Consulting
Our natural resource consulting services span a wide range of activities and are integral to every project. From the very first field visit to project monitoring, our environmental professionals ensure data integrity, regulatory clarity and expediency, and clear communication through mapping and reports.
- Assessment
- Mapping
- Regulatory
- Agricultural
- Monitoring & Inspections
Types of Consulting Offered
- Waters of the US delineations
- Feasibility and constraints analysis
- Stream and wetland assessments
- Threatened and Endangered Species Assessments
- Soil & water quality monitoring
- Soil evaluations
- Resource Protection Area (RPA)/ Critical Areas Assessments
- Forest stand delineations
- Nutrient and sediment reduction assessments
- Watershed assessments
- Regulatory coordination
- Regulatory review/fatal flaw analysis
- 401 & 404 permitting
- NPDES/VPDES permitting
- RPA & critical area designation
- Water withdrawal permitting
- NEPA permitting
- Forest management plans
- Enforcement action negotiations
- Corrective action plans & monitoring
- Virginia Stormwater Management Program
- MS4 permitting
- SPCC plans
- FEMA flood studies
- Nutrient Management Planning (DCR Certified, NRCS Technical Service Provider)
- Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) permitting
- Resource Management Planning (RMP)
- Water withdrawal permitting
- Irrigation design and demand calculations
- Agricultural Best Management Practice (BMP) design
- NRCS conservation practice planning
- Streambank stabilization (NRCS Technical Service Provider)
- Shallow Water Development and Management
- Habitat Improvement and Management
- Wetlands Reserve Easement (WRE) Coordination and Design
- Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning
- Poultry House Development and Planning
ES provides a full suite of services related to pre- and post-construction monitoring, erosion and sediment control inspections and VSMP/VPDES permit compliance for the development, transportation, and utility sectors, as well as the mitigation and ecological restoration industry. Our staff consists of DEQ-certified erosion and sediment control inspectors and stormwater management combined administrators who can not only assist with Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) and third party inspections, but also stormwater management program and plan review for localities.
- Mitigation banking
- Water Quality
- Erosion and sediment control (DEQ Certified)
- Stormwater management
- Pre & post construction
- VSMP (DEQ Certified)
- VPDES
- Invasive Species
- 3rd party inspection services
- Construction Administration