Below you will find information on some of the services we can provide, including a few case studies. View our Client List to learn more about our diversity of projects, clients, and services.

Increasingly lake residents and government officials are appreciating the value of environmental stewardship. Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC was established in order to provide personalized assistance to those seeking to preserve the environment for future generations. When you work with Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC, you work directly with experts in the field -- experts who share your love and concern for the environment.

Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC is a proud sponsor of the North Adirondack Regional Envirothon, the New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA) annual conference, and the VT GIS Expo. Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC is a corporate member of the Indiana Lake Management Society and the North American Lake Management Society, and a member of the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

Qualifications

Michael Martin, president of Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC, is a Certified Lake Manager (one of only 51 in the nation) and has over 17 years of experience in lake and watershed management & water quality projects throughout the northeast and beyond. He is a regional director and board member for the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), and former board member for the NYS Federation of Lake Associations. He is the recipient of the 2001 Technical Excellence Award for Public Education and Research from NALMS at their annual conference in Madison, WI, primarily for his work over the past ten years on helping preserve Adirondack lakes.

Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC has a full range of the latest field equipment, hardware, and software to complete your lake water quality or watershed management project.

Aquatic Plant Mapping • Management Plans • Permitting

Working with research, management and control of nonindigenous aquatic species since the mid-1980s. Experienced in the design, implementation and management of Integrated Aquatic Plant Management Programs. Major ongoing current projects include the aquatic plant management program at Minerva Lake, NY and the Eurasian milfoil management programs at Upper Saranac Lake, Mountain View Lake and Indian Lake, NY.

Adirondack Lakes Aquatic Plant Mapping - conducted aquatic plant mapping programs on numerous lakes in the Adirondack Park, including 80+ lakes & ponds in the Upper Saranac Lake watershed/canoe area, Big Wolf Pond, Upper Saranac Lake, Mount Arab Lake, Eagle Crag Lake, Gull Pond, Mountain View & Indian Lakes, and Upper & Lower Chateaugay Lakes.

Chateaugay Lakes Aquatic Plant Mapping and Management Plan Development - aquatic plant mapping of Upper & Lower Chateaugay Lakes and the Narrows in northern NY and development of an aquatic plant management plan. Made extensive use of infrared aerial photography and GIS technologies to develop the aquatic plant distribution maps.

Minerva Lake Integrated Aquatic Plant Management Plan & Permits - development and on-going implementation (since 1994) of an integrated plan to control excessive aquatic vegetation in Minerva Lake, NY. Plan incorporates winter water level drawdown with an annual aquatic mapping and assessment program. Obtained two consecutive Adirondack Park Agency Permits for aquatic plant control.

Mountain View & Indian Lakes Integrated Aquatic Plant Management Plan & Permit - development and implementation of an integrated plan to control Eurasian milfoil in Mountain View & Indian Lakes, NY. Obtained a 10-year Adirondack Park Agency Permit for Eurasian milfoil control.

Environmental Permitting and Site Review

Lake & Watershed Management Plans • Water Quality Monitoring • Lake Restoration Plans

Responsible for the design, implementation and management of federal, state and locally funded diagnostic-feasibility studies and restoration projects in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Delaware, and Indiana.

Performed Diagnostic-Feasibility (Detailed Lake & Watershed Management) Studies on numerous lakes and ponds, including:

• Delaware: Silver Lake
• Indiana: Adams Lake, Atwood Lake, Ball Lake, Dallas Lake, Hackenburg Lake, Martin Lake, Messick Lake, Olin Lake, Oliver Lake, Westler Lake, Witmer Lake, Goose Lake, Loon Lake
• New Hampshire: Kezar Lake, French Pond, & Keyser Pond, plus lake assessments on over 100 other lakes & ponds
• New Jersey: Franklin Lake, Pohotcong (Tuckerton) Lake, Manahawkin Lake, Blackwood Lake, Weequahic Lake, Paulinskill Lake, Strawbridge Lakes (3 lakes), Sylvan Lakes (Upper and Lower), Woodbury Lake
• New York: Amber Lake, Big Moose Lake, Big Wolf Lake, Clear Pond, Jordon Lake, Little Jordon Lake, Indian Lake, Minerva Lake, Mountain View Lake, Lake Neatahwanta, Rainbow Lake, Rondax Lake, Silver Lake, Upper Saranac Lake
• Pennsylvania: Lake Nockamixon, Lake Wallenpaupack, Lake Jean, Lake Ontelaunee, Lake Galena
• Virginia: Chesdin Lake, Rivanna Reservoir, City of Richmond Lakes (5 urban lakes)
• West Virginia: Mountwood Park Lake

first row photos by Mathew H. Martin

Water Quality Trend Analysis

Pike County PA Long-Term Water Quality Trend Analysis - Client: Pike County Conservation District. Organized 10 years of water quality data for 56 stream stations (chemistry & macroinvertebrate) in Pike County and conducted a long-term water quality trends analysis. Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC also prepared GIS trend graphs, educational Powerpoint presentation, and web pages for the PCCD website to showcase the results of the study.

Hamilton County NY Long-Term Water Quality Trend Analysis - Client: Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District. Organized 6 years of water quality data for 21 lakes in Hamilton County and conducted a long-term water quality trends analysis. Sophisticated trends analyses and statistical evaluations were performed on the data to develop relationships between various water quality and environmental parameters. Our trend analyses included an examination of both temporal and spatial trends for individual lakes, between lakes, and aggregated for the County.

Lake Wallenpaupack PA Long-Term Water Quality Trend Analysis - Client: F. X. Browne, Inc. for Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District. Organized 20 years of water quality data for five stations in Lake Wallenpaupack and conducted a long-term water quality trends analysis. Sophisticated trends analyses and statistical evaluations were performed on the data to develop relationships between various water quality and environmental parameters.

Water Quality Modeling/TMDLs

Stream modeling of dissolved oxygen and effluent plume concentrations

• DOBAL, UPLUME, UDKHDEN

Development of watershed pollutant loading budgets & TMDLs

• USLE/RUSLE, UAL, AGNPS, BASINS

Prediction of lake response to eutrophication, acidification, and restoration

• Vollenweider, Dillon & Rigler, EutroMod, DeAcid (see our Blue Mountain Lake Case Study)

Wetland Delineation

• Trained and experienced in the Unified Federal Wetlands Delineation Methodology