This work has led to participation in a number of scientific and published reports and scientific papers on these wetlands and the species that inhabit these stream corridors. On the Western Coastal plain of Maryland seepage slopes and floodplains wetlands were historically common. They supported a great number of now threatened species and provided immense water quality benefits to tidewaters of the Chesapeake Bay.

Since 1996, Underwood & Associates has been developing methods and techniques to restore and re-integrate these ecosystems into the human occupied landscape. As such we have developed a novel and holistic approach to stream and wetland restoration. By integrating all aspects of our design and construction capabilities with our in depth understanding of ecosystem processes, we have created a process of restoring degraded ecosystems that allows for the construction or restoration of high quality aquatic resources for far less money than conventional less beneficial approaches will.

We believe that bringing back the Chesapeake Bay is going to require putting water back into the landscape, raising groundwater tables, reconnecting floodplains to streams, and converting stormwater to groundwater. We can simultaneously recover threatened ecosystems and restore populations of threatened species while restoring our streams and wetlands, and promoting an ethic of environmental stewardship.    Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about us, or would like to utilize our design and construction services.