Our clients are as diverse as the lands we work on - land trusts, federal / state / local municipalities, environmental organizations, landscape architects, green-builders, engineers and over 100 private landowners. Monthly, we give 10% of our income stream to local and regional land trusts, environmental organizations, and others who directly protect public & private lands and educate the public about the natural heritage - the plants, wildlife, and wild places - that sustain us all. We are proud to have worked with such a wide range of people, lands, and natural places. We also serve the environment on boards and trustees of conservation and farm-education non-profit organizations.

MTS has been involved with over 250 conservation projects in the Blue Ridge and eastern North America since 1997. These typically involve detailed botanical & wildlife inventories, scientific studies & research, GIS mapping, detailed reports, and land management plans and hands-on stewardship on the ground.

Recent Projects

Wetland & Stream Restoration Assessment & Rare Plants Survey of the Camp Buc Property. Sapphire, NC. Spring 2009 assessment of wetland conditions and restoration opportunities and state T&E plant species survey in order to apply for state protection funding.

Natural Resource Inventory and Land-Use Plan of the "Old Home Place". Saluda, NC. Year-long botanical and wildlife inventory of the 475-acre National Historic Register "Old Home Place" private property yielding 12 rare species and several new county records.

Rare Plant Species Monitoring Project, Appalachian Trail Conservancy. 2007+
Project includes assisting volunteer rare plant monitors, locating new rare species populations, documenting species and lcoations un-monitored for many years, providing volunteer site-monitoring handbooks

Henslow's Sparrow Habitat Asessment, Bull Run / Manassas, VA. Assessment of proposed gravel mine expansion zone for Henslows Sparrow habitat, a joint project with Curtis Environmental.

Old Growth Forest Survey of the Little Santeetlah Project Area. Robbinsville, NC. Survey and tree-core data collection of old growth forests adjacent to Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest for Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition and US Forest Service, Cheoah District.

Cerulean Warbler and Breeding Bird Survey. Stecoah, NC. Breeding bird survey of proposed timber sale in Cerulean Warbler habitat. WildSouth and US Forest Service.

Old Growth Forest Survey of the Marshall Run / Root Run Project Area. Survey and tree-core data collection for old growth forests, Southern Environmental Law Center and US Forest Service, George Washington National Forest.

1000-acre Greenspace: James City County, VA Greenspace Program – Baseline Documentations: Sept – Dec, 2007. 
Baseline documentation assessments, data management, and stewardship protocols for county fee & easement properties in partnership with The Conservation Consultant and BioGeoCreations.

Baseline Documentation and Biological Inventories: Nov-Dec, 2007.  
Projects involve comprehensive documentation and botanical / wildlife inventories of the Shoal Falls and Angel’s Way properties via the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy.

Spring and Water Quality Assessment: Nov-Dec, 2007. Private Landowners. 
Water quality and flow rate testing for spring bottled water program.

Appalachian Trail Rare Species Monitoring: June-Oct, 2007 /Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Project includes assisting volunteer rare plant monitors, locating new rare species populations, documenting species and lcoations un-monitored for many years, providing volunteer site-monitoring handbooks.

Land-buyer feasibility studies: August 2007 /Private Landowner
Assisting landowner with conservation community feasibility study including spring locations & water flow measurments, crop & grazing land suitability, least-impact homesite locations, and property-wide management plan. Walnut Creek, NC.

Old Bishop Place Farm: August 2007-2008 / Private Landowner
Bottomland forest restoration, wildflower meadow installation, and native evergreen hedging design and implementation. 

Big Briar Cove - South Turkey Creek. April-Sept, 2007 / Private Landowner
A season-long study of rare species, habitats, wetlands, and conservation values of the 120-acre property owned by Dr. Robert Moog- inventor of the synthesizer! Study includes severel new Buncombe county records.

English Ivy Eradication. Feb-Aug, 2007 / Private Landowner
A removal of approximately 1-acre of English Ivy (Hedera helix) from rich-cove forest on high elevation private lands adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Sugar Creek Ecologial Inventory & Mangement Plan. Ongoing / Private Landowner
A fall 2006/Spring 2007 inventory and managment plan covering forestry, rare species, wetlands, market production of native plants, and residential design with private landowner in the rural Sugar Creek valley of western Buncombe County, NC.

Recent Clients

Land Trusts & Conservation Planning
Moog Music,Inc (yes – the inventor of the synthesizer) / Leicester NC
Rough Creek Watershed (900 ac) / Canton, NC
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy / Asheville NC
Conservation Trust for North Carolina / Raleigh NC
Conservation Advisors / Brevard NC
Brushy Fork Watershed (400 ac) / Brevard, NC
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy / Hendersonville NC
Foothills Land Conservancy / Morganton NC
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust / Highlands NC
Wildacres Retreat  / Little Switzerland NC
Woodfin Watershed (3000 ac) / Woodfin, NC
North American Land Trust (NALT) / Pennsylvania
The Overton "Old Growth" Park / Memphis TN
Dewar Wildlife Trust's "Gorilla Haven"  / Project / Georgia
Valle Crucis Conference Center  / Valle Crucis NC
The SmartWood Foundation, peer reviewer
Hatches Harbor Wetland Mitigation Study / Provincetown, MA
North American Land Trust
Appalachian Voices 
Western North Carolina Alliance
Cherokee Forest Voices
WENOCA Sierra Club
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project (now WildSouth)
Dogwood Alliance