Regulatory Compliance

Helping our clients navigate the complex state and federal regulatory frameworks through project-specific strategies that leverage our expertise in fieldwork, agency coordination and permitting.

• Delineation of Wetlands and Waters per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and California Coastal Commission (CCC) Regulations

• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 and Section 10 Permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certifications from the Regional Water Quality Control Board

• Porter-Cologne Waste Discharge Requirements from the Regional Water Quality Control Board

• Section 1602 Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements

• California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Evaluations

• Coastal Development Permits from the California Coastal Commission

• Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs (MMRP)

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Review

• Constraints Analyses

Biological Resources

Harnessing our decades of experience with special-status, threatened and endangered floral and faunal species and policy to ensure optimal outcomes for both projects and biological resources.

• Biological Constraints Analyses/Biological Resource Evaluations

• Vegetation Mapping

• Special-Status, Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Floral and Faunal Species Surveys

• California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Section 2081 Incidental Take Permits, Memorandums of Understanding (MOU), and Natural Community Conservation Plans (NCCP)

• Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultations and Section 10 Habitat Conservation Plans

• Preparation of Biological Technical Reports Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

• Biological Monitoring and Construction Monitoring

• Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs (MMRP)

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Review

• Certified Arborist Services

Habitat Restoration

Conceptualizing, planning and implementing habitat restoration projects with a focus on economic and ecological feasibility, regulatory compliance and longevity.

• Habitat Restoration Feasibility Assessments

• Habitat Restoration Plan Conceptualization and Permitting

• Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs (MMRP)

• Wetlands and Vernal Pools Creation/Restoration and Monitoring

• Riparian Habitats Creation/Restoration and Monitoring

• Upland Habitats Creation/Restoration and Monitoring

• Mitigation Opportunity Identification

Geographic Information Systems

Leveraging the latest in software and technology to facilitate data collection, enable objective, data-driven decisions, and communicate findings effectively through graphics creation.

• Software: ESRI’s ArcGIS, ArcGIS Collector, AutoCAD and DroneDeploy

• Mapping and Data Management for Spatial, Impact and Alternatives Analyses

• FAA-Certified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Operator

• Real-Time Geospatial Aerial Imagery Production for Vegetation Mapping, Biological Monitoring, Construction Monitoring, Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species Removal, Erosional Analyses, Wetland Delineations, Jurisdictional Delineations, Emergency Operations, etc.

Mitigation and Conservation Banking

Facilitating Mitigation or Conservation Bank development and management from conception to implementation.

• Site Selection and Feasibility Analyses

• Establishment of Banking Enabling Instrument

• Baseline Biological Resource Inventories and Documentation

• Facilitate Mitigation Bank Credit Sales Through Extensive Client Network and Bank Sponsor Relationships

Cultural Resources

Utilizing best practices to identify, evaluate, and determine appropriate project-specific treatment of cultural resources, and providing assistance with Native American consultation processes. 

• Cultural resources constraints analyses

• Phase 1 archaeological resources analyses

• Pre-contact and historic period resource identification, recordation, and evaluation

• Subsurface archaeological testing

• Preparation of Archaeological Monitoring Plans (AMPs) and Cultural Resources Monitoring Plans (CRMPs)

• Archaeological monitoring during construction

• Development and implementation of Worker Environmental Awareness Program (WEAP) trainings

• Preparation of archaeological reports that satisfy California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements

• Preparation of archaeological reports that satisfy National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, including in support of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permitting

• Assistance with Assembly Bill 52, Senate Bill 18, and Section 106 Native American consultation processes