Services
Leveraging a Comprehensive Understanding of Florida Ecosystems
with Deep and Practical Knowledge of Regulatory Requirements.
Since 2005, Earth Resources has focused on supporting our clients with complex natural resource challenges. Based in Tampa, Florida, our firm specializes in Wetland Assessment Procedures (WAP), long-term wetland health studies, ecological and hydrological monitoring, environmental permit compliance, protected species surveys and permitting, habitat assessment and restoration, and state and federal environmental permitting.
Our team leverages a comprehensive understanding of Florida ecosystems with practical knowledge of regulatory requirements, allowing us to provide technically sound, efficient, and cost-effective solutions. As a woman-owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), we are also committed to supporting Tampa Bay Water’s diversity goals.
Our decades of expertise in performing environmental monitoring and ecological studies and hydrological monitoring and analysis for public agencies and private corporations is grounded in strong regional knowledge. Our Team provides the continuity and institutional knowledge offering an unmatched approach to project delivery.
In addition, Earth Resources offers a deep bench of technical specialists with experience across all relevant disciplines. This structure provides the flexibility to scale resources as needed to meet project demands, ensuring timely and reliable delivery of services.
We have established comprehensive workflows and tools to support efficient data processing, analysis, and reporting. These systems allow us to move seamlessly from fieldwork to deliverables, ensuring that all tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with project requirements.
Transportation Projects
Experts on all aspects of transportation projects from the planning phase (PD&E), design and permitting or design build. We have experience successfully delivering all types of transportation development including toll facilities, greenfield projects, trails, interchanges, intersection improvements, RRR and capacity projects.
Ecosystem Management
Ecosystem Management including habitat restoration design, hydrologic restoration, and preparation of habitat management plans.
GIS Mapping
Our team of GIS experts are well versed in state-of-the-art GIS analysis techniques such as raster map algebra, spatial interpolation, spatial statistics, and 3-D topographic mapping and use these techniques to perform sophisticated analyses, wetland condition mapping, habitat classification, hot spot identification, spatial autocorrelation studies, and floodplain mapping.
State and Federal Environmental Permitting
Environmental Resource Permitting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 and Section 10, Water Use Permitting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Section 7 and Section 10, National Marine Fisheries, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission preparation of Biological Assessments and Species Conservation Plans in support of obtaining Biological Opinions.
Wetland Mitigation Design
Design, permitting and implementation wetland mitigation including wetland creation, restoration and enhancement plans, land management plans and wetland monitoring in accordance with regulatory agency requirements.
Wetland Delineations
Experts in both the State of Florida Wetland Delineation Methodology (62,340, F.A.C) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual.
Planning and NEPA Studies
ACE/Feasibility Studies, SEIR’s, Type II CE’s, EA’s, EIS’s, Section 7 Consultation, Section 4(f) Analysis.
Protected Species Surveys and Wildlife Studies
Protected Species Surveys and Wildlife Studies including caracara, Florida bonneted bat acoustic and roosting survey, Florida black rail, Southeastern American kestrel, gopher tortoise, burrowing owl scrub jay, red cockaded woodpecker, sand skink. Staff certification include Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agents, qualified caracara observers.
Long Term Wetland Monitoring and Health
Long Term Wetland Monitoring And Health Assessments ¬for permit compliance monitoring and impact analysis. Experts on the Wetland Assessment Procedure and Xeric Wetland Assessment Procedure.