Resource Identification and Assessment

• Wetland delineations
• Wetlands function and value assessments
• Constraints analyses
• Drone Videography and Photography
• Impact assessments
• Sensitive species surveys and biological resource assessments

Environmental Planning

• Assistance in developing project designs consistent with federal, state and local requirements
• Assistance in developing master plans, specific plans and other planning documents consistent with federal, state and local requirements

Regulatory Assistance and Permitting

• Identification of federal, state and local permitting requirements and critical time lines
• Preparation and processing of Department of the Army applications for Nationwide and Individual Permits
• Preparation of Section 404(b)(1) Alternatives/Avoidance Analyses
• Preparation and processing of Section 401 Water Quality Certification applications and Waste Discharge Requirements
• Preparation and processing of Streambed Alteration Agreements
• Federal Endangered Species Act Section 7 and Section 10 coordination assistance, including preparation of Biological Assessments
• State Endangered Species Act Section 2081 coordination assistance, including preparation of Incidental Take Permit Applications
• Coordination with federal, state and local agencies, including attending and making presentations at public meetings

Wetland and other Habitats Mitigation

• Preparation of conceptual and detailed mitigation and monitoring plans
• Supervision and management of mitigation construction
• Design and implementation of mitigation monitoring programs
• Design of long-term maintenance plans for constructed and/ or preserved habitats

Habitat Conservation Plan Permitting and Compliance

Madrone has extensive experience with regional Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), including but not limited to:

• South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan
• Placer County Conservation Program
• San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan
• East Contra Costa Habitat Conservation Plan
• Yolo Habitat Conservation Plan
• Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan
• Solano Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan

Specific Species Surveys

• Wet-Season surveys for vernal pool branchiopods
• Dry-Season surveys for vernal pool branchiopods
• Rare plant surveys
• Protocol burrowing owl surveys
• Protocol Swainson's hawk surveys
• Other raptor and songbird nesting surveys
• Pre-construction species surveys
• California tiger salamander surveys
• California red-legged frog surveys
• Giant garter snake surveys
• Western pond turtle surveys
• Other special-status species surveys