WSS provides affordable and exceptional environmental consulting services to achieve effective and sensible solutions. Nationwide services cover the following matters:
Federal Clean Water Act
Jurisdiction, Permitting, and Enforcement
- Jurisdictional evaluations to determine the geographic extent of Waters of the U.S., as well as whether activities to be performed are regulated
- Identification of wetlands, streams/rivers, and other aquatic resources
- Section 404 permitting strategies, including alternatives analyses, adverse impact minimization, and practical compensatory mitigation approaches
- Enforcement case review and assessment, response strategies, and potential outcome options
- Coordination and negotiation with federal regulatory agencies
- Review & critique of NEPA projects and related documents
State and Local Regulation
- Permitting strategies and assistance with the permit process
- Enforcement strategies and assistance with case assessment, response, and potential outcomes
- Coordination and negotiation with state and local regulatory agencies
Ecological Assessment and Management
- Coastal and Inland waters, wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Identification and delineation of resources
- Restoration and creation conceptual plan design, monitoring plan development and implementation
- Ecological health and condition assessment of resources
- Ecological function/services and impact assessment
- Natural Resource Damage Assessment
- Ecological Risk Assessment
Vernal and other Seasonal Pools
- Identification and ecological assessment
- Protection strategies
- Conceptual plans for restoration and creation
Fish and Wildlife Biology
- General species surveys
- Habitat assessment
- State and federal threatened and endangered species surveys and assessments
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and equivalent State processes
- Assistance with project planning for and/or review of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Support
- Delineation of affected wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Ecological assessment of affected wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Conceptual design, plan review, construction and post-construction monitoring for wetland and other aquatic resources restoration, enhancement, and creation
- Evaluation and monitoring of erosion and sediment control practices
Training
- Identification and delineation of wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Restoration and creation of wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Ecology of wetlands and other aquatic resources
- Monitoring and condition assessment of wetlands
- Clean Water Act section 404 regulations
Expert Witness Services
- Testimony development, report writing, court testimony
- Expert witness team development and management
- Expert witness preparation
Third Party Consultations / Services
- Independent, confidential review and consultation on a one-time or continuing basis
- Monitoring of compensatory mitigation projects