Ecological
Today there is a greater emphasis on sustainability, ecological preservation and restoration, and more effective use of our natural resources. Normandeau Associates has helped many energy, industrial, and private clients, as well as myriad government agencies, develop and operate in a manner that promotes the natural resource protection while meeting their project objectives. We also work closely with non-governmental organizations to preserve natural features and provide recreational opportunities.
The applied ecologists on our staff have a wide range of experience in a variety of environments ranging from the arctic to the tropics, and including freshwater, marine, estuarine, terrestrial, and wetlands habitats. The goal of our scientists is to provide sound advice and quality supporting data in accordance with our clientsÕ needs. Over the last three decades we have assisted our clients to incorporate sustainable development concepts into their projects.
Services include:
- Sustainable development planning
- Ecological restoration
- Biodiversity surveys
- Environmental education and recreation planning
- Threatened and endangered species surveys
- Shellfisheries surveys
- Freshwater mussel surveys
- Clean lakes studies
- Macrofouling surveys
- Macrophyte surveys, including submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)
- Fish sampling by electrofishing, gill netting, seining, trawling, and ichthyoplankton towing
- Phytoplankton and zooplankton sampling and laboratory processing
- Macroinvertebrate sampling and laboratory processing
- Wetland and wildlife habitat mapping
- Wetland restoration, creation, enhancement and preservation
- Fisheries management
- Invasive species assessment and management
- Watershed protection planning
- Wildlife habitat enhancement and protection
- Bathymetric Surveys
- Side-scan sonar surveys
