Habitat Restoration services & Mitigation
SummitWest is well versed in habitat mitigation services and restoration. We offer planning, implementation, and project management to successfully restore a wide range of habitat types from wetland to desert and coastal to montane. Contact us today for assistance with your next project!
SummitWest assists clients with all phases of habitat restoration and mitigation, from initial planning stages, to implementation, to long-term monitoring and reporting. Our restoration team conducts the special-status species surveys, provides biological monitoring services, restores the habitat through planting, weed abatement, soil stabilization, and much more, and prepares all follow-up restoration summary reports and post-implementation monitoring. SummitWest’s habitat restoration and planning services are rooted in our understanding of ecosystem services and habitat resilience.
capabilities:
- Mitigation Site Design
- Habitat Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Plans (HMMP)
- Review of Mitigation measures
- Post-construction reports for compensatory mitigation
- Restoration Planning and Monitoring Study Designs
- Review of Project Impacts to Sensitive Biological Resources
- Review of Existing Restoration Plans
- Implementation of Restoration Plans
- Weed Control Mitigation
- Preparation of Weed Control Plan
- Implementation of Weed Control Plan
- Project and Agency Coordination
- Mitigation and Restoration Summary Reports
SummitWest was hired by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation to perform drone mapping of their Windswept Cranberry Bog property. This long-term drone mapping project will provide critical data to monitor the vegetation transition from commercial cranberry cultivation to native wetland habitat.
SummitWest uses low flight elevation drone mapping across the 231-acre cranberry field, with initial mapping aimed at establishing a vegetative baseline map, and subsequent annual mapping geared towards monitoring changes in the vegetation communities during the transition back to a naturally functioning wetland. This work requires low altitude flying as a result of both the close proximity between the Cranberry Bog and the Nantucket Memorial Airport and the drone manufacturer’s low altitude limit. This low altitude restriction increases the transect density and the total number of images collected per survey. SummitWest has established eight discrete observation positions to effectively navigate mature tree stands interfering with sightlines and flat topography.