here was a time, back there in the ancient 20th century, when those who launched new construction projects gave little thought to repairing the damage being done to the natural environment around their sites. At best, ditches and holes were filled, a bulldozer leveled the area, and all was considered well.
It's a different story today. A quick cosmetic treatment is not recommended. If government regulations don't require a better response, public opinion will. Instead of simply sowing some grass and planting a few shrubs, the developer may be expected to restore the area to its natural state. This is especially true in environmentally sensitive areas.
In this new ball game, the corporate facility planner finds himself out of his league. His credentials in engineering, legal and economic fields don't cut it in handling complex habitat restoration projects. He may need help from professionals in such categories as ecology, botany or biology. Fortunately, there are increasing numbers of such people offering a wide range of services.
Another plus is that alert corporate planners no longer regard repair of damaged sites as a necessary evil. It has become an opportunity to boost the value of a property and enhance the firm's image at the same time. Bosses and shareholders like that.
Of course, the best strategy for a corporation building a new facility is to take precautions against harming the surrounding environment during construction and start-up. Easier said than done, though! In many cases, there will be inevitable damage that needs to be fixed.

Going Outside for Expertise
That habitat services constitute a big and fast-growing market is easily proven. The Conway Data New Plant reporting system every year reveals the names and locations of several thousand significant new facilities being built. Large firms with numerous projects have long since added environmental experts to their staff.
Most companies, however, must go outside for environmental advice and services. Happily, there are specialists in many fields ready to serve. To name a few, there are those that deal specifically with arid lands, deserts, cacti, estuaries, mangroves, forests, grasslands, habitat or ecosystem restoration, invasive plant identification and removal, native plants nurseries, rare seed suppliers, reef and oyster bed restoration, salt marsh and sea-grass restoration, stream bank stabilization, tree planting, wetland and riparian zone restoration, wildflowers, and wildlife habitats - including ducks, salmon, sturgeon, wild turkeys and woodpeckers.
To assist you in finding the right service, we have compiled a new database that lists established service firms that are in some way involved in habitat restoration. We have included only firms that have a Web site. Thus, you can easily get more information about them.

Index of Selected Habitat Restoration Service Firms
Access Environmental Associates, Inc.: 10250 Normandy Blvd., Suite 604, Jacksonville, FL 32221. Phone: (904) 731-5263. Fax: (904) 731-5207. Wetland mitigation, design and implementation; mitigation monitoring; protected wildlife species surveys; habitat conservation.
Advantage Environmental Consultants: 8610 Washington Boulevard, Suite 217, Jessup, MD 20794. Phone: (301) 776-0500. Fax: (301) 776-1123. Environmental site assessments and audits, including geologic and hydro-geologic investigation and analysis; environmental permitting and compliance services; air quality monitoring; auditing.
AECOM (includes DMJM Harris): 555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300. Phone: 213.593.8000. Environmental planning services for fish habitat assessments.

Angelica Nurseries, Inc.: 11129 Locust Grove Rd., Kennedyville, MD 21645. Phone: 410-928-3111. Operates a 2,000-acre (800-hectare) nursery with more than 500 cultivars.

Applied Ecological Services (AES): 120 W Main St., West Dundee, IL 60118. Phone: (847) 844-9385. Wetland mitigation and ecological restoration; native seed and plant materials by Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries, the company's 300-acre (120-hectare) prairie and wetland nursery, which produces over 400 species of native plants.

Aquascape Environmental: 605-B Mauldin Drive, Woodstock, GA 30188. Phone: 678.445.0077. Services for lakes, streams and wetlands.

Aquatic Plants of Florida: 8120 Blaikie Ct., Sarasota, FL 34240. Phone: (941) 378-0020, (800) 166-1272. Sea oats, native grasses, habitat restoration, 30-acre (12-hectare) wetland farm.

Aqua Sierra Fisheries Consultants Inc.: 8350 S. Mariposa Dr., Morrison, CO 80465. Phone: 303.697.5486. Ecological habitat restoration.

