Environmental Consultants, Environmental Consulting Firm, Environmental Services, Inc.

As we continue to celebrate ESI's 27th year in business, we'll take a few trips down memory lane. We hope that you enjoy Tim Hamilton's" tongue in cheek" recipe for success.

Recipe for Success

INGREDIENTS:
Two Entrepreneurs with Heart
Committed Employees eager to learn
One Large Shared Vision
Equal amounts of integrity, empowerment, accountability, teamwork and quality

Take two generous, dedicated environmental consultants, passionate about their work and the people they employ, combine with loyal, well trained, appreciative employees and “shake well.” Add one large Vision of the future, and equal parts of those core values. Make sure that you allow time for teaching, training, coaching, sharing and caring. Don’t scrimp on the ingredients. Although the ingredients are few, it is the quality of the ingredients that make all the difference in the recipe. Let all of the ingredients blend and  mature for 27 years. The recipe is sufficient to make a lifetime of memories and fill at least 10 offices.

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Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) is celebrating our 27th year providing superior services to our clients.

Founded in 1986 by Rhodes and Sarah Robinson, ESI has steadily grown with a philosophy of providing quality, responsive service for clients and a corporate environment where people enjoy their work.

ESI's multi-disciplinary capabilities enhance our responsiveness and provide our clients with industry leading technical expertise. The firm also maintains strategic relationships with partners who provide external expertise. ESI has offices in Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida and the firm has expanded into the international market by providing carbon verification services abroad.

Rhodes Robinson, CEP, PWS, has over 30 years of consulting experience, and has worked in over 20 states.  Mr. Robinson focuses on mitigation banks and strategies for large developments, and is routinely involved with wetland issues in four different Corps districts. Currently serving as the 2009 Ways and Means Committee Chair for the Society of Wetland Scientists, he is also the ESI’s senior technical adviser.

Sarah Robinson has served on interdisciplinary research and development teams where she was responsible for ongoing project documentation, organization of various phases of projects including hardware/software communication, and final production of engineering and operation manuals.  Mrs. Robinson serves as a Senior Scientist at Environmental Services, Inc.

We feel tremendous gratitude for our clients and partners. We look forward to providing many more years of superior service.

Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under ISO 14065:2007 for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies including: ISO 14064-3:2006, ISO 14065:2007, validation/verification of assertions related to GHG emission reductions and removals at the project level for Land Use and Forestry (Group 3).  ESI is also an Accredited Offset Verification Body of Offset Project Data Reports for the California Air Resource Board. Our accreditations underline and reinforce our ability to meet the stringent requirements for independent, third-party validators and verifiers of the leading GHG programs.

ESI first established our Forestry, Carbon, and GHG Services Division in 2007. Since then, we have completed numerous validation and/or verification projects across the United States and around the world. The independent, third-party GHG validation/verification services provided by ESI ensure that GHG emissions reduction/removal assertions within defined projects are accurate, transparent, and credible.

The ESI philosophy and technical approach stresses experience, competence, communication, and above all, responsiveness to the needs of our clients. We are confident that we can provide additional value to you and your company through the successful validation and verification of your GHG reduction/removal projects.

ESI’s project-level validation and verification services include:

American Carbon Registry (ACR)

• Forestry
• Agriculture

California Air Resource Board (ARB)

• U.S. Forest Projects
• Urban Forest Project

CarbonFix Standard (CFS)

• Climate Forestation Projects

Climate Action Reserve (Reserve)

• Forest Projects
• Urban Forest Project
• Rice Cultivation
• Nitrogen Management

Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)

• CCB Standard (Second Edition)

Natural Forest Standard

• Natural Forests

Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT)

• Forestry (FCOP)

Plan Vivo

• Forestry (A/R, Agroforestry, Restoration, Avoided Deforestation)

Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

• Methodology Validations
• Forestry (ARR, IFM, REDD)
• Agricultural Land Management (ALM)
• Wetlands Restoration and Conservation

Meet ESI's Senior Forester, Jonathan Pomp.

He graduated from West Virginia University in 2006 with a BS in Forest Resources Management and obtained a MS in Forestry from the same institution in 2008.

Jonathan has been with ESI for eight months now.

He is responsible for GHG forestry offset project validations/verifications, forest biometrics, and field assessments for projects around the world.

