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Services offered by Colorado Wildlife Science complement the goals of non-profit groups, privately owned companies, public agencies, and municipalities. Our services enrich the knowledge of land and resource managers, non-governmental organizations, and the general public to facilitate meaningful stewardship-driven land management. CWS routinely conducts multilevel analyses ranging from due diligence and feasibility assessments to comprehensive multifaceted biological resource assessments, impact analyses, and restoration, mitigation, and resource management plans. Our expertise includes botany, plant ecology, riparian ecology, wetlands, sensitive habitats, wildlife and fisheries biology, habitat restoration, invasive species control, spatial analysis, and habitat modeling.
CWS employs a variety of sampling and survey techniques when performing wetland delineations and conducting wildlife surveys, biological inventories, habitat assessments, plant community analyses, and special-status focused botanical and wildlife surveys. Among the services we provide are the following:
Biological Services
Colorado Wildlife Science has extensive expertise and experience in conducting a wide range of wildlife ecology and habitat studies. Where necessary, multi-disciplinary teams consisting of professional biologists, ecologists, botanists and geographic information systems analysts are assembled to conduct habitat modeling projects.
· Biological Research - wildlife population monitoring & statistical analyses
· Biological Resource Assessments
· Biological Inventories
· Biological Reconnaissance / Due Diligence / Peer Review
· Focused Species Surveys & Floristic Studies
· Endangered, Threatened & Rare Species Surveys
¨ Qualified for: Penstemon harringtonii, Spiranthes diluvialis, Spotted Owl, Northern Goshawk, Canada Lynx, Boreal Toad, & other T&E and rare species surveys
· Wildlife Movement Corridor Analysis
· Wetland Delineations
Regulatory Services
Depending on the scope, design, and/or goals of a project, compliance with environmental laws, regulations, and policies may be necessary. Our breadth of experience in permitting, regulatory compliance, and preparation of environmental public documents effectively facilitates project implementation and completion through our strong background in the biological resources field and established agency relationships.
· Regulatory Permitting & Consultation
· Natural Environmental Studies
· NEPA Planning & Compliance
· Environmental Impacts Analysis
· Mitigation Planning & Implementation
· Mitigation Land Reconnaissance
· Mitigation and Monitoring Programs
· Regulatory Agency Consultation
· Construction & Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Land Use Planning
Colorado Wildlife Science has extensive expertise and experience integrating land use planning with ecological stewardship. CWS has assisted many clients navigate their way through the increasingly restrictive ecological protection standards of city and county land use codes. Our excellent reputation with local, state, and federal agencies combined with our innovative methods have assisted many clients in ecological assessments and mitigation that improve site planning to ensure a complete land use application that leads to a successful project.
Research
CWS has assisted in a variety of recent and on-going scientific research projects that range from natural history of local herpetofauna, to field-reconnaissance and GIS-mapping of rare plant populations, to conducting baseline biological inventories for protected areas. Colorado Wildlife Science assists clients, non-profit organizations, and government agencies in designing, implementing, and managing a variety of scientific studies both as the principal investigator and technical consultants.
· Scientific / Academic / Historical
· Digital Mapping Projects / Data Analysis
· Camera Tracking Studies
· Species-Specific Studies
· Management Plans
· Technical Reports / Scientific & Academic Journal Articles
· Workshops / Presentations
Conservation Easement Baseline Studies & Reports
CWS has authored over 50 conservation easement baseline reports. A baseline is an analysis of the property's conservation. This is an state and IRS requirement for landowners who intend to take a charitable tax deduction and a way for easement holders to conduct meaningful inspections in the future. The report — called "baseline documentation" — describes the condition of the property at the time the easement is placed on it and identifies the property's important resources and any threats to those resources. Our use of state-of-the-art GPS & GIS methods and equipment enable us to provide a high quality and accurate report that will ensure that the client satisfies all of the requirements of the IRS as well as the land trust selected as the grantee.
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