Aqua Survey, Inc.: 469 Point Breeze Road, Flemington, NJ 08822. Phone: 908-788-8700. Fax: 908-788-9165. Effluent bioassays, dredged sediment evaluations, toxicity identification, hydrographic surveys, ecological studies and assessment. Global services.
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.: 4455 E. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018202. Phone: 602-474-3789. Supplies food crops for increased efficiency and reduced environmental impact.

Ardea Consulting: 10 First Street, Woodland, CA 95695. Phone: 530-669-1645. Fax: 530-669-1674. Contact Joseph P. Sullivan, Ph.D. Avian and wildlife toxicology and ecology.

Barnard Construction Company, Inc.: 701 Gold Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715. Phone: 406-586-1995. Fax: 406-586-3530. Projects include the 190,000-acre (76,000-hectare) Everglades Agricultural Area A-1 Reservoir, first in a series designed to restore the health of the greater Everglades ecosystem.

Beachly Hardy Seed Co.: P.O. Box 3147, Shiremanstown, PA 17011. Phone: 717-737-4529. Contact: Sue Binger.

Benedict Greenhouses: Salisbury Blvd. and College Ave., Salisbury, MD 21801. Phone: 410-742-33323. Contact: George Benedict, Jr. Wetlands, plants.

Biohabitats, Inc.: 15 W. Aylesbury Rd., Timonium, MD 21093. Phone: (410) 337-3659. Ecological restoration services for wetlands, streams, lakes, forests, coastal communities.

Bitterroot Restoration Inc.: 55 Sierra College Blvd. Lincoln, CA 95648. Phone: (406) 961-4991. Restoration of large, disturbed areas of land utilizing site-adapted native plants. Focus in western United States.

Bluemount Nurseries, Inc.: 2103 Blue Mount Rd., Monkton, MD. Phone/Fax: (410) 329-6226.

Kurt Bluemel, Inc.: 2740 Greene Lane, Baldwin, MD 21013. Phone: (800) 248-7584. Founded in 1964, nursery grower and supplier of ornamental grasses, bamboo, perennials, ferns, sedges, rushes, etc.

Carolina Wetland Services, Inc.: 88 Vilcom Ctr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Phone: 919-932-2197. Wetland-related permitting, mitigation and delineation.

Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc.: 5745 Essen Lane, Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Phone: (225) 768-1982. Fax: (225) 769-3596. Services include coastal and marine engineering; civil infrastructure and water resource engineering; coastal, environmental, and marine geology; surveys and mapping; appraisal and right-of-way valuation.

Coastal & Native Plant Specialties, Inc.: 6322 Mary Kitchens Road, Milton, FL 32583. Phone: (850) 623-6287, (888) 884-2500. Fax: (850) 626-2684. Reconstruction of beachfront dunes using sea oats and other plants.

Coastal Bioanalysts, Inc.: 6400 Enterprise Ct., Gloucester, VA 23061. Phone: 804 694 8285. Fax: 804 695 1129. Aquatic toxicology.

Conway Conservation, Inc.: 10952 NW Highway 320, Micanopy, FL 32667. Phone 352-466-4136. Contact: Linda Duever, ecologist. Habitat restoration.

Creative Habitat Corporation: 901 North Broadway, Suite 20, White Plains, NY. Phone: 914 948 4389. Fax: 914 948 4390. Restoration of wetland, salt marsh, stream-bank, grassland and woodland habitats.

Danena Engineering Associates: P.O. Box 1749, Deland, FL 02721
Phone: 386.747.3267. Wetlands protection, conservation planning, hydrology, storm water management

Diversified Habitats, LLC: 308 East 4500 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT, 84107. Phone: 801-281-2225. Contact: Jim Paraskeva or Mike Brodsky. Wetland delineation, permitting, mitigation design and construction oversight, monitoring and maintenance, bank design, and processing.

