Wetlands and Waterways

Technical Expertise

SAIC’s capabilities include technical expertise in jurisdictional determinations of wetlands and waterways for federal, state, and local permit programs; functional assessments; mitigation design; and monitoring programs. Our personnel include highly experienced ecologists, biologists, chemists, soil scientists, and regulatory experts to provide a full range of technical and regulatory services related to wetlands.

SAIC’s scientific and regulatory experts provide integrated approaches to help ensure that wetlands issues and associated habitat concerns are successfully addressed from technical, logistical, regulatory, and cost perspectives. Wetland habitats are intricately related to a variety of environmental issues, such as rare, threatened, and endangered species, essential fish habitat, water quality, and watershed planning initiatives.

Wetlands and Waterways Support Services

Our staff provides wetlands and waterways expertise for a broad range of projects involving:

• Remedial activities for contaminated sediments in wetlands and intertidal and subtidal environments
• Development projects where jurisdictional determinations and the project planning sequence of avoidance, minimization, and mitigation must be applied
• Habitat enhancement programs consisting of prioritization of restoration/enhancement goals, construction methods and oversight, and long-term monitoring and assessment

SAIC also provides programmatic wetlands assistance such as training programs in delineation.