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SERVICES

Quercus Consultants can assist you by providing the following services:

Special-Status Species Surveys, Management, and Permitting

  • Threatened & Endangered Species Consultations with USFWS, CDFG, and NMFS

  • ESA Sections 7 and 10(a) Federal Consultations

  • State of California ESA Consultations

  • Protocol-Level Special-Status Species Surveys

  • Habitat Suitability Assessments for Special-Status Species

  • Mitigation and Compensation Planning and Implementation

Environmental Permitting and Planning

  • USACE Section 404 Nationwide and Individual Permits, Section 10 Permits

  • USFWS and NMFS “No Take” Determinations

  • CDFG Streambed Alteration Agreements and Incidental Take Permits

  • RWQCB Section 401 Water Quality Certifications and Waivers

  • CPUC Notice of Construction Applications

  • Mitigation and Compensation Planning and Implementation

  • Agency Consultations

Environmental Compliance and Mitigation Monitoring

  • Mitigation and Monitoring Plans

  • Implementation of Mitigation Plans

  • Pre-Construction Clearance Surveys

  • Construction Worker Environmental Education

  • Construction Monitoring

  • Post-Construction Reporting

Grant Writing and Funding Assistance

  • Habitat Improvement & Conservation

  • Open Space Management

  • Vegetation & Fuels Management

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance

  • Environmental Impact Statements and Reports (EISs and EIRs)

  • Environmental Assessments/Mitigated Negative Declarations

  • Project Constraints, Opportunities, and Alternatives Analyses

  • FONSIs

  • CEQA Checklists

  • Categorical Exemptions/Exclusions

  • Environmental Monitoring

  • Mitigation and Compensation Planning and Implementation

  • Proponents’ Environmental Assessments

  • Agency Consultations

Resource Inventories / Technical Studies

  • Jurisdictional Wetland Delineation

  • Special-status Species Surveys

  • Biological Assessments

  • Ecological Assessments

  • Riparian Corridor Assessments

  • Wetland Functional Evaluations

  • Vegetation and Habitat Mapping and Surveying

  • Forest Inventory and Timber Stand Exams

  • Cultural Resources Investigations

  • Recreation Investigations