Environmental Surveys and Wildlife Monitoring

Our team of qualified wildlife biologists have the knowledge to assist with conservation, regulatory compliance, and planning throughout the western US. We are familiar with Federal, State, and local regulations.

• Federally protected species (Threatened and Endangered) including:

  • Wyoming pocket gopher

  • Preble's meadow jumping mouse

  • Dune sagebrush lizard trapping and research (occurrence and abundance estimation)

  • Black-footed ferrets nocturnal surveys

  • Peregrine falcon recovery (pre-delisting)

• Lek surveys for greater sage-grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, and prairie chickens

• Raptor nest identification and productivity status determination and breeding bird monitoring

• Golden eagle monitoring and wind energy development

• Bald and golden eagle winter roost surveys

• Mountain plover presence absence surveys

• Prairie dog colony mapping, distribution, and population estimating

• Swift fox den, breeding, and distribution surveys

• Bat acoustic monitoring (Anabat/SongMeter)

  Additional Services

• Federal and State permits for surveys, capturing, banding and handling particular species (see Research for more info)

• Noise monitoring with high quality type 1 sound level meters

• Density Disturbance Calculation Tool (DDCT) for projects within sage-grouse core areas in Wyoming

• Point-count methods for species occurrence determination, especially for migratory birds

• Big game migration, seasonal habitat, and concentration surveys

• Seasonal habitat, concentration, and habitat surveys

• Clearance surveys for pre-, during, and post- construction activities

• Species inventory surveys

Vegetation Surveys

We have conducted a wide variety of vegetation and plant surveys for state, federally, and county designated sensitive plant species. We can evaluate areas for potential impacts to rare plant communities, design and implement mitigation measures to address impacts, and provide recommendations for activities.

• Rare plant assessments

• Habitat assessment

• Rangeland health assessments

• BLM sensitive species

  • Debris milkvetch

  • Tufted cryptantha

  • Beaver-rim phlox

  • Trelease’s milkvetch

  • Meadow milkvetch

• Threatened and Endangered species

  • Piceance Basin - Dudley Bluffs twinpod and bladderpod

  • Ute ladies’- tresses

  • Blowout penstemon

  • North Park Phacelia

  • Hookless cactus

  • Jones cycladeria

• Invasive and noxious weed surveys

• Species identification and management training

• Species inventory surveys

• Shrub density evaluations and mapping

• Baseline vegetation surveys and mapping

• Reclamation monitoring