Sage Institute Inc. possesses a set of highly complementary skills in all aspects of Environmental and Biological consulting ranging from baseline surveys to solving complex regulatory compliance issues. In summary, we are capable of providing high quality services in the following fields:

• Baseline biological resource assessments and constraints analyses;
• Rare/threatened/endangered wildlife and plant species surveys, floristic inventories, and vegetation community mapping;
• Federal Endangered Species Act / Biological Opinion compliance (Section 7 Formal Consultations and Section 10 Habitat Conservation Plans);
• Utility and infrastructure project regulatory/environmental compliance;
• Wetland delineations, CWA Section 404 permitting (Corps), and CWA Section 401 Certification (RWQCB);
• California Endangered Species Act Section 2081 permitting and DFG Section 1600 Streambed Alteration Agreements;
• Full-service Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities, Global Positioning System (GPS), and resource planning applications;
• Storm Water Discharge Permit/Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP);
• California Coastal Commission / Coastal Development Permit compliance;
• California Natural Diversity Database review and analysis (CNDDB);
• Construction and post-construction monitoring;
• General environmental compliance education;
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) / National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance;
• Mitigation planning, implementation, and monitoring;
• Watershed and landscape level management plans; and
• Habitat restoration planning, design, implementation, and monitoring.