Threatened & Endangered Species Survey Projects

Mojave River West Levee Phase II Project

Leatherman BioConsulting crew surveyed several state and federally listed riparian bird species, including the western yellow-billed cuckoo, southwestern willow flycatcher, and Bell’s vireo.

California Gnatcatcher Studies

Leatherman BioConsulting conducted California gnatcatcher studies throughout much of Orange County’s habitat, including approximately 50,000 acres of land managed by the Natural Communities Coalition and The Nature Conservancy.

Desert Tortoise Monitoring Emergency Bridge Repair along National Trails Highway

Leatherman BioConsulting team provided desert tortoise biologists to monitor the emergency repair of over 50 bridges along a 60-mile stretch of the highway, which was closed for several months.

Camp Pendleton Burrowing Owl Habitat Assessment and Survey

Leatherman BioConsulting was contracted to ground truth a GIS model of the burrowing owl habitat and conducted a base-wide survey for the burrowing owl on Camp Pendleton.

Orange County Rare Plant Surveys

Leatherman BioConsulting, Inc. was contracted for three years to assist in a large-scale botanical inventory to document plant diversity and to locate, map and estimate the population size of all special status plant species within in preserved habitat.