ECORP Biological and Cultural Resources Staff Credentials
ECORP employs biological resource and cultural resource management specialists who hold state, federal, and county permits. Whatever your project or task, ECORP has Biological and Cultural Resources specialists with the credentials, permits, and qualifications required to complete surveys, studies, assessments, and other environmental consulting services throughout California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Biological Resources Staff Credentials
Performing environmental consulting services for biological resources often requires permits from federal and state governments. ECORP biologists hold permits to conduct surveys, assessments, and other environmental consulting services for special-status plant species, threatened and endangered animal species, wetlands and other aquatic habitats, and various other habitats in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Our list of permits follows, however since the list grows more frequently than the website is updated, some of our permits may not be listed. If the permit you are interested in is not listed, please call us for our most up-to-date permitting status.
Our permits include:


United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Permits
- Independent Surveyor
- United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 10(a)(1)(A) Recovery Permit for the Presence/Absence and Nesting Monitoring for Threatened or Endangered Species, including:
- Santa Ana Sucker
- California Red-Legged Frog
- California Tiger Salamander
- Coastal California Gnatcatcher
- Least Bell’s Vireo
- Quino Checkerspot Butterfly
- Riverside Fairy Shrimp
- San Diego Fairy Shrimp
- Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp
- Conservancy Fairy Shrimp
- Longhorn Fairy Shrimp
- Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp
- Brown-Headed Cowbird Eggs
- Federally-Listed Branchiopods
- Arizona Chiricahua Leopard Frog
- San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat
- Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat
- Giant Kangaroo Rat
- Vernal Pool Branchiopod Sampling Permit
- Scientific Collecting Permit as Field Investigator
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Permits
- Bird Banding Laboratory Permit for Western Bluebirds and Tree Swallows
- Recovery Permit for Vernal Pool Branchiopods


National Marine Fishing Service (NMFS) Permits
- Caulerpa Taxifolia Identification Surveyor Certificate
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Permits
- California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Principial Investigator and Field Assistant Permits for:
- Mohave Ground Squirrel
- Palm Springs Round Tailed Ground Squirrel
- Arizona Cotton Rat
- Hispid Cotton Rat
- Palm Springs Pocket Mouse
- Jacumba pocket Mouse
- White-Eared Pocket Mouse
- Scientific Collecting Permit for:
- California Tiger Salamander
- California Redlegged Frog
- Giant Gartersnake
- Freshwater Branchiopods
- Non-Game Reptiles, Amphibians, and Mammals


Cultural Resources Staff Credentials
ECORP’s in-house cultural resources department employs archaeologists, historians, architectural historians, Native American tribal liaisons, policy experts, and other cultural resource management specialists. Together they hold a variety of permits that authorize cultural resource surveys, excavations, studies, and related work throughout California and Nevada.
Permits held by our cultural resources management staff include:
- Registered Professional Archaeologists
- Principal Investigators and Field Directors under a Cultural Resources Use Permit with the California United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Principal Investigators and Field Directors under a Cultural Resource Use Permit with the Nevada BLM (all districts)
- Principal Investigators and Field Directors under a Nevada Antiquities Permit from the Nevada State Museum
- Riverside County Approved Archaeological/Cultural Resource Consultant with the Riverside County (California) Planning Department
- San Diego County Approved Archaeologist with the County of San Diego (California) Planning and Development Services Department
- Orange County Certified Archaeologists in Orange County (California)

Contact ECORP to Learn More about Our Biological and Cultural Resources Staff Credentials
Construction and new land-use operation projects in California, Nevada, New Mexico, or Arizona often require biological and cultural resource management services to identify and help manage sensitive resources at a given project area. Our biologists and cultural resource specialists who provide these services possess the permits required to comply with federal, state, and country environmental regulations.
Contact ECORP today to learn more about our Biological and Cultural Resources Staff Credentials.