Harris Environmental Group has extensive experience conducting surveys for federal and state special-status species, mapping habitat and riparian areas, preparing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance documents, conducting invasive plant surveys, developing Native Plant Preservation Ordinance plans, and monitoring construction in sensitive areas. Our team has prepared documents for Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance, including jurisdictional water delineations. We provide support documentation for Pre-construction Notices and Section 404 Nationwide and Individual Permit applications. To facilitate this process, our staff has attended meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) and other federal and state natural resource management agencies. We also have worked on Section 401 water quality certifications with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The Natural Resources Division routinely conducts and prepares:

• NEPA Compliance– Categorical Exclusion (CE), Environmental Assessment (EA), Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) documents;

• Endangered Species Act Compliance – Biological Assessments (BA), Biological Evaluations (BE), COE 404 Permits – Jurisdictional Delineation;

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)– Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), Notice of Intent Plans (NOI);

• Sikes Act – Integrate Natural Resources Management Plans;

• Special Use Permits – U.S. Forest Service, (USFS), National Park Service (NPS);

• Native Plant Preservation Plans (NPPP) – Inventories, Mitigation & Landscaping Plans;

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessments;

• Threatened & Endangered Species Surveys;

• State/Local Special-Status Species Surveys;

• Habitat Assessments and Mapping;

• Riparian Vegetation Mapping;

• Wetland Delineations;

• Noxious Weed Surveys;

• Custom Environmental Training Programs;

• Wildlife Conservation/Mitigation Plans; and

• Compliance Monitoring.

Species Survey Experience includes:

• Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl,

• Pima pineapple cactus,

• Mexican spotted owl,

• Lesser long-nosed bat,

• Southwestern willow flycatcher,

• Chiricahua leopard frog,

• Northern aplomado falcon,

• Interior Least Tern,

• Sonoran desert tortoise,

• Flat-tailed horned lizard,

• Western burrowing owl,

• Western yellow-billed cuckoo,

• Lowland leopard frog, and

• Pima County’s Priority Vulnerable Species.