Dredge America: 55 NW Highway, Kansas City MO 64153. Phone: 816.330.3100. Fax: 816.330.3103. Florida Office Phone: 904.223.5777. Dredge America began dredging small lakes and ponds 10 years ago and had expanded operations to cover the continental United States.

EarthBalance: 579 N. Toledo Blade Boulevard, North Port, FL 34289. Phone: 941.426.7878. Fax: 941.426.8778. Restoring, protecting, managing and constructing wetlands and other natural habitats. Native plant nursery, phosphate mine reclamation.

Ecological Specialists Inc.: 1417 Hoff Industrial Ct., O'Fallon, MO 63366. Phone: (636) 281-1982. Fax (636) 281-0973. Freshwater mussels, other aquatic invertebrates, and fisheries.

Ecological Solutions, Inc.: 240 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116. Phone: (617) 861-9005. Wetland and stream mitigation, mitigation banking, and environmental construction management.

EcoSystems Restoration Associates: Division of TCB (Turner Collie & Braden; see also AECOM) Specializes in design of native plant communities and complex irrigation systems, using GIS/CAD to provide ecological restoration and management services.

Eco-Systems, Inc.: 6360 I55 N. Suite 330, Jackson, MS 39211. Phone: 601-936-4440, 800-838-0663. Fax: 601-936-4463. Atlanta Office: 406 Line Creek Drive, Suite C, Peachtree City, GA 30269. Phone: 770-632-0511. Fax: 770-632-05. Aquatic and terrestrial habitat restoration, wetland delineation.

EDAW: The Biltmore, Suite 770, 817 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308. Phone: 404 870 5339. Offices throughout USA and abroad provide habitat restoration, construction review and construction monitoring.

Envirens, Inc./Sylvatica Nursery: P.O. Box 299, Freeland, MD 21053. 17409 Evna Road. P.O. Box 299, Parkton, MD 21120. Phone/contacts: Paul Maslen/410-357-5835, Mike Hollins/410-299-6898. Nursery, seed company and landscaper provides environmental consulting services.

Environmental Concern Inc.: P.O. Box P, St. Michaels, MD 21663. Phone: (410) 745-9620. Fax: (410) 745- 4066. Contact: Leslie Hunter-Cario. Wetlands design and consulting, wetland research, wetland education.

Ernst Conservation Seeds: 9006 Mercer Pike, Meadville, PA 16335. Phone: (814) 336-2404. Fax:(814) 336-5191. Producer and marketer of native grasses and forbs for environmental restoration.

Eureka Environmental Engineering: 2113 Wells Branch Parkway, Suite 4400, Austin, TX 78728. Phone: 512.302.4333. Fax: 512.251.6842. Instrumentation for water quality measurement.

Evans-Graves Engineers, Inc.: 9800 Airline Hwy, Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA 70816-8171. Phone: (225) 926-1620. Site evaluation and assessment, site development.

Exponent, Inc.: 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025-1133. Phone: 650-326-9400. Fax: 650-329-9526. Offices throughout U.S., Europe, China. Ecological risk assessment, natural resource damage assessment, wetlands.

C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates Inc.: 135 Regency Sq., Lafayette, LA. Phone: (337) 237-2200. Fax: (337) 232-3299. Environmental consulting, surveying and mapping, environmental consulting, engineering, and ecosystem management.

Freshwater Benthic Services: 3250 Krause Rd., Petoskey, MI 49770. Phone/Fax: 231-347-9752. Provides identification of freshwater benthic macro-invertebrates.

Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc.: 9008 Yellow Brick Road, Suite O, Rosedale, MD 21237. Phone: (410) 682-5595. Dredging, dune restoration.

Christopher R. Goodwin & Associates: 241 E 4th St., Suite 100, Frederick, MD 21701. Phone: (301) 694-0428. Team of nautical archeologists, historians and scientific divers provides full range of services, including archival research, marine remote sensing (bathymetry, side-scan sonar, magnetometer and sub-bottom), third-party data analysis, and full-scale underwater mitigation.

