The natural environment provides retreat and sanctuary while adding immeasurably to our quality of life. The pace of our society continues to quicken, and while we expand to new regions of the globe and harvest lands and waters in increasingly innovative ways, we also endanger rare wildlife and fragile habitats. Ecosystems that once thrived are being carelessly jeopardized, and the persistent environmental problems of the day challenge our commitment to a healthy planet, requiring our active acceptance of responsibility and participation in developing solutions.

The Berger Group's environmental practice demonstrates our continued commitment to the global community and our dedication to sustaining the earth's health in light of increasing developmental pressures. We are at the forefront of wetland mitigation, carefully preserving threatened habitats and actively developing, supporting and monitoring new, thriving ecosystems. Our comprehensive environmental support to a range of programs minimizes adverse environmental impacts during development worldwide while proactively negotiating the complicated environmental regulatory arena. We have also been pleased to share our environmental expertise and commitment with professional colleagues, leading research centers and major institutions, implementing and fostering our forward thinking environmental agendas, as well as cutting edge technologies.

Preserving the environment must be a continuous effort, an extensive and complex undertaking with no immediate fixes or gratification. At the Berger Group, we are committed to this task-it is woven into our entire practice-and we are making decisions today that benefit tomorrow. In this issue of BergerWorld, we examine our most recent environmental initiatives.