Biological and Environmental Consulting Services
Dryad Biological Consulting provides senior-level biological and environmental support for project planning, environmental review, permitting, construction, and compliance.
Our services are tailored to the needs of each project. We begin by understanding the project, its location, its stage of development, and the decisions that need to be made. From there, we help clients identify biological constraints, understand regulatory considerations, determine appropriate next steps, and develop practical strategies.
Experienced Support for Informed Project Decisions
Project-Specific Biological Support
Not every project fits neatly within a standard service category.
Dryad can provide focused biological support for individual assignments, larger multidisciplinary teams, and projects requiring specialized senior review. We also work as a subcontractor to environmental firms, engineering companies, contractors, utilities, developers, and public agencies.
When a project requires expertise outside our core services, we are candid about that need and can help identify qualified specialists or complementary team members.
Talk With Dryad About Your Project
The best starting point is a conversation about the project, the decisions ahead, and the biological or regulatory questions that need to be addressed.
Dryad will help determine what level of support is appropriate and provide a clear, practical path forward.
Biological Resource Assessments
Dryad evaluates biological conditions and potential project constraints through desktop review, field assessment, habitat evaluation, and technical reporting.
Services may include:
Biological resource assessments
Habitat evaluations
Sensitive resource identification
Project impact analysis
Avoidance and minimization recommendations
Biological technical reports
Wildlife and Special-Status Species
Dryad provides habitat assessments, focused surveys, and project support for wildlife and special-status species.
Services include:
General wildlife surveys
Habitat suitability assessments
Focused and protocol surveys
Preconstruction surveys
Nesting bird surveys
Biological monitoring
Avoidance and minimization planning
Experience includes desert tortoise, burrowing owl, southwestern willow flycatcher, Utah prairie dog, San Joaquin kit fox, San Joaquin antelope squirrel, and other sensitive species.
Botany and Rare Plants
Dryad provides botanical surveys and technical support for sensitive plants, vegetation communities, and invasive species.
Services include:
Floristic and rare plant surveys
Habitat assessments
Vegetation mapping
Plant identification
Invasive and noxious weed surveys
Weed monitoring
Revegetation and restoration support
Wetlands and Aquatic Resources
Dryad helps clients identify and evaluate wetlands, streams, drainages, and other aquatic resources.
Services include:
Desktop constraints review
Wetland and waters assessments
Delineation support
Ordinary high water mark evaluation
Mapping and documentation
Permitting support
Avoidance and minimization recommendations
Construction Compliance and Monitoring
Dryad provides biological support during construction to help protect resources and maintain compliance.
Services include:
Preconstruction surveys
Worker environmental awareness training
Biological monitoring
Nesting bird monitoring
Compliance inspections
Contractor coordination
Field documentation
Environmental Review & Regulatory Support
Dryad supports environmental review, permitting, and regulatory planning.
Services include:
CEQA and NEPA support
Biological technical reports
Environmental constraints analysis
Permit support
Agency coordination
Mitigation and compliance planning
Review of project designs and alternatives
Technical Review and Quality Assurance
Dryad provides senior-level review of biological and environmental documents.
We review:
Biological reports
Survey reports
Permit applications
Habitat assessments
Mitigation and monitoring plans
Restoration and revegetation plans
Agency comments and responses
