Protection and enhancement of natural resources continues to be one of the driving forces behind site development and project implementation. Wildlife, fisheries, soil, flora, water quality, air quality, and threatened and endangered species are at the top of the list with respect to regulatory restrictions and controls implemented by local, state, and federal agencies whose mission is to preserve these resources.

Understandably, federal legislation, such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), coupled with State environmental laws (California Environmental Quality Act, Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, to name two), promulgate site use restrictions and dictate the need for detailed evaluation for the assessment and protection of these vital resources.

Trihydro’s environmental planning team has the ability and empirical knowledge in several key areas of natural resources management and evaluation, including: 1) wetlands delineation, 2) NEPA documentation, 3) habitat surveys, and 4) threatened and endangered species surveys. We also have experience with non-point discharge elimination permitting (NPDES) and water quality analyses. At a number of small and large industrial sites, we have surveyed the flora and fauna and summarized the findings in documents such as habitat evaluations, wetland delineation reports, risk assessments, or site characterization (RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI)) reports.