Ecosystem Sciences
Science | Design | Planning
Our firm specializes in natural resources, planning, evaluating environments and impacts, optimizing water resources, managing ecosystems, restoring ecological processes and functions, and integrating resilience into design.
Recent Projects
Ecosystem Sciences has participated and led many projects that raise the bar for environmental planning, design and science. Here are a few of our recent projects.
Silver Spring Ranch is at a historic junction transitioning from traditional barley and alfalfa farming, into an agrarian, back-to-the-land approach valuing water resources and long-term sustainability. The headwaters creeks of world-famous Silver Creek all begin on the Ranch. These waters are critical to the fishery and the Ranch is actively protecting the springs and streams as the most valuable resource. See more at: SilverSpringRanch.com
Our team worked to provide the environmental clearances needed for Sun Valley to open new lift and ski service area at the Resort. 380 acres of exciting new terrain are now able to be accessed. Our work included forest health and vegetation assessments, species of concern investigations, habitat assessments and consultation with agencies for expansion approval. See more about the new terrain at Sunrise Expansion.
The South Platte Natural Capital Assessment is a collaborative stakeholder driven natural capital (also called green infrastructure) assessment. Our team catalogued existing data sources, identified the most important natural assets in the watershed and then mapped the natural capital and valued the ecosystem services produced throughout the watershed. A decision-support tool was produced to assist stakeholders with prioritizing future investments in the watershed, whether for preservation or conservation. See more on this initiative at: South Platte Natural Capital
Working with ESRI toward a Green Infrastructure Mapping initiative. With a green infrastructure strategy, communities work to preserve and connect open spaces, watersheds, wildlife habitats, parks, and other critical landscapes. Ecosystem Sciences assisted with data and tools to develop green infrastructure strategies. Green infrastructure protects the health and diversity of wildlife and maintains natural systems that deliver critical, life-sustaining services. For more information see the site Green Infrastructure Mapping and the Book.
Our Work Defines Us
We provide our clients with science and design solutions that work - solutions that shape places, places that shape possibilities.
We work with all kinds of clients - utilities, municipalities, states and countries, corporations, institutions, developers, landscape architects, planners, designers, attorneys, government agencies - designing sustainable environmental solutions.
Environmental solutions that work. This is the value we bring to our clients and their challenges.
Our philosophy, culture and technical expertise are what define us as a company; it's why we have stayed together longer than any other team in our field; and, why we enjoy longstanding relationships with so many clients.
