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Biological Services
SWCA's biological science services are rooted in a deep understanding of animals, plants, and microbes as well as the terrestrial and aquatic habitats where they are found. Our wide variety of biological services includes locating and identifying species, assessing habitat conditions, determining activities that may affect species, developing mitigation strategies, and monitoring those strategies to determine their short- and long-term effectiveness.
Services Include:
- Biological assessments and evaluations
- ESA Section 10(a) permits
- ESA Section 7 consultations
- Endangered species surveys
- Species recovery
- Invasive and non-native species management
- Avian and bat protection plans
- Pre-construction nest surveys and relocation
- Ecological assessment and restoration
- Mitigation plans and implementation
- Mitigation monitoring
- Phase I ESAs
- Habitat conservation plans
- Restoration ecology
- Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
- Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA)
- Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA)
- Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA)
- Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs)/ with
Assurances (CCAAs)
- Special Area Management Plans (SAMPS)
- Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMP)