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Environmental Planning and Management Services

Forsite specializes in Environmental Planning and Management Services for all aspects of Land Development Projects and offer expertise in conducting a variety of ecological assessments, as well as developing protection plans and management strategies to meet our client's needs. Forsite offers a comprehensive list of environmental planning and management services that support small, medium and large development projects.  These services include, but are not limited to:

• Terrain Stability Assessments
• Watershed Assessment and Priority Planning
  • Overview Risk Assessment (sediment source impacts and values at risk)
  • Road and hillslope inventory
  • Riparian inventory
  • Channel inventory
  • Access management planning
  • Restoration objectives and treatment priorities
  • Treatment prescriptions
• Water Quality Monitoring, Design and Statistical Analyses
• Ecological inventories
• Fish Stream and Lake Classification
• Wildlife and wildlife habitat studies
• Erosion control planning
• Rehabilitation planning

Environmental Assessments 

Services include but are not limited to water quality sampling, rare plant surveys, ecosystem classification, fisheries studies, wildlife studies, species–at-risk assessments, First Nations, archaeological and cultural resource studies.

Forsite also offers experienced design, set-up, maintenance and monitoring of water quality, hydrology and temperature associated with environmental assessments.

Environmental Monitoring

Forsite environmental monitoring programs are developed based on risk to the environment and governing regulations to ensure that meaningful protection is provided through efficient monitoring and mitigation activities. Forsite has performed comprehensive environmental monitoring programs that include all aspects of water resource, fisheries and wildlife values.  Work includes all aspects of permit acquisition, compliance reporting (i.e. Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Ministry of Environment), development of Environmental Management Plans and Sediment Drainage Management Plans, supervising stream diversions, fish salvage/relocation, on-site monitoring, completing fish habitat restoration and enhancement prescriptions, and completing monitoring reports or final inspections/reports.

Environmental monitoring involves the tracking of terrestrial or aquatic conditions and potential impacts of development or construction activities.

Forsite also offers general environmental support services that include data management, radio telemetry including tagging and aerial/ground tracking, fish and terrestrial vertebrate surveys, plant surveys, species-at-risk assessments, and research project design, implementation and analysis.

Regulatory Liaison:

Environmental Monitoring ensures that work is carried out in compliance with applicable regulations and legislation. Monitoring also assists in minimizing the impacts of work near sensitive ecosystems, such as fish habitat, and provides due diligence working in and around those ecosystems. Forsite ensures the following steps are provided as part of their environmental monitoring and regulatory liaison process:

• All applicable environmental permits and approvals to proceed with construction are in place;
• Review environmental plan with applicable contractors;
• Observe site conditions prior and during works;
• Evaluate effectiveness of sediment control measures;
• Carry out appropriate measures to protect fish species; and
• Maintain communications with regulatory bodies on project progress.

Ecosystem Restoration:

Forsite's wildlife and species-at-risk specialists provide ecosystem restoration services to government and industry clients.  Based on the understanding of site-specific targets as well as current and projected ecological conditions our professional and technical staff work together to develop cost effective and operationally realistic ecosystem restoration programs. Our experience covers all aspects of ecosystem restoration including site selection, prescription development, and field and office supervision of all associated activities. 

For more information, contact Glenn Thiem at (250) 832-3366 or gthiem@forsite.ca