“It is our collective and individual responsibility…to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.”
--Dalai Lama
Copperhead provides a comprehensive suite of ecological services to support our clients in the public and private sectors.
Aquatic Ecology/Threatened & Endangered Species
- Freshwater mussel survey, relocation, habitat assessment, and monitoring
- Water quality monitoring
- Fish surveys, habitat assessment and monitoring
- Macroinvertebrate surveys
- Watershed planning
- Erosion/Sedimentation control monitoring
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Environmental Planning & Permitting
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Biological Assessments (BA)
- Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) Documentation
- Bat and Bird Mitigation Plans
- Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP)
- Site Characterization Surveys
- 401/404 Permitting
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting
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Forestry
- Forest management planning
- Invasive species management
- Timber marking and sale administration
- Timber inventory and appraisal
- Timber trespass appraisal and expert witness
- Timber stand improvement (TSI)
- Wildlife habitat improvement
- Tree planting and site preparation
- Prescribed fire
- Forest health assessments
- Early successional/pollinator habitat management
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Geospatial
- Geodatabase design and management/li>
- Habitat modeling
- Data management and integration
- Custom web and app-based data collection and processing
- Spatial and statistical analysis
- Custom cartographic map production
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Research
- T&E Bat Migration and Habitat Use
- Development of Artificial Bat Habitat
- Long Term Indiana Bat Colony Monitoring
- Develop Novel Methodology (e.g., use of acoustic lure)
- Bat Inventory of the Maya Mountains, Belize
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Terrestrial Ecology/Threatened & Endangered Species
- Presence/Absence Surveys
- Acoustic Manual Vetting
- Baseline inventory data
- Impact assessment
- Post-impact monitoring
- Breeding bird surveys
- Raptor Migration Surveys
- Reptile and Amphibian Inventories
- Pollinator Surveys
Wetlands
- Wetland and stream delineation
- Wetland functional assessments
- Clean water act
- Section 404 and 401 (Federal and State) permitting
- Regulatory agency consultation
- Wetland mitigation monitoring
- Stream mitigation monitoring
- Invasive species control
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