https://www.summitecological.com/home daily 1.0 2020-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547679022094-9DA7BBY2U1YXZLI9MDCM/8-15_Summit-color-CMYK.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547523781691-GRC2ARLVASVY0LNVZ3G8/IMG_1364.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548121938802-0C7K0Z19PP248V3CYLJW/Lasiurus+borealis.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122160674-M3N6WPDIFJJZ11KF7DQM/DSC_0610.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548121603055-LC7Q8YO1D8D5HIJ1TVX0/IMG_1364.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548121586332-HYYS1SMMFVKNZRPE3U7C/IMG_1118.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548121934082-HQDTNVKSV4G4K0GRG281/Lasiurus+cinereus.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122166681-0196O7L2PWCUM9N38T67/DSC_0591.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122286295-5VSEO4JY22IQ1KB4VCL6/DSC_0025.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122437394-6JQN7NNJL0DWV8519OTS/DSC_0010.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122286773-23JL82KVIHN0YUAR4TDK/DSC_0353.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122312196-Y5F1BHR77Z48CC0AW3QH/IMG_0245.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122451718-O7EBRQ52PRRKLM0PNYT5/DSC_0012+%287%29.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122308730-BMCO80KHM75XQHW8XCXJ/IMG_0366.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122466724-9T59XJP5OWWGN5H2AE4X/DSC_0027+%284%29.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122794265-VWWNSJJPTO5N43OQ7IFY/IMG_7632+%281%29.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548122878298-KSFJX72KIPPAVWH2GH9P/Pandion+haliaetus+%28JBW%29.JPG Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1562151187799-UDBMH2CF6QE42G5YB2XE/20190627_182938400_iOS.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547525230353-76QTQ8ZDZUR7OTEK5CMO/IMG_0292.jpg Conservation-based solutions https://www.summitecological.com/projects daily 0.75 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1628018974820-67B65ARHX16U85L8PTDA/20210720_032055370_iOS.jpg Client-Focused Solutions - BATS! Multiple presence/probable absence mist net surveys, June 2021, in Summit, Mahoning, and Athens counties, OH. Pictured is an Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547674797493-8R65YU0RO6BE24AX0SOA/BostonRunALUM_Total.jpg Client-Focused Solutions - NPS-IS Plan: Boston Run-Cuyahoga River In 2018, Summit Ecological Consulting was contracted by Summit Metro Parks of Summit County, Ohio to draft a Nine Element Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategic (NPS-IS) Plan, which is now required by both the federal and state EPAs in order to receive §319 grant funding. The plan characterizes the 29,722-acre Boston Run-Cuyahoga River watershed, known impairments and causes, and proposed projects to achieve aquatic life use attainment. Summit Ecological Consulting worked closely with Summit Metro Parks to ensure that project expectations and deliverables were aligned throughout the drafting and submittal process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/21941173-230f-4f85-9701-5fc86fd60988/IMG_5774.jpeg Client-Focused Solutions - Bat Night! We conducted a bat mist netting demonstration (with acoustic backup) for Columbus City Schools at their Spruce Run Nature Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1628017959966-M907U514XE38IEXPKOXP/20210702_160726216_iOS.jpg Client-Focused Solutions - Vegetation Survey In early July 2021, Summit Ecological Consulting conducted a VIBI-FQ (Vegetative Index of Biotic Integrity-Floristic Quality) survey on approximately 80 acres of Lake Erie coastal wetlands. The location of the survey necessitated the use of a canoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1562151110891-6POMNO5L649WGLTC1NII/20190627_182906800_iOS.jpg Client-Focused Solutions - Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Survey In June 2019, we were contracted to conduct a presence/probable absence survey for the federally threatened Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea). We first met with a botanist from the USFWS to observe a known population to attain a search image and to confirm that the plants were in fact at or near peak bloom. Following the visit, Summit Ecological Consulting performed a full pedestrian survey of the proposed project area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/27acd992-4516-4cda-bf6e-b606cfcbabcc/20230624_135334773_iOS.jpg Client-Focused Solutions - Vegetation Surveys 2023 was a summer of plants, not bats! We conducted multiple VIBI and ORAM assessments on a variety of properties for land conservation. Multiple rare species were found, including new populations of Ohio Endangered and Threatened Carex