Habitat assessments look at the state of the environment to understand what biological elements are using the habitat and how they may be potentially affected by a project. Since habitat availability is a limiting factor for many species, this is a vital component to risk managing the conflicts and constraints of a project.

As governmentally recognized Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEP), we can modify habitat assessments towards the collection of baseline data, impact assessments, natural resource inventories, climate change studies or post-construction effectiveness monitoring.

Recently, we have started engaging in the use of Environmental-DNA (eDNA) collection and analysis to provide evidence for the presence of rare or difficult to find species within an ecosystem. This tool and others help to build up a picture of how the habitat is performing and helps guide future management of the site.