Natural Resources Division
Tierra has been providing biological and natural resources consulting, permitting, and analysis services since 2000. Tierra’s Natural Resources Division specializes in all aspects of biological and ecological consulting from on-the-ground surveys to complex environmental analysis to document and permit writing for various federal, state, and local agencies in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Washington.
Our natural resources staff has years of experience and maintains strong relationships with the regulatory agencies at the local, state, and federal levels.
Our services include:
- NEPA compliance
- Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements
- Endangered Species Act compliance
- Biological Assessments and Biological Evaluations
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA Jurisdictional Delineations
- Clean Water Act Section 404 permits
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Section 7 and Section 10 consultation
- Threatened, Endangered, and Special Status Species surveys
- Habitat assessment and mapping
- Native Plant Inventories
- Native Plant Preservation Plans
- Riparian vegetation mapping and mitigation plans
- Noxious weed and invasive species surveys
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise awareness and handling workshops
For more information, please contact Mike Steele, Division Director.