Vegetation and Habitat Analyses
Hamer Environmental staff has conducted botanical studies and habitat analyses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Our experience ranges from routine forest inventories for collecting and monitoring habitat conditions to complex forest ecosystems studies and habitat modeling for indicator species. Our botanists are skilled in all aspects of field and lab identifications. We can provide a variety of vegetation analyses and species inventories. Our recommendations can be of use in planning developments and providing for subsequent rehabilitation of affected areas. We provide the following services:
- Threatened, Endangered, Candidate and Sensitive Plant Surveys
- Lichen, Bryophyte and Fungi Studies
- Forest and Plant Community Delineation and Cover Type Mapping (GIS)
- Abundance, Cover, and Productivity Estimation
- Riparian Vegetation Inventories
- Soil Description and Analyses
- Aerial-Photo and Map Interpretation
- Habitat and Forage Quality Evaluations
- State and Federal Noxious Weed Assessments
Sample of projects we have recently completed
2008. Botanical assessment of a riparian forest corridor for a development project on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, U.S. Forest Service, Rayonier Inc..
2008. Rare vascular and non-vascular botanical assessment of two proposed development sites, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Forest Service.
2002-2008. Rare vascular and non-vascular plant and noxious weed surveys of Upper Baker Dam, Northwest Washington, Puget Sound Energy, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.
2007. Botanical assessment of two forested areas for development projects on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, U.S. Forest Service, Rayonier, Inc.
2007. Rare plant and noxious weed assessments for evaluation of effects of construction of a transmission line, Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County PUD, No. 1.
2007. Rare plant and noxious weed studies for a proposed cell tower on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Forest Service.
2003. Analysis of Grizzly bear spring forage in the North Cascades, Washington, Puget Sound Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.
