Navigating the regulatory path from project inception to completion and operation.

Building a solid understanding of your project’s environmental impact and risk is key in making informed decisions and gaining stakeholder acceptance. In many cases, the ability to meet a project schedule is determined well before the first shovel hits the ground.

Our environmental planning,  permitting, and ecological restoration professionals partner with you to develop and implement effective turn key projects to meet your project and regulatory goals and requirements.  GES permitting strategies enable you to realize your capital investment objectives, while meeting schedule and budget constraints. We provide site evaluation, ecological studies, environmental review support, permitting, stream and wetland restoration, ecological restoration, RTE species surveys,  water resource studies, and regulatory compliance consulting services for a range of infrastructure and operational assets including pipelines, oil and gas production sites, industrial plants, and transportation facilities, as well as, ecological restoration and Ecological Credit Banking that can add additional ecological and tangible value to your site or project.

Our client-driven approach and regulatory know-how help you navigate the permitting process so that you can accelerate your project and realize your development goals.

GES’ Ecological Services professionals are highly experienced and accomplish scientists and engineers, who are degreed (BS, MS, PhD) in environmental science, zoology, biology, wildlife ecology, environmental geography, natural resource management, wildlife and fisheries resources, applied ecology, environmental engineering, fluvial-geomorphology,  forestry, horticulture/botany, restoration ecology, water resource engineering/science, wetland ecology, and wetland science. These professionals are highly experienced, accomplished, and include Professional Wetland Scientists and Delineators, Certified Wildlife Biologists, Certified Arborists, FAA-qualified Wildlife Biologists, USFWS approved Rare, Threatened and Endangered (RTE) Species Surveyors, Certified Wetland Restoration Professionals and Rosgen-trained Natural Channel Design (NCD) professionals.

Areas of Expertise

• Ecological studies and monitoring
• Ecological Risk Assessment
• NEPA Documentation
• Waters of the U.S. Delineations and Permitting
• Stream and Wetland Mitigation Banks and Projects
• Protected Species Habitat Evaluations and Surveys
• Biological and Natural Resource Surveys
• Wildlife Hazard Management
• NPDES Permitting
• Environmental Inspection/Construction Monitoring