Project Examples & Technical Capabilities

CMS has delivered complex field and analytical projects across freshwater, estuarine, coastal, and marine environments. The following project highlights showcase our ability to provide high-quality data collection, advanced mapping, and science-driven solutions in support of environmental monitoring, restoration, and research efforts. More project examples available upon request.

Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM3) (2024 – 2026)

Client: Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES), University of New Orleans (UNO)
Scope:

Coastal surface sediment sampling and analysis spanning Louisiana’s barrier island system from Hewes Point to Sabine Pass in support of the state’s comprehensive monitoring program. CMS supports field data collection efforts, including Ponar and grab sampling, laboratory characterization, and development of structured geodatabases to support data management and analysis.

Highlights: Builds on sediment monitoring to support Louisiana’s barrier island restoration planning and long-term sediment trend analysis, with integration into state sediment inventory databases.

Louisiana Deltaic Estuaries Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) (2022 – 2027)

Client: Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU)
Scope:

Multi-year ecological monitoring program evaluating biological and environmental responses to sea-level rise across Louisiana’s deltaic estuaries. CMS supports field operations including coordinated biological sampling, benthic and sediment collection, water quality monitoring, hydrographic surveying, and environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis.

Highlights: Expands Louisiana’s long-term coastal monitoring network; provides baseline and post-restoration data to support adaptive management and resilience planning.

Chandeleur and Breton Sounds Dissolved Oxygen Study (2022-2026)

Client: Pontchartrain Conservancy (PC)
Scope:

Long-term water quality monitoring program focused on evaluating the onset, persistence, and dissipation of hypoxia within the Chandeleur and Breton Sounds of coastal Louisiana. CMS deployed, operated, and maintained telemetry-enabled buoy platforms equipped with YSI multiparameter sondes to collect continuous near-bottom water quality data, including temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and depth.

Highlights: Builds upon established state-level monitoring programs to advance data collection and analysis in a critical and productive coastal system.

Aquatic Vegetation Mapping: Indian Lake, Coes Reservoir, Bell Pond, and Lake Quinsigamond- Worcester, MA (2025)

Client: City of Worcester, Department of Sustainability & Resilience
Scope:

Comprehensive mapping of aquatic vegetation, bathymetry, and submerged habitat across five freshwater waterbodies. CMS conducted integrated surveys using side-scan sonar, single-beam sonar, rake-toss sampling, and GIS-based analysis to characterize vegetation extent, density, and distribution.

Highlights: Delivered high-resolution mapping products, technical reports, and GIS datasets to support lake management planning and aquatic vegetation control strategies.

Hydrographic and Geophysical Surveys for Environmental Litigation Projects (2023–2026)

Client: Jones Swanson Huddell, LLC
Scope:

Performed integrated hydrographic and geophysical surveys across multiple public and private sites to identify, map, and characterize both buried and exposed infrastructure and environmental features. CMS utilized multibeam and single-beam echosounders, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, and marine magnetometer systems, coupled with RTK and DGPS positioning to ensure high-accuracy data collection.

Highlights: Delivered high-resolution datasets and interpretive mapping products to support environmental assessments, forensic investigations, and litigation-related analysis.

Coastal Wetland Field Campaign – Plant–Soil Interactions Group (CoBRA Project, 2025–2026)

Client: Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scope:

Provided field and technical support for coastal wetland research campaigns in the Wax Lake Delta and Terrebonne Basin. CMS efforts included soil coring, porewater sampling, and the installation, maintenance, and servicing of fixed, long-term monitoring equipment, including a range of environmental, atmospheric, and porewater sensors supporting plant–soil biogeochemical studies.

Highlights: Supports ORNL’s CoBRA program by generating high-quality field datasets that advance understanding of wetland soil–plant interactions and environmental gradients in deltaic ecosystems.