Energy Development

Energy Development

Providing Wildlife, Plant, and Habitat Surveys and Monitoring for Energy Development Projects:

• Wind Energy
• Utility Right of Ways
• Oil and Gas Well Sites and Pipelines
• Nuclear Energy Sites
• Coal Mining

Services Include:

• Bat Surveys and Monitoring:  Acoustical detection, mist-netting, harp trapping, cave and mine surveys, and mortality monitoring.  We can also provide qualified expertise for threatened and endangered species including Indiana bats.

• Wetland Delineation: Comprehensive wetland assessments by certified staff using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Manual and Regional Supplements.

• Reptile and Amphibian Surveys: Habitat and species surveys for the timber rattlesnake, Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, bog turtle, wood turtle, green salamander, and many other species.

• Rattlesnake Construction Monitoring: Qualified construction monitors to meet agency requirements.

• Allegheny Woodrat Surveys: Habitat, sign, presence, and live-trapping surveys.

• Bird Surveys: Raptor migration counts, breeding bird surveys, mortality monitoring, Northern goshawk surveys.

• Habitat Surveys: Terrestrial and aquatic surveys for development impact assessments.

• Rare Plant Surveys: Qualified surveyors for most plant species in the northeastern United States including Northeastern bulrush.

• Invasive Plant Surveys: Surveys designed specifically to meet Pennsylvania DCNR requirements. We map the invasive species within project areas, document their spread, and plan and implement control measures.

• Agency Negotiation and Communication: Our professionals have good working relationships with the regulatory agency staff with whom we are constantly communicating, and are very aware of the specific survey and management requirements associated with conflicts the the individual species.
  

• Stream and Pond Aquatic Bioassays

Contact us about these services: