Description: Environmental support of river restoration historical impacted by anthropogenic disturbances
Client: Bureau of Reclamation
Locations: Trinity County, California
Years: 2019 - Current Five-year sole source contract to assist Bureau of Reclamation with federal and state regulatory permitting of projects that balance habitat restoration, Native American cultural values, and consumptive and agricultural water use in an impaired watershed.
Services Provided
Environmental Assessments
Permitting and supporting documents
Federal and State agency coordination
Jurisdictional wetlands and waters delineations
Address Native American Tribal concerns
Facilitate Public meetings
Fort Irwin Western Training Area
Description: Over 3000 acres of areas surveyed for the expansion of a training area and translocation of desert tortoises
Client: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Locations: Fort Irwin National Training Center
Years: 2019 - Current Providing field support and customized enterprise level real-time data collection of desert tortoise populations within targeted areas of the Fort Irwin Western Training Area.
Services Provided
Customized secure real-time data collection and management system
Desert tortoise data collection of live individuals and occupancy sign
Radiotelemetry and transmittering of desert tortoises
Desert tortoise health assessments
Habitat data collection
USGS Desert Tortoise Connectivity Plots
Description: Collection of 1 sq. km. mark-recapture plots for USGS desert tortoise connectivity research
Client: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Locations: Various locations in the California and Nevada deserts
Years: 2017 - Current Our field expertise in the California and Nevada deserts resulted in the selection of our team to complement desert tortoise connectivity research conducted by USGS.
Services Provided
Providing highly experienced biologists
Efficient crew coordination
Accurate data collection during field surveys
USGS Desert Tortoise Health Plots
Description: Collection of mark-recapture plots for USGS desert tortoise health status
Client: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Locations: Riverside County, California
Years: 2018 Our experienced field crews exceeded expectations for desert tortoise detections in selected areas to be included in the study and collected valuable data for the health status of desert tortoises.