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LEC conducts a variety of surveys for state-protected wildlife to determine presence or absence on a particular project site or if present, the extent of actual habitat utilization. As part of the project review process, NHESP often requires such surveys to be performed in accordance with pre-established guidelines. Similar to rare plant surveys, NHESP must pre-approve the candidate wildlife biologists before a survey begins. LEC has extensive experience surveying for multiple state-listed wildlife species and is often pre-approved for these services. Throughout the state, LEC has conducted multiple turtle, salamander, and avian related surveys.
Projects that entail development within Riverfront Area, the floodplain, or within other wetland resource areas frequently require wildlife habitat evaluations as part of the alternatives analysis and mitigation process. These evaluations encompass a wide spectrum of habitat communities and can be a critical component of land use and development planning, especially when such permitting involves vernal pools or stream crossings.
Shellfish are an important renewable resource, significant to marine fisheries and an integral component of the marine benthic community. Shellfish improve water clarity by filtering particulate organic matter from seawater. LEC has conducted numerous assessments of existing shellfish and fisheries populations along the Massachusetts coastline. Our assessments include field surveys of shellfish and other benthic species, and an assessment of sediment condition, density of standing crop in the area, and historic and present use of the area. This information is used to evaluate potential implications from marine development, design alternatives, and appropriate mitigation when impacts are unavoidable.
LEC conducts EFH Assessments that include: (1) a description of the proposed project; (2) an analysis of the effects, including cumulative effects, of the proposed project on the EFH, the managed species, and associated species, such as major prey species, including affected life history stages; (3) the Federal agency's views regarding the effects of the action on EFH; and, (4) proposed mitigation. In response to federal agency reviews and Conservation Recommendations, the project is sometimes modified to incorporate additional measures to avoid, minimize, mitigate, or otherwise offset adverse effects on the EFH.
Wildlife habitat is an integral component when considering the functions and values of a wetland system. Functions and values for wildlife are inherently linked to understanding site conditions and play an important role in ACOE 404 permitting. This understanding is essential to assessing impacts, project design, potential alternatives, and when necessary, appropriate compensatory mitigating measures.
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74 Elm Street
Worcester, MA 01609
508-753-3077
centrallec@lecenvironmental.com
Take Exit 25B to Route 290 West toward Worcester. Take Exit 18 and follow signs for Route 9 West, which becomes Highland Street. Follow Highland Street for half a mile and turn left onto West Street. Follow West Street for several blocks to the traffic light, and turn right onto Elm Street. LEC is located half a block from the traffic light on the left.
Take Exit 10 to Route 290 East toward Worcester. Take Exit 17 and follow signs for Route 9 West, which becomes Highland Street. Follow Highland Street for half a mile and turn left onto West Street. Follow West Street for several blocks to the traffic light, and turn right onto Elm Street. LEC is located half a block from the traffic light on the left.
Merge onto Route 290 West toward Worcester. Take Exit 18 and follow signs for Route 9 West, which becomes Highland Street. Follow Highland Street for half a mile and turn left onto West Street. Follow West Street for several blocks to the traffic light, and turn right onto Elm Street. LEC is located half a block from the traffic light on the left.
384 Lowell Street, Suite 206
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-2500
northlec@lecenvironmental.com
Take the exit for Route 95 South/128 North (Waltham, Gloucester). Follow the ramp for 95 South, Waltham. Now traveling on 95 South (128 South), take Main Street Exit 41, towards Wakefield/Lynnfield Center. At the end of the ramp turn left toward Wakefield/Vernon Street. Proceed on Vernon Street for 0.8 miles. Turn left into the parking lot immediately before the signaled intersection of Vernon and Lowell Streets. LEC is located at the far end of the 2-story, light gray clapboard condominium office building. LEC is located in Suite 206 on the second floor.
Take Main Street Exit 41, towards Wakefield/Lynnfield Center. At the end of the ramp turn left toward Wakefield/Vernon Street. Proceed on Vernon Street for 0.8 miles. Turn left into the parking lot immediately before the signaled intersection of Vernon and Lowell Streets. LEC is located at the far end of the 2-story, light gray clapboard condominium office building. LEC is located in Suite 206 on the second floor
12 Resnik Road
Suite 1
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 746-9491
southlec@lecenvironmental.com
Take Exit 7 (Route 44 West). Follow for approximately 1 mile. Take exit toward Route 80 (Cherry Street/North Plymouth). Turn slight right onto Commerce Way. Turn left onto McAuliffe Way. McAuliffe Way becomes Resnik Road. Travel approximately a half mile. 12 Resnik Road is on the right. LEC is located in the first suite.
