LGL scientists have expertise and experience providing services to both land-based and off-shore oil and gas developments. Our staff has experience in the following areas:
- Fisheries
- Wildlife
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Acid rock drainage
- First Nations consultation
- Environmental restoration
Objectives of our assessment, research and permitting support commonly include:
- Fisheries inventories and stream crossing management
- Wildlife inventories and disturbance mitigation
- Environmental assessment to satisfy the regulatory requirements of the applicable country, province, or state
- Environmental management and route selection of linear developments including roads, pipelines, electric transmission lines, and flight paths
- Environmental research in support of development applications
- Marine mammal research in support of impact avoidance and mitigation
Specialized methodologies and products include:
- Electrofishing, radio telemetry, remote camera monitoring, and DNA tracking
- Marine mammal tracking and population monitoring
- Marine mammal acoustic disturbance modeling
- Integrated resource management plans
- Aerial surveys, including development of RPV (remotely piloted vehicle) methodologies
- Ecological modeling
- Customized habitat restoration techniques
- Oil spill response planning and sensitivity mapping
- Underwater and under-ice biological surveys, mapping, and ecological classification
- Measurement of underwater and in-air noise
- Passive acoustic monitoring (towed and fixed)
- Customized GIS applications for integrated resource management
