Greg

A lifetime fisherman, Greg began his lake management career in 1991 while an undergraduate in biology.  He went on join a lake management company where the desire for more knowledge led him to obtain a Masters in Fisheries from the University of Georgia in 1998.  Greg founded Aquatic Environmental Services, Inc (AES) in 1996. Time has flown and it does not seem like he has been working on ponds for 20 years now.

Greg oversees the day to day operations of the company with the main focus in the Fishery Management Division.  He travels the southeast from Virginia to Mississippi helping clients in their quest for the fish of their dreams.  Many days are spent in the office, but you will still find him on one of two electrofishing boats about 50 days a year.  Greg has written numerous pond management articles, conducted fishery seminars and worked on literally thousands of ponds and lakes.  Greg can tackle most fishery issues but realizes lakes are a dynamic ever changing environment that requires innovative steps to meet tomorrow’s goals. His spare time these days are spent with his family, spending time with his two boys in the great outdoors.  

Matt

Matt joined Aquatic Environmental Services team in 2006 after graduating from the famed fishery program at Auburn University. During his time at Auburn, he worked at the Ireland Center where he assisted researchers studying the effects of striped bass stocking on largemouth and spotted bass; the distribution, abundance, and population characteristics of shoal bass in tributaries of the Chattahoochee River, Alabama; as well as the effects of tournament fishing on dispersal, population characteristics, and mortality of black bass in Lake Martin, Alabama.  At the Ireland Center, he also aged thousand of sunfish via sagittal otoliths and maintained research ponds (i.e. fertilization, sampling, etc.).

Matt is supervisor of the Fisheries Management Division at Aquatic Environmental. In his five years he has seen it all in fish management.  He is a strong reason AES is one of the leaders in growing some of the largest bass around. He is responsible for all electrofishing surveys and develops management plans for small ¼ acre ponds to lakes hundreds of acres all across the Southeast. He is also develops fish stocking plans and creates lake habitat designs. When times call for assistance he is quick to help with: pond stocking, herbicide applications, aeration/fountain sales and installation, fish habitat installation, lime/fertilizer applications and water quality monitoring. 

Matt enjoys spending time outdoors and loves to fish even though he is not any good at it.

Josh

After graduating from West Georgia in 2008 with his Bachelor of Science in Biology he joined the AES team.  He quickly worked his way into lead biologist conducting our fish stocking. You can usually find him out in the field on the shock boat conducting fish population surveys or stocking ponds.  Josh is the first person you talk with on stocking.  Then he works with hatcheries and clients to route your fish properly to their new home.  Josh not only stocks the fish but develops custom stocking plans to maximize your pond and reach the goals you desire whether that be big Bass, big Bluegill, or other species.  Josh is our bass fishing expert spending a lot of this time on the big lakes fishing Bass Tournaments.  He also enjoys hunting anything that’s in season, and spending time with his family and friends.

Marianne

Marianne Vars is the Office Manager and has been with the company for 3 years.  Ms. Vars dedicated 34 years as a Civil Servant for the U. S. Navy in the capacity of Accountant, Budget Analyst and Supervisor.  Ms. Vars has taken many accounting, budgeting, and management courses along the way.  She is the pleasant voice you hear as the first person you talk with when you call our office.  She handles a myriad of duties relating to accounts payable and receivable, fulfilling web orders, updating information on our web site, and generally helping things run smoothly in the office.  When everyone is in the field, Ms. Vars holds down the fort and routes calls to those in the field.  In her spare time she enjoys time on the water fishing, swimming, and boating with her husband, children and grandchildren.