Service Area

Environmental Assessments

Site, watershed, and ecological assessments for landowners, conservation groups, and municipalities.

Environmental Assessments in the field
What this covers

Real ground-truth assessments behind every plan: soils, water, habitat, regulation, and what the data actually permits.

The engagements below all run through our six-part planning process and can be combined with work from the other service areas when the scope calls for it.

  • Independent advisory
  • Scoped to the property and the decision-makers
  • Tied back to real margin and stewardship
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Engagements

What we do inside this area

All 3 engagements under Environmental Assessments.

Environmental Site Assessments

Environmental Site Assessments

Phase-I-grade due diligence for acquisitions, conservation, or transition decisions.

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Watershed Management Planning

Watershed Management Planning

Watershed plans grounded in HUC hydrology, BMPs, and stakeholder reality.

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Ecological Assessment

Ecological Assessment

Habitat, biodiversity, and ecosystem-function assessments that drive restoration.

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How we work

Our six-part process applied here

The same framework, scoped to environmental assessments.

1

Guiding Principles

Decision-maker principles vetted and agreed up front.

2

Regional Context

History, settlement, water, regional economy.

3

Current Conditions

Soils, tile, easements, fertility, existing constraints.

4

Opportunities & Constraints

Infrastructure, regulation, legal context.

5

Recommendations

Resilience-first adjustments grounded in real numbers.

6

Revenue Generators

Income-producing recommendations weighed against the future.

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Other service areas

Engagements often combine across these.

Farm Planning & Strategy

Farm Planning & Strategy

Whole-system, succession, business and food-system planning rooted in our 143-question process.

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Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

Soil-health-led consulting on regenerative practices, organic transitions, agroforestry, and cover crop systems.

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Farm Lease Consulting

Farm Lease Consulting

Lease advisory for owners and operators: agricultural, conservation, crop-share, and solar leases.

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Frequently asked questions

Good to know
Fixed fee whenever the scope is clear, hourly when discovery is needed first. Quoted in writing before any work begins.
A typical engagement here runs 3 to 6 months. Larger or multi-property scopes can run 6 to 12 months.
Yes, and most clients do. A whole-system engagement frequently combines two or three service areas in a single deliverable.
A written plan in PDF, an executive summary, and a meeting walkthrough with the decision-makers. Implementation support is optional.
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