Habitat Solutions Inc.: P.O. Box 14822, Pittsburgh, PA 15228. Phone: 412-853-7883. Fax: 412-571-5494. Native plant nursery specializing in wetlands.

Hilbertz & Goreau: Ihuru Tourist Resort, North Male Atoll, the Maldives. Phone: (960)-44-5932. Fax: (960)-44-5933. Contact: Azeez Hakeem and Ahmed Mujuthaba. Employs U.S.-patented mineral accretion technology to restore reefs, and grow shore protection structures.

Cill Ide Native Plant Nursery: 621 Starburst Lane, Raleigh, NC 27603. Phone: 919-302-6900. Contact: Maureen Seelinger. Native plants for wetland and stream restoration projects.

Illinois Forest Products Co.: 8699 Arenzville Rd., Beardstown, IL. Phone: (217) 323-4540. Fax: (217) 323-9468. Forest appraisals, forest management, tree planting, damage assessments, timber stand improvement and landscape planning and planting. Has provided more than 35,000 containerized trees, supplied more than 2.1 million seedlings, and planted more than 3,200 acres (1,280 hectares).

In-Situ, Inc.: 221 East Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524. Phone: (970) 498-1524. Supplies water quality instrumentation for hydrologic monitoring equipment and field data logging of water level and quality.

Intermountain Aquatics, Inc.: 85 South Main, P.O. Box 1115, Driggs, ID 83422. Phone: 208-354-3690. Maximizes wildlife and fisheries potential on western U.S. lands. Upland habitat restoration in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

JFNew: 3901 Industrial Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46254. Phone: 317-388 1982. Fax: 317-388 1986. Ecological, environmental engineering, restoration management, storm-water management. Operates one of the largest native plant nurseries in the nation, with over 355 available species.

Jordan, Jones & Goulding: 6801 Governors Lake Pkwy., Norcross, GA. Phone: (770) 455-8555. Fax:(770) 455-7391. Contact: Refik Elibay, director of tunneling, who handled the 10-mile (16-kilometer) Chattahoochee Tunnel, a $113.6-million project.

KBA EnviroScience, Inc.: 101 E. Southwest Parkway, Suite 114, Lewisville, TX 75067. Phone: (972) 436-9669. Fax: (972) 436-9667. Design of wetlands for wastewater treatment or mitigation.

Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.: 2824 Falling Leaves Drive, Valrico, FL 33596. Phone: 888-889-9684. Wetlands and habitat restoration, freshwater wetlands, sea-grass meadows, mangrove restoration, global, 35 years experience. Contact: Roy R. "Robin" Lewis.

LEAP Engineering LLC.: 550 Fannin Street, Suite 1130, Beaumont, TX. 77701. Phone: 409-813-1862. Shorelines, public access issues, waterfront construction, shore protection/erosion responses, ship/boat wake effects, sediment transport, and the behavior of coastal infrastructure under storm conditions.

Lilipons Water Gardens: P.O. Box 10, Dept 4692, Buckeystown, MD 21717-0010. Phone: 217-17-0010, 800/999-5475. Provides pond kits, aquatic plants, goldfish and pond supplies.

C.C. Lynch & Associates, Inc.: 300 Davis Avenue Pass, Christian, MS 39571. Phone: 800-333-2252 Fax: 228-452-2563. Environmental technology, servicing a broad range of industries within our geographic territory.

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.: 701 Town Center Drive, Suite 600, Newport News, VA 23606. Phone: 757-873-8700. Fax: 757-873-8723. Full-service environmental engineering organization with over 1,700 professionals nationwide.

Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.: 701 Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, MA 01880 USA. Phone: 781-246-5200. Fax: 781-245-6293. Environmental services in water, wastewater, hazardous waste, air quality, and solid waste, with projects in 90 countries.

Mid River Wetland Restoration: 106 West Third Street, P.O. Box 160, Moscow Mills, MO 63362. Phone: (636) 356-4434 or (636) 366-4066. Fax: (636) 356-4307. Provides native plants, RPM trees, mitigation bank credits and design, agro-forestry systems, revegetation and consulting services, and wildlife management for environmentally sensitive areas.

