SWCA Environmental Consultants
SWCA is one of the largest environmental consulting companies with a focus solely on environmental science. Our employee-owned company of cultural and natural resource experts, and planners works for clients in both the public and private sectors.
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Entrega Pipeline Project
Wyoming
SWCA has been assisting Kinder Morgan and Entrega, LLC with cultural resource compliance issues for a proposed natural gas pipeline that extends from western Colorado to southern Wyoming. SWCA is assisting with the Wyoming portion of the pipeline, an approximately 240-mile segment.
EIS for Juneau International Airport
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau contracted SWCA to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the expansion of runways at the Juneau, Alaska International Airport. Runway expansion is needed in order for the airport to comply with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. The existing runway is constrained on either end by high-value, intertidal wetlands and a game refuge that provides habitat for birds, raptors, mammals, and fish.
Lavaca River Ranch Wetland Mitigation Area
Jackson County, Texas
SWCA is mapping wetlands and existing habitats for a proposed mitigation preserve in Jackson County, Texas. The project has been expanded to include the creation of a wetland mitigation area selling credits to permittees in the various environmental regulatory programs in Texas. SWCA negotiated the conservation easement with the Legacy Land Trust based in Houston and prepared the information document describing the type of mitigation credits available.
Middle Rio Grande River Habitat Restoration Project
Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico
The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC) has retained SWCA to assist with the evaluation and implementation of various habitat restoration techniques to benefit the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow within the Albuquerque Reach of the middle Rio Grande. The goal of the project is to create improved habitat conditions for the Rio Grande silvery minnow during all life stages (egg, larval, young-of-year, and adult).