Mitigation & Compliance
Wetland mitigation and compliance support in Utah
Most of the difficulty in mitigation and compliance work is not ecological — it is knowing which agency needs what, in which format, by when. We handle the mapping, the monitoring and the paperwork so a conservation easement, a mitigation agreement or a permit condition does not turn into a standing liability.
This is the side of the practice built on two decades of federal, state, nonprofit and private-sector work, including programme design for wildlife mitigation credit systems. If your project has a regulatory dimension, it is usually cheaper to bring us in early than to fix it afterwards.
Wetland Delineation
Formal delineation of wetland boundaries to a standard agencies will accept — the prerequisite for almost any work near water.
GIS Mapping & Assessment
Desktop analysis, spatial data and maps that make a site legible to a regulator, a board or a buyer.
Monitoring for Easements & Mitigation
Annual monitoring and reporting for conservation easements and mitigation agreements, on the schedule your agreement requires.
Aquatic & Wetland Species Monitoring
Presence, abundance and trend data for the species your permit or easement actually cares about.
Permitting
Agency coordination and application materials — assembling the record so a permit moves rather than stalls.
Grant Writing
Funding applications for restoration and improvement work. Roughly $4M in grant and implementation funding secured to date.
Buffer Variance Assistance
When a project needs to work inside a regulated buffer, the case has to be made properly. We help make it.