During his eight months with ESI, Jonathan has participated in three ESI site visits - Southwestern VA, Kenya, and Papua New Guinea (PNG).

While working afield, he uses GPS to collect assessment data and for navigation purposes. He also conducts validation and verification related forest inventory work using typical mensurational tools, including some of the latest electronic hypsometers.

Jonathan shared a humorous travel story with us:

On a recent site visit to PNG, he lost his bag in Australia. The bag was not located before he traveled from "civilization" to the "bush." As a result, he had to survive in the bush on only what he had in his carry-on bag.

Luckily, he was able to purchase a Banana Splits t-shirt and some PNG made undergarments to make it through the trip.

Jonathan said, "The undergarments were almost unbearable and the Banana Splits t-shirt exposed my arms to both the sun and the seemingly never-ending swarms of insects, but I was able to maintain a sense of humor and survive the 'bush' with only several bug bites."

In addition, Jonathan has a girlfriend, Lindsay, and a beautiful German Shepherd pup, Harper, who brings many joys (and headaches) to his life.

It surprises people when they learn where he travels and what he does for a living. "Most would never think a good 'ol country boy from Harding, WV (est. population = 50 or less) would be traveling around the world and doing the work that I do for ESI."

ESI is now a California Air Resource Board Accredited Offset Verification Body of Offset Project Data Reports.

ESI has multiple ARB-approved Lead Verifiers for  both the U.S. Forest Protocol and Urban Forest Protocol that are currently working on ARB Early Action Desktop Reviews as well as full project verifications.

For additional information about our ARB services or to request a proposal, please contact Janice McMahon ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Environmental Services, Inc.'s (ESI's) Site Assessment and Remediation Division facilitates commercial property transactions and maximizes the value of land.

ESI employees perform due diligence studies to assess for potential contamination and provide solutions for the rehabilitation of impacted properties to applicable environmental standards.

Specializing in an increasingly complex regulatory arena, ESI has developed close working relationships with federal, state and local agency personnel to achieve Site Rehabilitation Completion Orders (SRCOs) and No Further Action (NFA) status for site redevelopment or facility compliance.

Read more about ESI's Site Assessment & Remediation Services>>>

ESI team members Courtney and Ryan Taylor have been working on a special project during these past nine months.

Please welcome the beautiful Samantha (Sam) Gayle Taylor. She's "Sugar and Spice And Everything Nice." Congratulations to the Taylors!

Congratulations, as well, to new grandfather Gary Howalt.

Thank you to our partners for another successful gopher turtle project!

For more on ESI's work with Gopher Tortoises, please click here>>>

Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) is having a caption contest this month!

Our Facebook friends and ESI Green News Blog visitors get the first look at this photo.

What do you think is going on in this photo from Sarah and Rhodes Robinson's adventurous Antarctica trip?

What is this penguin thinking as he faces the huge crowd of penguins?  Get creative and post your caption on ESI's Facebook Page or email your caption.

Click "Like" on ESI's Facebook page and then post your caption - https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalServicesInc

If you aren't a Facebook follower yet, email your caption to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We'll announce the caption winner and the runner up on February 28.

The winning and the runner-up caption will win gifts.

The winner will receive an ESI polo shirt AND a $25 Starbucks gift card. The runner-up wins a $10 Starbucks gift card

This contest ends on February 28, 2013.

"These photos are the visual tip of the iceberg of reminiscence  of a very remarkable trip to very special places that few humans have the honor of experiencing first hand. Words are not adequate to convey the experience which  engaged all of one’s senses full time with new stimuli.  Antarctica is vast, pristine, rugged, unique, captivating, beautiful, remote, cold, serene, and ever changing.  While standing in these environments, I had simultaneous feelings of being very insignificant and very special."

Rhodes Robinson

Mr. Robinson is offering a one-hour slide presentation to client groups about Antarctica upon request.  Call 904-470-2200.

(Rhodes Robinson maintains all copyrights on posted photos into perpetuity.)

Adelie penguin in Falkland Islands

Rockhopper penguin in Falkland Islands

South elephant seal (male), South Georgia Island

Ice arch approximately 70 feet in diameter, Antarctic peninsula

Antarctic peninsula landscape