Natural Resources-Finding Solutions You Can Live With

Wetlands and streams… all can bring challenges to a project. But S&ME’s Natural Resource professionals own the regulatory knowledge and technical skills that can help you identify these issues and keep your project on track. From wetland delineations to stream determinations, S&ME begins by identifying the natural resource concern on your site. But we don’t stop there.

From planning to permitting, from mitigation design to implementation, S&ME has navigated clients through the regulatory process in communities throughout the southeast.

Natural Resources Services

Stream/Wetland Delineations,
Restoration Design, Restoration Execution & Mitigation Banking
Ecological Studies
Protected Species Assessments

Wetland and Stream Assessments and Permitting

Jurisdictional wetland delineations in accordance with local, state and federal criteria
Preliminary wetland assessments – to evaluate potential wetlands using published resources (e.g. National Wetlands Inventory Maps) and on-site visual reconnaissance
Comprehensive assessments – to determine the potential for environmental impacts from activities on your site
Land use cover and forms classification system mapping
Environmental resource permitting
Ordinary and seasonal high water determinations
Coastal and benthic marine surveys
Regulatory evaluations – to assist you in avoiding wetland areas or finding permissible uses under federal and state regulatory requirements
Wetland and stream functional assessments – to evaluate biological, physical and chemical processes, resource values and habitat suitability for restoration planning
Wetland and stream mitigation plans – to restore, enhance or replace natural resources impacted by a project — including long-term monitoring

Ecological Studies

Threatened and endangered species assessments, terrestrial and aquatic ecology studies, habitat evaluation procedure and cultural resources surveys – to determine habitat suitability and the possibility of endangered flora and fauna
Floodplain impact studies – to assess the hydrologic, geochemical and geological characteristics of floodplain environments
Stream evaluations – biological, chemical, hydrologic and geomorphologic assessments
State and national environmental policy acts (SEPA/NEPA) – environmental assessments and environmental impact studies to determine the potential impacts of proposed actions