SCHEDA Ecological Associates
Services

 

Professional Services Overview

LAND PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

  • Site feasibility studies/land use planning support
  • Low impact development
  • Vegetation and wildlife surveys
  • Developments of Regional Impact (DRI)
  • Due diligence and permitting constraints analyses
  • Mitigation planning
  • Land and watershed management plans
  • Biological monitoring programs
  • Nuisance/exotic species eradication

MARINE & AQUATIC RESOURCE SERVICES

  • Seagrass/SAV mapping and monitoring
  • Water and sediment quality
  • Bathymetry and side-scan sonar surveys
  • Scientific divers
  • Protected species observers

HABITAT MITIGATION & RESTORATION

  • Habitat restoration
  • Wetland mitigation planning and design
  • Mitigation banking
  • Regional offsite mitigation areas (ROMA)
  • Stormwater retrofitting for pollutant removal
  • Interpretive signage, trails, and exhibits

ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING

  • Impact avoidance/minimization analyses
  • Regulatory agency negotiations
  • Federal, state, and local wetland permitting
  • UMAM and WRAP analyses
  • Protected species permitting and mitigation
  • Gopher tortoise relocation
  • USCG bridge permitting

 

 

NEPA/TRANSPORTATION PD&E STUDIES

  • Alternatives Development and Analysis
  • Documentation
    • Biological Assessments
    • Wetlands Evaluation
    • Section 4(f) evaluations
    • Essential fish habitat evaluations
    • Water quality impact evaluations
    • EIS, EA/FONSI, and CATEX

GIS AND CAD ANALYSIS & DESIGN

  • CAD Design - Microstation and AutoDesk
  • GIS Analysis, Design and Consultation
  • Planimetric mapping
  • Photointerpretation
  • Statistics Generation and Analysis
  • Trend Analysis

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

  • Protected species monitoring
  • NPDES program implementation and management
  • Oversight of environmental elements
  • Asset management

SPECIALIZED SERVICES

  • Experimental design and statistical analysis
  • Expert witness testimony