• Biological Resources
  • Threatened, Endangered, and Special-Status Species — Surveys and Permitting
  • Special-Status Species Permits and Survey Capabilities
  • Amphibian and Aquatic Ecology, Surveys, and Habitat Assessments
  • Botanical Services
  • Bat Surveys
  • Benthic Macroinvertebrete Bioassessment Studies
  • Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Assessments
• Cultural Resources
  • Cultural Resources Management
  • Archaeological Services
  • Historic Architectural Services
  • Cultural Resources Consultation and Agreement Documents
• CEQA and NEPA Documentation
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Review and Compliance
  • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review and Compliance
  • Environmental Justice
• Permitting and Land Management
  • Wetland Assessment and Delineation
  • Environmental Permit Acquisitions
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licensing Support
  • Mitigation and Compensation Planning
  • Habitat Restoration, Planning, Design and Construction
  • Open Space Management
  • Storm Water Quality Management
• Water Resources
  • Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology
  • Stream Restoration and Surveys
  • Stream Gaging and Related Services
  • Water Resources Management
  • Watershed Planning Management
• Mapping and Spatial Information Technology
  • Project-Specific and Regional Resource Mapping Services
  • Geographic Information Systems — Spatial Analysis
  • LIDAR Data Acquisition and Analysis
  • Image Processing and Land Cover Analysis
  • Computer-Based Cartography

Botanical Services

ECORP offers a wide range of botanical services within California’s diverse plant communities.  Our botanists are fully qualified to conduct plant surveys to support National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation and Biological Assessments for consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).  Our botanists are highly trained in plant taxonomy and identification.  We routinely utilize on-line databases and archives, reference populations, and local herbaria to assist with accurate identification of California’s flora.  We also hold the necessary permits to properly identify and voucher rare, threatened, and endangered plants encountered during our surveys.

ECORP botanists use the latest techniques and protocols approved by the USFWS, California Department of Fish and Game, and California Native Plant Society to conduct plant surveys.  Vegetation mapping and plant community classification is conducted in accordance with the well recognized Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf and Holland systems.

For More Information, Contact:

Peter Balfour, M.S.
Vice President / Director of Biologic Sciences
ECORP Consulting, Inc.
2525 Warren Drive
Rocklin, CA 95677
phone: (916) 782-9100
fax: (916) 782-9134