Aquatic Sciences - Marine, Freshwater & Wetlands

SAIC has been a leader in conducting environmental assessment and monitoring programs and studies in marine, coastal, and estuarine environments since the mid 1970's. SAIC's aquatic environmental team includes over 200 staff located in offices along the East, West and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. SAIC has conducted many hundreds of projects in aquatic environments throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Guam.

SAIC staff are extensively integrated and networked to provide a full range of services that are cost-effectively implemented from numerous local offices. Our multidisciplinary staff includes biologists, botanists, ecologists, oceanographers, water and sediment quality professionals and chemists, cultural resource archaeologists, air quality scientists and modelers, and GIS and information transfer specialists. Our staff have prepared hundreds of reports and studies in compliance with environmental regulations, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), State-equivalent EIRs, Clean Air and Water Acts, Endangered Species Act, and National Historic Preservation Act.

SAIC is committed to providing high value service and innovative solutions based on objective science. Our reputation for quality work and defensible reports has resulted in highly successful programs for a full range of federal, state, and local agencies as well as commercial clients including energy generation, oil and gas companies, ports, sanitation districts, telecommunication companies, water conservation and supply districts, and the building/development industry.

SAIC Provides Value Solutions

• Proven methods and management techniques to achieve program goals;
  
  
• State-of-the-art field study and testing programs to ensure collection of high quality, defensible data;
  
  
• Balanced project design to achieve technical and regulatory objectives within client required schedule and budget goals.
  
  
• Excellent rapport with resource and regulatory agencies to help streamline program schedules and costs;
  
  
• Effective public and stakeholder outreach communication to refine project acceptability and maintain program schedules and costs; and
  
  
• Long-term relationships with key academic institutions and subcontractors to allow focused teams to be assembled quickly and efficiently.
  
  

Experience and Capability Highlights

• Over two hundred scientists located on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts, many with advanced degrees (M.S./M.A., PhD) and 15-25+ years experience, including substantial international experience;
  
  
• Multidisciplinary expertise enables strong integration of staff as required for many programs;
  
  
• Extensive scientific publication list by staff that enhances reputation and credibility;
  
  
• Over 25 years experience with study design; full range of shipboard, in-water, and land-based sampling equipment and survey methods; database management, and complex statistical analysis;
  
  
• Dredging and Dredged Material Management support, including environmental testing and monitoring;
  
  
• Marine Biology and Ecology of invertebrates and fish/fisheries, marine mammals, birds, and plants/algae;
  
  
• Fisheries characterizations of commercial and recreational species, and impact evaluations including essential fish habitat assessments;
  
  
• Oceanography and hydrodynamic studies using moored and drifter arrays to conduct complex current and tidal modeling and pollutant tracking studies;
  
  
• Water Quality and Chemistry, including fate and effects of trace metal and organic contaminants between sediments, water, and organisms;
  
  
• Wetlands functional assessments, restoration design, and monitoring;
  
  
• EIS/EIR Documentation and Permitting, including technical studies, regulatory compliance, agency coordination, mitigation measures, and permit application support;
  
  
• Specialized Environmental Sciences evaluations, including human health and ecological risk assessments, historic studies, hazardous waste/remediation; and
  
  
• Innovative Technologies, including extensive GIS and information management services, and automated tracking of dredging and disposal operations.
  
  

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