HABITAT SERVICES

Tree Related

• brush management
• forest stand improvement
• grade stabilization
• (tree/shrub) mulching
• tree/shrub planting
• windbreak establishment
• riparian forest buffers
• orchard planting
• tree/shrub removal

Seeding

• broadcast seeding
• buffer & filter strips
• cool season grasses
• cover crop drilling
• food plots
• grade stabilization (grass)
• grassed water way
• herbaceous plug installation
• loafing areas
• nesting areas
• pasture restoration
• bioswales
• seedbed preparation
• seeding escape lanes
• shoreline stabilization
• soil amendment - fertilizer, pH, etc.
• soil testing
• stream bank & channel stabilization
• warm season grasses
• waste water treatment strips
• wildflowers
• winter cover
• geotextile fabric installation

Miscellaneous

• construct observation platforms
• construct shooting platforms
• constructing escape lanes
• depredation work
• disking
• establishing "use exclusion" areas
• fire break development & maintenance
• grade stabilization (structure)
• hang or build hunting stands/blinds
• installing feeding stations/minerals
• land leveling
• land posting
• mowing
• nuisance wildlife management
• obstruction removal
• pest management (plant or animal)
• prescribed burning
• road and trail construction
• soil conservation
• spraying (other than ag. crops)
• surveying
• terraces
• wildlife damage control
• wildlife fencing
• wildlife openings over/under utilities
• wildlife stocking (small game birds) - Ask about our Trophy Pheasant Program

Aquatic

• bioengineering
• small earthen dams
• dikes
• diversions
• floating islands
• pond design
• aeration systems
• water quality monitoring
• water quality management
• lake & pond construction
• circulation systems
• pond, lake, and waterway leak repair
• pond and lake liners - Firestone Pondgard Trained Installer
• open channel design & construction
• open channel enhancement
• erosion and sedimentation control
• sedimentation control basin
• stream habitat improvement
• surface and subsurface drains
• water catchments & facilities
• water control structure
• water spreading (ex. flooded timber)
• wetland design
• wetland creation
• wetland enhancement
• multidisciplinary watershed assessments
• stream bank Protection
• Instream Habitat Structures - Rock Structures - Lunker Structures

Consulting

• advising hunting clubs and lease operations
• advising hunting preserves and resorts
• assisting with cost share programs or grants
• biologic studies
• camera surveys
• data analysis on all habitat related items
• design recommendations
• early successional habitat development
• environmental assessments
• exotic and invasive species management (non ag.)
• flora & fauna population surveys/recommendations
• GPS & GIS mapping
• invasive species management (non ag.)
• management plan development & implementation
• native landscape design & establishment
• noxious weed management
• obtaining conservation easements
• permitting services (404, PA Chapter 102, 105)
• restoration and management of declining habitats
• upland wildlife habitat management wetland
• wildlife habitat management