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6 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | November/December 2024 BRAND GROWTH Frank Graziano, vice president and chief technical offi cer, WSSI, said, "We are very excited to bring Art and his team on board at WSSI. Riverine's sophisticated approach to restoration design has set them apart from the competition, and, like WSSI, its designs have been well received by regulators, industry stakeholders and end users." Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey company, has welcomed Riverine Systems and Riverine Solutions (Riverine), to the Davey family. Since 2003, Riverine has provided wetland and stream restoration engineering and turnkey construction services. The Louisville, Kentucky-based fi rm, and its founder, Art Parola, PhD, PE, said, "WSSI was a natural home for the Riverine team due to our shared commitment to innovation and excellence in environmental restoration." He added, "We are excited to collaborate and leverage our combined expertise to deliver outstanding stream and wetland restoration projects." RIVERINE JOINS WSSI Employees who joined Davey from Riverine, were welcomed by Frank Graziano (pictured in the middle), vice president and chief technical offi cer, Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. and Brian Chromey (on the far right), vice president of operations, at a brunch to celebrate Riverine joining the Davey family. to expand our services to serve the needs of clients." Mary-Margaret McKinney, director, Native Shorelines, said, "ReadyReef's commitment to delivering high-quality living shoreline projects made the team a perfect fi t for DRG's Native Shorelines operations." Worth Creech, director of operations and innovation, Native Shorelines, added, "ReadyReef has a signifi cant Virginia operation and experience working above the mean high tide level, so I'm excited about what we'll learn from each other." ReadyReef has joined Davey Resource Group (DRG), Davey Mitigation (DM)'s, Native Shorelines team. ReadyReef has provided living shorelines, based on native systems of oysters and marsh grasses, along with shoreline remediation and erosion control, in Virginia since 2015. "We are eager to expand on ReadyReef's industry knowledge and exceptional client service by joining the Davey family," Christopher Davis, co-owner of ReadyReef, said. "DRG's team of experts will help us continue READYREEF JOINS DRG Wise Oak, Inc. of Londonderry, Vermont has joined Davey's Residential/Commercial (R/C) services. Wise Oak has provided high-quality tree and shrub care services throughout southern Vermont since 2005. "Wise Oak is passionate about growing our full line of services in southern Vermont, and joining Davey allows us to do just that," said Matthew Mosher, owner of Wise Oak. Andrew Cunniff, operations manager, Northlands operating group, R/C services, said, "We're excited to expand our services in Vermont with Wise Oak because its team demonstrates Davey's commitments to continued employee satisfaction and exceeding client expectations." WISE OAK JOINS DAVEY ReadyReef uses the ecology of oysters and marsh grasses to create nature-driven, living shorelines for their clients. The Wise Oak team is pictured at the "Welcome to Davey" event, hosted at a restored train depot in Londonderry, Vermont.

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