Hamer Environmental

Environmental Consulting to the Energy Transmission and Telecommunication Industries and Other Right-of-Way Projects

Our clients depend on us to provide exceptional environmental consulting services for their energy and telecommunications projects. We have completed environmental studies, environmental reviews and assessments for natural gas pipelines, fiber optic cables, transmission lines, small hydro pipelines, cell towers, radio towers, new road construction, and hydro electric dam relicensing.

Our professional staff is committed to ensuring our clients complete their energy projects on time and within budget. Our expert personnel work as a seamless team with our energy and telecommunication clients to develop successful projects.

Our services include:

  • Project Initiation Planning
  • Siting/Routing/Constraint Studies
  • Wildlife Habitat Suitability Assessments
  • Rare Plant Surveys and Mapping/Control Plans for Noxious Weed Populations
  • Wetland Surveys and Permits
  • Off-shore Environmental Surveys
  • Formal/Informal Consultations with Federal and State Agencies
  • Public Scoping Meetings
  • Environmental Impact Statement Preparation and Notices
  • Local Employment Development
  • Environmental/Route Feasibility Studies
  • Biological Surveys
  • Cover Typing of Essential Wildlife Habitats
  • Threatened and Endangered Species Consultations and Field Surveys
  • Mitigation and Monitoring Plans
  • Post-construction Monitoring
  • Strategic Stakeholder Engagement
  • Public Comment Review and Response
  • Mapping and GIS support


Sample of projects we have recently completed

Landscape-scale vegetation surveys and wildlife habitat assessments for a fiber optic cable route in the North Cascades, Washington, David Evans and Associates, Washington Department of Transportation.

Surveys, habitat mapping, and assessment of effects of a natural gas pipeline on Bald Eagle roosting and nesting habitat, Northern Washington, Northwest Pipeline Inc.

Use of ornithological radar to assess impacts to Newell’s Shearwater, Hawaiian Petrel, Hawaiian Goose and Hawaiian hoary bat from a proposed radio tower, Hawai’i, Wilson Okomoto Corporation.

Endangered bird and bat surveys at nine proposed cell tower sites, Oahu, Hawai’i and Kaua’i, Verizon Wireless.

Use of horizontal and vertical radar technology to assess collision risk to migrating raptors from proposed transmission lines, Eastern Washington, Chelan County PUD #1.

Northern Goshawk, Spotted Owl, Barred Owl, raptors, Western Gray Squirrel, Chelan Mountainsnail and rare plant studies for a proposed transmission line corridor, Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County P.U.D. No. 1.

Botanical assessment of a riparian forest corridor for new road construction project on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, U.S. Forest Service, Rayonier Inc.

Rare vascular and non-vascular botanical assessment of two proposed development sites, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Forest Service.

Rare plant and noxious weed assessments for evaluation of effects of construction of a transmission line, Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County PUD, No. 1.

Rare plant/noxious weed surveys and a study of the visual impacts for a proposed cell tower on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Forest Service.

Wildlife, botanical, terrestrial mollusk studies and cultural resource surveys for a road right-of-way project, Olympic National Park, Washington, Olympic National Park, and Rayonier, Inc. 

Use of ornithological radar to assess risk of collision of Newell's Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel with existing transmission lines, Kaua'i, Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative.