Services
Technical Project Managment
Shri is a Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP), and wetland scientist with a certificate in stormwater management, and experience managing projects like salt marsh/tidal restoration, wetland restoration, adaptive coastal restoration infrastructure, dam removal, culvert replacements, river connectivity, and fish ladder installations in Maine.
Grant Writing and Management
Over $4 million dollars awarded in the past 2 years
• Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund
Southport: To protect infrastructure at Beach Road, Lighthouse Lane, Hendricks Head Beach Seawall, and parking lots. $50,000
Islesboro: Project scoping and design for The Narrows Sea-Level Rise Resilience. $75,000
• Community Action Grants 2024-4
Southport Community Climate Preparedness & Vulnerability Assessment. $50,000
Community-Driven Planning for a Climate-Resilient Boothbay Region. $78,760
• Shore Up Grant
Community-driven decision-making for nature-based solutions at Hendricks Head. $10,000
• Congressionally Directed Spending FY24
Boothbay Region Water District: Southport Drinking Water Improvements. $3,878,000
Strategic Bio-Regional Resilience Planning
Sunrise Ecologic is currently working with the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, and Southport to conduct a vulnerability assessment of climate impacts on environmental, social, and infrastructure factors and coordinate with regional emergency management to inform the county hazard mitigation plan update and develop a prioritized list to move forward for grant funding.
As part of our Strategic Bio-Regional Resilience Planning service, we offer project development, grant writing, technical assistance & oversight, including engineering coordination, permitting, and full project management from start to finish for fresh water and coastal culverts, coastal wetlands, coastal infrastructure, salt marsh and tidal restoration, and fish passage, dam removal projects.
Community Engagement & Public Speaking
Equitable community engagement and participation is key to developing nature-based solutions and adaptive infrastructure that fully benefit local residents and their surrounding ecosystem.
We offer experience coordinating and hosting conferences, educational presentations, and community outreach.
If you are looking to get involved with your town to advocate for climate leadership and action at the local level, we can help!
Transitioning to communities where everyone gets their basic needs met and local economies build wealth.
Economic Democracy
We organize around the 4 principles of Economic Democracy on a foundation of neohumanism. This means that, through cooperative efforts, we advocate for all beings to get their needs met.
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Why Sunrise Ecologic?
We have a track record of working with community members to help them navigate state and federal funding, permitting, and project management at the local level with our expertise in grant writing, salt marsh/tidal/fish passage restoration, culvert replacement, dam removal, and community resilience planning.
We understand the federal and state funding process and are available to help municipalities and regional organizations who are over capacity to write and manage grants, engage with the community, and manage technical projects, permitting, and construction oversight.
Connection is the Foundation of the Ecosystem.
“I work at the intersection of ecological restoration and economic democracy. Our restoration and resilience projects include consideration of local economic implications and I believe that through effective communication and cooperation common ground may be found to support thriving natural and business ecosystems.” Shri Verrill, Founder & Principal