Mitigation and Open Space Management Planning
NorthStar Environmental offers a range of mitigation planning and development services. Our project planning capabilities, along with extensive knowledge of special‐status species and their habitats found throughout the region enables us to interact effectively with agency personnel to provide our clients with ecologically significant mitigation options that meet their regulatory requirements, while reducing mitigation costs whenever possible. Based on our Clients 
goals and project specifics, we provide recommendations for avoidance, minimization, on and/or off‐site mitigation, and potential permit requirements. NorthStar Environmental develops mitigation documents including formal mitigation prospectuses, management plans per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and CA Department of Fish and Game requirements, conservation easements, and preserve management budgets.
The staff at NorthStar Environmental offers a broad range of expertise in terms of land use planning and resource management. We are well versed in multiple use, highest and best use, and adaptive management concepts.
Services
- Coordination with regulatory agencies, landowners, developers, engineers, appraisers, and other pertinent project personnel
- On and off‐site mitigation planning and development
- Habitat creation/restoration site design
- Vegetation management plans per DFG mitigation requirements
- Development of formal mitigation prospectuses
- Development of Operations and Management Plans and Mitigation and Monitoring Plans meeting USFWS and USACE mitigation criteria
- Development of land management plans meeting DFG mitigation criteria
- Development of conservation easements and long‐term management budgets
Mitigation site monitoring per USFWS, USACE, and DFG