Natural and Cultural Resources
During the past five years, MACTEC has performed more than 400 natural
resources-related studies. Our branch offices are familiar with federal as well
as local regulations specific to their operating areas. Our in-house,
professional staff includes highly experienced natural resource specialists,
many with advanced degrees, including wetland scientists, biologists, botanists,
fisheries experts, and natural resource planners.
MACTEC offers the following technical expertise in relation to Natural Resources:
- Site screening, accurate mapping, and evaluation using GPS and GIS tools and
techniques;
- Plant and animal studies including threatened and endangered species;
- Identification and preparation of permitting requirements;
- Relocation of protected species;
- Development of environmental monitoring, mitigation design, and management
plans;
- Agency/public interest group liaison;
- Vegetation and habitat mapping;
- Water resources and fisheries assessments/evaluation;
- Wetlands identification / delineation, mitigation design / planning, master
planning / assessment;
- Hydrology and geology;
- Public involvement, facilitation, and negotiations/dispute resolution; and
- Web-based communication and information management.
- Environmental Assessments/Environmental Impact Statements
- Environmental planning
- Natural resource damage assessments and restorations
- Natural resources design projects (habitat improvement, reclamation, erosion
control, stormwater pollution prevention control, floodwater detention)
We provide permitting assistance in the areas of:
- Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) including Findings
of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
- Obtaining wetland permits for constructing reservoirs, landfills, or other
activities
- Obtaining clearance for endangered species or cultural resources to build a
specific structure
MACTEC’s cultural resource experts have a long history of providing cultural
resource planning, permitting, and management services on a variety of projects
and locations. Among our strengths are prehistoric and historic archaeology,
general and architectural history, regulatory compliance, and public
interpretation.
All of our cultural resource staff members with advanced degrees meet the US
Secretary of the Interior’s standards for conducting cultural resource work at
the national level, and all full-time senior staff members are registered
professional archaeologists.
Our services include…
- Archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations, including data recovery
- Archaeological surveying, including prehistoric and historic site recording
- Archaeological testing and evaluation
- Architectural surveying, building documentation, determination-of-effects
documentation, and streetscape project assistance
- Archival, ethnographic, and pre-field research
- Construction monitoring
- Cultural resources planning, permitting, and mitigation
- Cultural resources project management, coordination, and quality control
- Historic context preparation
- NAGPRA inventory and compliance documents
- NHPA Section 106 compliance documents
- National Register of Historic Places eligibility recommendations
- Native American coordination and consultation
- Prehistoric and historic artifact analyses
- Public interpretation of prehistoric and historic resources