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Ecological Baseline Studies

Clients throughout the western U.S. have recognized our expertise in completing biological resources surveys, wetlands delineations, and assessments. They have demonstrated their confidence in our staff by consistently sending us repeat business.

JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. provides a variety of biological resource management and ecological services throughout the west. These services include:

  • Comprehensive baseline biological surveys
  • Vegetation mapping, botanical inventories, and noxious weed surveys
  • Reclamation and revegetation success monitoring
  • Wetland delineations and riparian surveys
  • Wetland design and mitigation monitoring
  • Wildlife habitat assessments
  • Big game, game bird, breeding bird, and raptor surveys
  • Bat studies and bat mitigation related to mine closures or redevelopment
  • Aquatic and macroinvertebrate surveys
  • Threatened, endangered, and special status species surveys
  • Pre-construction clearance surveys
  • Construction monitoring
  • Post-construction monitoring

Our multi-disciplinary biological and ecological resource staff includes:

  • Botanists
  • Wildlife Biologists
  • Certified Wetland Specialists and Riparian Scientists
  • Hydrologists and Watershed Scientists
  • Range Scientists
  • Soil Scientists

We have prepared documents, resource management plans, and permit applications on behalf of both private and public sector clients for a broad range of development and land use proposals, including:

  • Biological Assessments/Biological Evaluations
  • Environmental Assessments/Environmental Impact Statements/Specialist Reports
  • Habitat Assessment and Management Plans
  • Reclamation Plans
  • Wetland Delineations
  • Weed Control Plans
  • Agency Permit Applications
  • Mitigation and Monitoring Plans


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Services

Ecological Baseline Studies Projects

AT&T On-call Environmental Support within the State of Nevada
JBR provided assistance to AT&T for fiber optic linear projects related to environmental baseline surveys, permitting, and construction monitoring in conjunction with local, state, and federal agencies throughout Nevada.
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City of Reno Lawton-Verdi Septic to Sewer Interceptor Project
For this major project, JBR provided multiple environmental services, from conducting water quality monitoring, to preparing environmental permit applications.
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Desert Tortoise Surveys, Nevada Power's Reid Gardner Facility
JBR biologists conducted presence-or-absence and zone of influence surveys for the presence of the Threatened desert tortoise on 560 acres near Moapa, Nevada. These desert tortoise surveys were in support of Nevada Power Company’s Reid Gardener Power Plant Facilities Expansion Project.
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Geothermal Exploration Consulting
JBR provided and is continuing to provide a wide range of services for this geothermal exploration project, from permitting to environmental surveys to agency coordination.
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Rancho San Rafael Regional Park Wetlands Restoration Project
For this award-winning project, JBR's services included: conducting biological baseline studies; obtaining state and federal permits; performing a wetland delineation; performing vegetation and wildlife assessments; conducting a water quality evaluation, and more.
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Simplot Smoky Canyon Mine Panels F & G Environmental Impact Statement
For this project, JBR worked with federal agencies to analyze multiple environmental impacts from Inventoried Roadless Areas to impacts on area streams; analyzed Native American treaty rights; and addressed more than 30,000 public comments.
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Truckee River Legacy Trail Phases 2, 3, and 4
JBR provided consulting work on this ambitious public trail project.
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Waters of the U.S. Survey, Jurisdictional Wetlands Survey, & Seep & Springs Survey
JBR conducted a jurisdictional waters of the United States survey, jurisdictional wetlands survey, and seep and spring survey on approximately 25,000 acres in Nevada's Great Basin.
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Enexco Contact Mine Ecological Baseline Studies, Contact, Nevada
JBR is conducting baseline studies and providing additional assistance for this Nevada mine project.
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Ongoing Ecological Baseline Studies for an Idaho Mining Project
JBR has provided numerous ecological baseline studies for an Idaho mining project.
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City of Sparks Rock Park Whitewater Park Monitoring Plan & Implementation
JBR developed and is implementing the Monitoring and Reporting Program for the city of Sparks, Nevada.
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PacifiCorp/UAMPS St. George Switchyard & 138/345 kV Power Line Upgrade Project, UT
JBR's team of GIS, biology, and NEPA specialists conducted all aspects of the environmental permitting process for a proposed switchyard and transmission line in St. George, UT.
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Environmental Permitting and Documentation for Pend Orielle Telephone Fiber Line, Pend Oreille County, WA
JBR provided environmental documentation and permitting services for 11 miles of fiber optic cable.
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Amp Resources Stillwater II Geothermal Power Plant UEPA Environmental Statement, Fallon, NV
JBR helped measure the impact of this proposed 30 MW geothermal power plant.
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Magma Energy (U.S.) Corp. Geothermal Exploration, Soda Lake, NV
JBR is conducted field surveys in preparation for an environmental assessment for multiple drill pads and access roads for this geothermal exploration project.
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Oxbow Park Nature Study Area Restoration Effort
Two major floods and a wildfire have destroyed much of Reno's Oxbow Park, a 22-acre Nature Study Area. JBR was contracted by the city of Reno to help restore the Oxbow Park to its pre-1997 status.
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Drum Mountains and Whirlwind Valley Geothermal Exploration Projects, Delta, UT
JBR prepared Operation Plans and an EA and conducted baseline field surveys for cultural resources, wildlife habitats, and special status species for this geothermal exploration project.
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Glendale Water Treatment Plant Improvement Project
JBR's multiple services for this project included a formal Waters of the United States delineation; the preparation of all state and federal permit applications; and a Biological Assessment.
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NV Energy ON Line Transmission Line EIS, NV
JBR conducted extensive baseline studies to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a 230-mile transmission line project in Nevada.
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Greater Sage-grouse Consulting Services Including Surveys and Monitoring for Mining and Energy Clients
JBR has provided and is currently provided many consulting services to mining and energy clients related to the greater sage-grouse and its status as a candidate species on the Threatened or Endangered list.
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Transect Surveys for Greater Sage-grouse at Various Active and Proposed Mine Sites in Nevada
JBR has conducted numerous transect surveys for greater sage-grouse at active and proposed mine sites in Nevada.
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