Moffatt & Nichol: America's original Industrial Directory Since 1893131 Steuart St., Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94105-1242. Phone: 415-227-4080. Fax: 415-227-4090. Services in port and container terminal planning, automation, environmental compliance, coastal, environmental and water resources practice, habitat restoration.

New Line Environmental Systems, LLC: 4711 River Road, New Orleans, LA 70121-4134. Phone: (504) 281-4396. On-site consultation, installation and maintenance of erosion control projects.

North American Prairies Company: 11754 Jarvis Ave., Annandale, MN 56379. Phone: 320-274-5316. Fax: 320-274-5316. Professional services and native plant materials.

North Star Science and Technology, LLC: P.O. Box 438, King George, VA 22485. Phone: 540-775-4698 (office), 410-961-6692 (mobile). Provides Remote Access Satellite Sensor Link for tracking personnel, vehicles, and other larger assets. Also provides collars for tracking animals that combine a GPS receiver with a Globalstar transmitter.

Nova Southeastern University: NSU Oceanographic Center, 8000 N. Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004. Phone: (800) 541-6682. Fax: 954-262-4020. Contact: Dr. Richard Dodge. Grows hundreds of thousands of plants in mangrove nursery that have been used to restore thousands of acres of wetlands, with major clients including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Internationally, has supplied plants and/or consulting services to Ecuador, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, the Bahamas, France, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.

Physalia Ocean Sciences International, Inc.: Capital Plaza I, Suite 1200, 201 E. Pine Street, Orlando, FL 32801. Phone: (407) 422-4310. Fax: (407) 648-0233. Contact: Douglas T. Noah, manager. Coastal marine science and engineering consulting firm specializing in assessment of impacts likely to accrue from the construction of coastal development projects (e.g., navigation, shoreline erosion control, storm protection, fish and wildlife enhancement); coastal and marine ecotourism.

Professional Service Industries, Inc.: 1901 S. Meyers Road, Suite 400, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. Phone: 800-548-7901 or 630-691-1490. Fax: 630-691-1587. Provides environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and construction testing services through 110 offices across North America.

Providence Center, Inc.: 370 Shore Acres Rd., Arnold, MD 21012. Phone: (410) 757-7800. Wetlands, plants.

The Reef Ball Foundation, Inc.: 890 Hill St., Athens, Ga.,30606. Phone: 770-752-0202. Contact: Kathy Kirbo, exec. dir. Has placed Reef Balls in 59+ countries and conducted over 3,500 projects and deployed over 500,000 Reef Balls to plant mangroves.

ReMetrix LLC: 11550 N. Meridian, Suite 600, Carmel, IN 46032. Phone: 317-428-4591. Boating and aquatic field science using GIS.

Riverman Engineering: 1504 Ann Arbor Drive, Norman, OK 73069. Phone: 405-620-2004. Specializing in fluvial geomorphology, including stream assessment, river restoration, stream-bank stabilization, fisheries habitat improvement, and riparian area assessment and restoration.

RPM Ecosystems, LLC: 2150 Dryden Road, P.O. #6, Dryden NY 13053-9998. Phone: 888.776, 607.844.9590. Fax: 607.844.9591. Grows 240 species of native RPM trees, shrub and grasses for use in ecological restoration.

Rudikoff Associates, Inc.: Beacon Building, 427 Main Street, Suite 201, Beacon, NY 12508. Phone: 845.831.1182. Fax: 845.831.2696. Environmental consultants for wetland delineations and restoration plans, stream bank protection, and restoration plans.

Scheda Ecological Associates, Inc.: 5892 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33617. Phone: 813 989-9600. Contact: Karen Young, office manager, 813, 989-9670. Located across from the University of South Florida's main campus, provides services including land use/watershed planning and management, ecological assessments, habitat mapping, wetland and wildlife studies, and environmental permitting.

