Ecological Consulting Services, Inc. (ECS), is a consulting firm specializing in the resolution of complex environmental issues through cost-effective project planning, management, and applied engineering and scientific expertise.

ECS listens to our client's specific needs and develop a sound technical understanding prior to designing solutions.

The ECS staff is experienced in planning and executing environmental monitoring efforts and evaluation, design, and installation of monitoring stations for various disciplines, utilizing electronic data loggers, remote samplers, and remote communications systems. These baseline environmental data are used to predict potential impacts.

Regulations protecting our natural resources are enacted on a frequent basis by federal, state, and local agencies. ECS expertise in all ecological disciplines offers our clients practical solutions to minimize or even avoid potential costly or time-consuming environmental impacts on project permitting from existing or newly enacted regulations.

• Ecological restoration and planning
• Marine research
• Threatened and endangered plant and animal species surveys/management plans
• Vegetation mapping, sampling, and monitoring
• Wildlife surveys and management/monitoring plans
• Aquaculture design and planning
• Seagrass surveying, retrieval, planting, mapping and monitoring
• Coral reef surveying, mapping and monitoring
• Management of invasive species
• Salt Marsh Restoration and Planning
• Section 404 (dredge-and-fill) and Section 10 wetland/waterway permitting
• Wetland mitigation plans/implementation
• Aquatic species 316(a) and (b) impact assessments
• Community Outreach
• Data Organization and analysis
• Grant development and project management
• Field crew development and management
• Long term Monitoring
• Project Specific Best Management Practices

Contact: hreed@ecoconsultingservices.com