Three people walk along a path through a field of white wildflowers under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, with a hill visible in the background. The photo is taken from a low angle close to the flowers. Three people walk along a path through a field of white wildflowers under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, with a hill visible in the background. The photo is taken from a low angle close to the flowers.

Environment & Resource Management

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Successful development and infrastructure projects depend on careful environmental planning and resource management. McTavish provides environmental consulting for small and large-scale development, infrastructure and resource industry projects. Services support activities across the utility, forestry, oil and gas sectors and ensure compliance with environmental standards.
A person with tattoos on their hand, wearing a red safety vest and a black cap with a Canadian flag, looks through binoculars in a forested area. A narrow stream flows through a lush, green forest with dense trees and bushes on both sides, creating a peaceful, natural scene. Sunlight filters softly through the leaves above the water.
A person in a reflective vest stands in dense, green vegetation, reaching up toward tall trees in a forested area. Lush foliage surrounds them, and the sky is visible through the treetops.
Workers in safety vests plant vegetation around a muddy pond in a cleared area near a forest. The ground is damp, and young plants are arranged around the pond’s edge, with trees and power lines in the background. An excavator works on a rocky riverbank beside a forest and a metal bridge, moving rocks and dirt near a flowing stream under sunlight.
A close-up of green fern fronds growing from the forest floor, surrounded by mulch and scattered branches, with dense green trees and foliage in the blurred background.
A construction site with an excavator and two workers on a dirt road, surrounded by trees and houses, under a clear blue sky. Power lines and construction vehicles are visible in the background. A lush green meadow with scattered trees and a few buildings in the distance, set against a backdrop of forested hills under a partly cloudy sky.
A yellow gas pipeline marker stands among tall green grass and bushes, surrounded by pink survey flags, with a person in a safety vest blurred in the background.

Key services include:

  • Environmental assessments and impact assessments, including mitigation and compensation planning
  • Federal, provincial, and municipal environmental permit applications and notifications
  • Liaison with federal, provincial, and municipal regulatory agencies
  • Stream classifications and mapping, fish and fish habitat assessments, and riparian assessments
  • Construction monitoring, including erosion and sediment control and water quality management
  • Preparation of Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) plans, Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMP) and detailed planting plans
  • Riparian restoration, including sourcing of plants and oversight of reclamation activities
  • General land reclamation, including planning and coordination, plant selection, installation of ESC measures and hydroseeding
  • Fish and wildlife salvages and inventories
  • Ecosystem and vegetation mapping
  • GIS mapping
  • Wildlife and vegetation assessments
  • Migratory bird nest surveys and pre-construction nest surveys
  • Vegetation management, including invasive and noxious plants
  • Soil surveys