Mission
To balance society and nature through sound science and environmental stewardship.
Goals
To maintain, restore, and enhance native ecosystem services through interdisciplinary design and application.
Vision
We envision a comprehensive design approach to ecological management, planning, restoration, and regeneration of native and urban landscapes.
Our interdisciplinary design team of natural resource managers will incorporate natural ecosystems services through scientific methods and community-based inputs in our projects. Our company is committed to ensuring that the North Coast will maintain, enhance, and regenerate resilient ecosystem communities in which we work, live, and play. By adhering to ecological principles, we will mimic natural functions to achieve sustainable environmental design and community planning that focuses on increased biodiversity and public access.
Ecosystem Restoration Division
Our program brings together scientists, designers, planners, and permit specialists to integrate ecosystem processes from project conception to implementation and monitoring. This program will add three new core services to Streamline Planning Consultants; Applied Ecological Restoration, Urban Regeneration, and Environmental Stewardship.
Why Expand Our Core Services?
Ecological restoration has become a pertinent cultural remedy to combat the intense pressure and scale of human activities. It is our objective to foster the long-term stability of Earth's natural resources to meet the needs of our native flora and fauna as well as our community residents. We want to minimize human impacts of today and tomorrow, and reverse prior degradation of ecosystems into a naturally regenerating, healthy environment.
In order to maintain, preserve, and enhance Northern California's environment, we have expanded our core planning services to include an ecosystem restoration division, to better meet the needs of current and future clients. This ecosystem restoration division will focus on multi-functional projects that will capitalize on innovative design solutions and natural processes to assist in the regeneration of ecological services.
Ecological Restoration
Ecological restoration is a human-based process that supports and enhances the natural succession of impaired ecosystems so that they are resistant to disturbance.
- Adaptive management
- Biological surveying and monitoring
- Digital aerial photo service
- Forest restoration and management
- Geomorphic surveying and monitoring
- Invasive species management
- Landscape ecology
- Livestock and agricultural best management practices
- Rare, threatened and endangered species conservation plans
- Stream restoration
- Wetland restoration and mitigation
Urban Regeneration
Urban regeneration is the rehabilitation, regrowth and enhancement of natural systems and processes in urban landscapes.
- Carbon inventory/offset
- CEQA/NEPA entitlements
- Low impact development
- Municipal planning
- Permaculture applications
- Public access, use and recreation
- Site design with LEED
- Stormwater management
- Watershed management and planning
Environmental Stewardship
Environmental stewardship is the responsibility to care for the natural environment, to ensure viability into the future.
- Community workshops and field trips
- Conservation easement procurement
- Energy awareness promotion
- Homeowner material and site consultation
- Internships
- Outreach and education
- Residential landscape design
Our Interdisciplinary Team
- Agricultural consultant
- Biologist/botanist
- Environmental planner
- GIS specialist
- Green designer
- Hydrologic analyst
- Soil scientist
- Surveyor
- Urban designer
- Watershed manager