graduate degree in Watershed Science and Policy at Cal State Monterey Bay, I was determined to bring what I learned back to Vermont. It took a little longer than expected thanks to an amazing post-grad school job working for the City of San Francisco's Wastewater Enterprise. I am so thrilled to be back and working for Stone where I can dive right back into Vermont's water quality improvement work (pun intended)!"
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: 1,400 Miles, 6,000+ Acres, and 21%: Phosphorus Control Planning for Vermont’s State Transportation Agency
Stone developed a story map and an interactive dashboard (shown above) to illustrate progress towards phosphorus reduction targets for each of the 11 lake segments.
Excess phosphorus from a variety of sources has harmed the water quality of Lake Champlain. This decline in water quality threatens agriculture, tourism, and the quality of life for communities around one of North America's most picturesque lakes.
Stone is part of an effort to reduce phosphorus loadings in collaboration with the Vermont Agencies of Transportation and Natural Resources. This story map details how VTrans and Stone are developing plans to reduce phosphorus from VTrans' roads, rights-of-way, and facilities by over 20 percent over the next 20 years.
Stone Environmental's team onsite at a recent project site in Bakersfield, Vermont.
Stone Environmental brings over 25 years of experience to the fields of ecosystem restoration. We are proud to support this important work to restore natural conditions, reestablish ecosystem balance, increase flood resiliency, and improve water quality.
Stone Environmental is a 100% employee-owned environmental science, engineering, and field services firm located in Montpelier, Vermont. Founded in 1992, our mission is to provide tools, information, and analyses to help our clients solve environmental challenges with integrity, expertise, and innovation. We bring together of over 50 scientists, engineers, modelers, developers, and project managers with diverse backgrounds and skills — and a shared commitment to excellence, creativity, and accountability through employee ownership. Our capabilities include environmental assessment and remediation, water resources management, environmental modeling, data quality assessments, support for agrochemical product stewardship and registration, geospatial analysis, data visualization, and application development. The company’s headquarters is located in Montpelier, Vermont with remote employees in New Hampshire and Maine. Visit our website to learn more about who we are, how we work, and the markets we serve at www.stone-env.com.
