Environment

Businesses:

ACM Services - Rockville - asbestos and lead abatement and management projects.

Apex Environmental, Inc. - Rockville - providing compliance, pollution control, health and safety, air quality and laboratory services.

Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States - Chevy Chase -

Belfort Instrument Company - Baltimore - manufacturer of environmental instrumentation

Brightwater, Inc.- Ellicot City - specializing in water quality studies, stream assessment and restoration, wetland assessment, restoration and mitigation.

Environmental Elements Corporation - Baltimore - designs and supplies electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, and gas and particulate scrubbing systems.

Environmental Technologies Group, Inc. - Baltimore - develops systems for detecting environmental hazards, monitoring weather conditions, analyzing petroleum products, and supporting military meteorological sections.

Fleet OM&M Manager - Baltimore - an operations monitoring and maintnance manager application that allows restricted internet access to information about a site's remediation and monitoring progress.

Gascoyne Laboratories - Baltimore -

Growth Management Institute (GMI) - Chevy Chase - goal is to educate and inform the public on responsible land use and related issues including sustainable urban development and redevelopment

Industrial Chemical Corporation - Baltimore - equipment and chemicalt treatments for boilers, cooling towers, closed loops, and commercial domestic systems for scale, corrosion, and biological fouling.

Institute of Hazardous Materials Management - Rockville - offering credential program for professionals in the hazardous waste field.

Jones Technologies, Inc. - Lanham - providing hazardous materials management, assessment and remediation, and natural resource management services.

Watermark Corporation - Baltimore - Water quality improvement products and services.

US Wetland Banking Group - Bethesda - design and construction of wetland mitigation banks; turnkey mitigation plans, permit negotiation and legal defense of environmental actions.

Consulting:

Consulting Hydrogeology & Environmental Software Services, (CHESS) Inc. - Bethesda -

Hart Partners, Inc. - Bethesda - offering strategic environmental managment solutions.

Paulsen Group, Inc. - Bowie - an environmental research company using applied research to solve agricultural problems.

Reports and Information:

Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) -Chesapeake Bay- real-time data and interactive tools for exploring the bay.

Chesapeake Bay National Estuary Research Reserve

Guide to Fall Foliage in Maryland - information to assist you in finding the most colorful areas of the state.

Heavy Metals in the Chesapeake Bay -Chesapeake Bay- review of heavy metals and their presence and effects.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Potomac River Guide - includes a history of the lower Potomac and links to parks and towns along the river.

Organizations

American Institute of Urban and Regional Affairs - Gaithersburg - non-governmental association dedicated to sustainable development.

Baltimore Bird Club - Baltimore - a chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society, with an interest in wild birds and birding. Club activities and links to other birding sites.

Bird Banding Laboratory - Laurel - located at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

Center for a New American Dream - Takoma Park - offers information and resources to help individuals and institutions consume responsibly for the health and well-being of our families and the planet.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation -Annapolis - nonprofit conservation organization working to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Trust -Annapolis -

Chesapeake Bay Program -Chesapeake Bay- directing and conducting restoration of the Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee -Chesapeake Bay-

Composting Council - Bethesda - works to achieve maximum conservation, composting, and utilization of organic material in an environmentally and economically sustainable matter.

Eyes of Paint Branch - Silver Spring - grass roots organization devoted to preserving the Paint Branch Stream Valley.

Hazardous and Medical Waste Program - EPA monthly hotline reports.

Holland Island Preservation Foundation

Maryland Public Interest Research Group (MaryPIRG) - Baltimore - environmental and consumer protection organization.

Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust - devoted to the protection of land resources, including farmland preservation and the protection of open space, habitat, historic and scenic landscapes, wetlands, watershed.

Sierra Club, The - Montgomery County - Rockville - promoting environment advocacy. Offering listings of contacts, environmental issues, electronic newsletter, alerts, and outings.

Spectrum of Light - Columbia - forming partnerships between youth and adult leaders for the purpose of focusing on environmental education and public service.