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Emily Stephan successfully defended her PhD dissertation, “Development of a Parsimonious Urban Landscape Nutrient Model using Representations of Terrestrial Denitrification Control”, on November 2, 2017. Since beginning graduate school in 2012 at SUNY-ESF, Emily has worked with the US Forest Service on i-Tree Hydro (http://www.itreetools.org/), with the goal of bringing freely accessible hydrology models to […]

The Fall 2017 issue of Cornell University’s Historic Preservation Planning Alumni (HPPA) Newsletter features a great profile of three key members of EDR’s Cultural Resources team:  Grant Johnson (Class of 2010), Susan Lawson (Class of 2003), and Andrew Roblee (Class of 2017) all completed Master of Arts degrees in Historic Preservation Planning at Cornell (Go […]

EDR congratulates Avangrid Renewables and Community Energy Solar on the completion of the Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS) for the Mohawk Solar project, which was submitted to the Department of Public Service (DPS) on October 18, 2017. Mohawk Solar is a proposed 90-megawatt (MW) solar energy project located in the Towns of Canajoharie and Minden in […]

EDR was honored to be recognized by CenterState CEO at its annual Economic Champions luncheon on Wednesday, October 11th, which distinguishes businesses from one dozen Central New York counties that have added new employees, expanded their workspace or made capital improvements within the past year. Of the 289 economic champions recognized, EDR was one of […]

EDR is excited to announce the filing of the Galloo Island Wind Energy Facility Application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.  The Application was prepared in accordance with Article 10 of the New York State Public Service Law and was filed with the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and […]

Ian Potash has now joined the team as a full-time Visualization Specialist in our Syracuse office. Ian holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Alfred State’s Digital Media and Animation program and will be assisting the visualization team in 3D and 2D production, field assessment, and photography. Ian is skilled in 3D and 2D animation, […]

After a busy summer, we head into fall with some new faces joining the EDR Team! Caitlin Lashbrook (top left) has joined the team as an Environmental Analyst in our Rochester office. Caitlin has a Master of Science in Coastal Ocean Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology (both from UNC Wilmington). Lucas […]

EDR would like to congratulate our client, National Grid, for receiving their stormwater permit from the Lake George Park Commission for the expansion of its Ticonderoga Substation.   Staff from our Syracuse and Albany Offices worked together to develop a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for the Substation, adhering to the stormwater rules and regulations of […]