Our mission is simple: To facilitate the conservation and restoration of native ecosystems, plants, and wildlife, - and the human connection to them. |
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Mountains-to-Sea Conservation, Inc. Current Projects & Recent Clients |
Our ability to translate the 'natural capital' of the land, helps to save our clients money and avoid costly delays while protecting natural areas to the maximum degree. From regulatory projects, conservation & ecological protection to hands-on stewardship, Mountains-to-Sea provides the widest array of Environmental Services at the best price for our region. |
Kevin Caldwell Kevin Caldwell is co-owner, ecologist, and planner for MTS. Kevin has worked on over 125 conservation projects throughout eastern North America, focusing on the Blue Ridge mountains. He specializes in botanical & wildlife inventory, natural community classification, old growth / primary forest delineation, and rare species & habitat management. His background in plant propagation and planting design provides a basis for the wide variety of restoration and renegotiation projects MTS works on. From 2002-2005, Kevin served as Stewardship Ecologist for Sweet Water Trust of Boston MA, interacting frequently with The Nature Conservancy from the Adirondacks through northern New England. There, he designed SWT's baseline documentation and monitoring protocols, organized local monitoring volunteers, led education programs, and helped manage and protect over 50,000 acres of wilderness easement lands. He has field experience in the Mid-Atlantic, the southern Blue Ridge. He has worked with the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program, Merck Forest & Farmland Center (Rupert, VT), Gaia Herbs, Inc. of Brevard, NC, and is former co-owner of Appalachian Ecological Consultants (AEC, 1997-2002) of Brevard, NC. Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in Ecology from UNC-Asheville (‘96) and by 1998 had founded AEC. He currently serves on the Land Management Committee for the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and the Forest Task Force of the Western North Carolina Alliance. He is a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, Society for Conservation Biology, and Ecological Society of America. |
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