Technical Specialties

Natural Resources Management

When we evaluate a site, we look to the top of the ridge and beyond. We evaluate the entire system of soils, vegetation, habitat, and ecosystem processes to ensure efficiency and sustainability. The collective knowledge of our natural resources scientists advances the race to integrate science with design. Knowledge gained through the use of advanced technologies — geographic information systems, GPS surveys, and new concepts in conservation biology — helps us to understand ecosystems and prepare the restoration design and long-term management strategies necessary to create sustainable projects. Our efforts help to cultivate and sustain a healthy global environment.

Services

  • Aquatic habitat and ecosystem restoration
  • Aquatic resources surveys
  • Botanical and vegetation community surveys
  • Clean Water Act compliance
  • Conservation biology
  • Ecological restoration
  • Endangered Species Act compliance
  • Erosion control and management
  • Geomorphology
  • Habitat conservation plans
  • Integrated resources planning
  • Integrated vegetation management
  • Mitigation banking
  • Surface water management
  • Watershed management
  • Wetlands permitting and mitigation
  • Wetlands planning, design, and management
  • Wildlife surveys
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Featured DEA Project

Columbia River Crossing

DEA led the national consulting team that provided transportation planning, traffic highway and bridge engineering, and public involvement for the corridor study of Interstate 5 between Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.

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Featured DEA Project

Las Haciendas Models

DEA landscape architects provided design services for a complex of nine model homes and two demonstration gardens that the client wanted to have the look and feel of a hacienda style.

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