Our Biological Resources team offers habitat assessment, special status species surveys, wetland assessment, restoration planning, and a range of permit compliance services.
With knowledge of the state and federally listed Threatened and Endangered species in California, Impact Sciences biologists participate in and prepare Section 7 consultations with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Section 10a 1(b) take permits, single and multiple-species habitat conservation plans, and California Fish and Game Code Section 2081 take permits. Our biologists conduct jurisdictional wetland delineations pursuant to US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) protocols and prepare permit packages for Section 404 wetland permits, Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Section 401 Water Quality Certifications, and California Department of Fish and Game’s (CDFG) Section 1600 Streambed Alteration Agreements. Our services also include:
- Tree surveys and oak resource compliance with SB 1334
- Biological constraints evaluations and analyses
- Focused surveys for special status species
- Floristic and faunal field surveys
- Wetlands regulatory permit application processing
- Mitigation development and monitoring
- Habitat restoration and revegetation
- Habitat conservation plan preparation for ESA Section 10 compliance
- Preparation of SEATAC and ERB biota reports and biological constraints analyses for Los Angeles County
- Biological research on endangered and threatened species natural history