spp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548464693137-BATT9SXTJIXQNCID51IK/8-15_Summit-color-CMYK.jpg Client-Focused Solutions https://www.summitecological.com/flora-and-fauna daily 0.75 2019-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548119337203-KJCQ1I595DK5Q81X2WF4/Gentianopsis+crinita+%28JBW%29.JPG Flora and Fauna - Botanical Surveys Whether it’s targeting rare or listed species, completing full floristic inventories, or functional assessments, Summit Ecological Consulting is botanically-minded for your project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548119757213-XROQPCTR7CWYSBX3Q3I2/IMG_3183.jpg Flora and Fauna - Reptile and Amphibian Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548467235219-40USGTUIG13CEBUB91UG/IMG_1521.jpg Flora and Fauna - Odonate Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548466904207-7XV10MQV78FZP2LKU4BI/8-15_Summit-color-CMYK.jpg Flora and Fauna https://www.summitecological.com/bats daily 0.75 2019-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548467698616-JTTFZGXGNB8AVQ17LX3K/PAM_BabWebb_EMT-20170124_203007-EUMFLO-emergence%25252Csearch.jpg Bats - Acoustic Surveys Sometimes mist net surveys are what the situation calls for. Sometimes acoustic surveys are needed. Unconventional sites, cost constraints, specific sampling requirements—whatever the reason, acoustic surveys are sometimes unavoidable and Summit Ecological Consulting has the experience to collect, organize, process, and vet dozens to thousands of vocalizations. From northern long-eared bats in Maine to Florida bonneted bats—we’ll go there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547911849935-DOB1GSMG9J3NPQE2A04T/roosts.jpg Bats - Bat Conservation and Mitigation Occasionally, impacts to listed bat species are unavoidable. Let us streamline your consultation process and draft conservation plans incorporating elements to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (and monitor!) impacts to listed bat species. We are very familiar with West Virginia’s “Indiana Bat Conservation Plans” or IBCPs and can have you through that process quickly and without stress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548466518920-NFPB18JTFUHC16KZV3R9/8-15_Summit-color-CMYK.jpg Bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548467358224-6BVT9JJIDPMY62AD72KR/IMG_7632.JPG Bats - Florida Bonneted Bat Surveys Florida Bonneted Bats are listed as endangered by the USFWS, and are only known to exist in a handful of locations in a few counties in southern Florida. Acoustic surveys targeting this rare species remain the best and most cost-effective option to determine presence and we have the experience to conduct those surveys from Fort Myers to Miami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547910752358-RSVCD6778VQ3507OVVAZ/PICT0025.jpg Bats - Radio-Telemetry We bag ‘em and then tag ‘em. Summit Ecological Consulting has the experience to not only track Indiana and northern long-eared bats back to roost trees, but orchestrate and analyze home range and foraging range telemetry studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548467737212-GXA4CS1YHM7P5EWT0L2G/DSC_0007%2B%25283%2529.jpg Bats - Capture Surveys Mosquitos. Humidity. Heat. Strange Noises. Banjo Music. Mist net and harp trap surveys for the Indiana and northern long-eared bats remain our most popular specialty service. Summit Ecological Consulting retains an endangered species recovery permit from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service allowing us to capture bats using physical capture techniques. Whether your project is 5 acres or 500 or a single cave, Summit Ecological Consulting has the experience and equipment to tackle your survey needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547866431495-L4OJ827FY8EUBH43JYDC/DSC_0218.jpg Bats https://www.summitecological.com/wetlands daily 0.75 2019-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1548466850361-HPPQ8P8LG3X5WNJS3V5W/8-15_Summit-color-CMYK.jpg Wetlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547912608436-H72MHH6T7B5BM4QFHO4N/IMG_0245.jpg Wetlands - Wetlands Are Not Just Wet Lands Wetlands don’t always present themselves as clearly as what’s in this photo, but an experienced ecologist can delineate defensible boundaries so that agency coordination can be minimal and permit applications can be smooth and fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547916662340-WPFK7ZS8OS675LEGSJ7E/IMG_0366.jpg Wetlands - Mitigation Monitoring Monitoring plans, field FQAI and VIBI investigations, adaptive management , reporting. Summit Ecological Consulting can take you through the nuts and bolts of the biology of wetland mitigation so you can get on with your project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a3058e18c56a8e8ba7df04e/1547913334434-P8DQSYZ4KHT8J0RE7CBQ/IMG_0365.jpg Wetlands