Environmental Assessments

  • Detailed Environmental Impact Statements and Tree Conservation Reports (for Draft Plan of Subdivision and Site Plan Applications)

  • Scoped Environmental Impact Statements (for Single Building Construction, Lot Severances and Minor Variances)

  • Class B and C Environmental Assessments (for Provincial Government Projects)

  • Environmental Effects Analysis (under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act) (Federal)

  • Ecological Site Assessments

  • Natural Environment Level 1 & 2 Studies (to Support Aggregate Licensing in Ontario)

  • Expert Witness and Media Interviews (to Support Environmental Assessment Projects)

  • First Nations Consultation and Public Meetings (to Support Environmental Assessment Projects)

  • Tree Inventories and Tree Conservation Reports


Species at Risk and Biological Surveys

  • Permitting under the Ontario Endangered Species Act (ESA) including Overall Benefit Permits and Notice of Impact Registrations

  • Permitting under the Federal Species At Risk Act (SARA)

  • Negotiation and Design of Habitat Compensation Programs to Meet Permit Requirements

  • Long Term Monitoring Programs to Support Permit Implementation

  • Species at Risk Surveying for Birds, Reptiles, Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, and Plants

  • Species at Risk Habitat Classification, Delineation and Mapping

  • Butternut Health Assessments (BHA)

  • Passive Ultrasonic Monitoring for Bat Species at Risk

  • Breeding Bird Surveys and Bird Nest Surveys During Tree Clearing

  • Ecological Land Classification (ELC) including Soil Classification

  • Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES)

  • Habitat Mapping through Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


Fisheries and Aquatic Services

  • Fisheries Act Permitting

  • Negotiation and Design of Habitat Compensation Programs to Meet Permit Requirements

  • Long Term Monitoring Programs to Support Permit Implementation

  • Fish Community and Habitat Surveying

  • Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP)

  • Headwaters Drainage Feature Assessments (HDFA)

  • Fish Salvage and Relocation During Dewatering

  • Electrofishing

  • Scuba and Snorkel Transect Surveys