Seagrass Recovery: 1511 Gulf Blvd, Suite A., Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785. Phone: 727.596.8020. Refurbished beds, transplanting, nutrients, planting stock.

The Shaw Group Inc.: 4171 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809.
Phone: (225) 932-2500. Provides engineering, construction, technology, fabrication, environmental and industrial services through 27,000 worldwide employees.

Southwestern Riparian Specialists: Phone: 970-759-8742. Wetland mitigation and surveys, wetlands banking, stream surveys, GIS mapping, T&E clearance.

Spartina Farms, LLC: 1332 Briarridge Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Phone: (225) 766-9206. Supplies Spartina grown off-site at wetland nurseries and provides on-site growth capabilities using patented Agrinaut technology.

Steward & Associates: 120 Avenue A, Suite D, Snohomish, WA 98290. Phone: (360) 862-1255. Fax: (360) 563-0393. Environmental consulting firm with specialized focus on fishery science, natural resource assessment, habitat restoration, and environmental planning.

Syn-Tex: 3650 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Phone: (847) 657 4171. Fax: (847) 657 4537. ITW division manufactures gravel bags and geo-textile tubes for environmental remediation, shoreline stabilization, and the dewatering of high-liquid-content waste.

Teledyne RD Instruments: 14020 Stowe Drive, Poway, CA 92064. Phone: 858-842-2600. Fax: 858-842-2822. Teledyne RDI's acoustic Doppler systems and software are widely used by offshore operators worldwide to support exploration drilling programs.

Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.: 23 County Route 6, Suite A, Phoenix, NY 13135. Phone: (315) 695-7228. Wetland delineation and creation, wildlife, vegetation, fisheries, habitat inventories.

Tetra Tech, Inc.: 3475 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. Phone: (626) 470-332. Through more than 275 worldwide offices provides environmental engineering and consulting services addressing water contamination, cultural resource management, and other environmental issues.

Toxicological & Environmental Associates, Inc.: 10636 Linkwood Ct., Baton Rouge, LA 70810-2854. Phone: (225) 767-3880. Ecological risk assessment, coastal restoration.

Tyco Environmental Systems: 1195 Airport Rd., Lakewood, NJ 08701. Phone: 732 364 7800. 1395 Old Roanoke Road, Bowdon, GA 30108. Phone: 770 258 8533. Provides continuous emission monitoring systems for particulate and gas, water quality sensors and analyzers, water level/depth sensors.

United States Risk Management, LLC: 10621 North Oaks Hill Parkway, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70180. Phone: (225) 706-8412. Provides services in the recognition, evaluation and mitigation of environmental, health, and safety risks to property, personnel and corporate image.

Watershed Environmental: 1103 E. Clark, Suite F6, Orcutt, CA. Phone: (805) 934-5035. Contact: Mark de la Garza, owner. GIS, watershed and wetland delineation, botanical analysis, and mitigation monitoring.

Albert A. Webb Associates: 3788 McCray Street, Riverside, CA 92506. Phone: 951 686 1070. Engineering water, wastewater, and drainage systems.

Weeks Marine, Inc.: 4 Commerce Drive, Cranford, NJ 07016. Phone: (908)-272-4010. Operates more than 500 cranes, tugs, dredges, barges and other pieces of waterborne equipment.

Wetland Solutions, Inc.: 2809 NW 161st Ct., Gainesville, FL 32609-4086. Phone: 386-462-1003. Contact: Dr. Robert L. Knight, president. Provides services including wetlands treatment, water quality studies, estuarine ecology and management, and effluent toxicity and eutro-phication issues.

Wind River Seed, Inc.: 3075 Lane 511/2, Manderson, WY 82401. Phone: (307) 568-3361. Supplies native and reclamation seed in North America's western, mountain and Great Plains regions.

YSI Environmental: 1700/1725 Brannum Lane, Yellow Springs, OH 45387-1107. Phone: 937-767-7241. Supplies water quality instruments for environmental monitoring, surface water, drinking water, wastewater, storm water, ground water.