Lewis Environmental Services

LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Three Decades of Award-Winning Environmental Services

Our planet's complex environmental laws create a demand for the advice of consulting biologists and ecologists who can understand the natural systems involved, as well as the realities of management and restoration. Robin Lewis provides those skills.

Mr. Lewis was among the first in the U.S. to successfully restore damaged wetlands, and has been leading the vanguard of progress in habitat restoration and creation for more than 20 years. To date, Mr. Lewis has designed more than 125 completed wetland restoration or creation projects in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has earned a well-deserved reputation among his peers as a leader in ecosystem management and restoration, and has presented invited papers on these subjects in the U.S., France, Spain, Mexico, Australia, New Guinea and a number of Caribbean, Central and South American Countries. His work has been featured in articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Orlando Sentinel.

Dedication to excellence is a hallmark of Lewis Environmental Services. From habitat restoration to permitting, mitigation, environmental impact studies and legal testimony, Lewis Environmental provides innovative, cost-effective and timely solutions to environmental challenges.

For three decades, Robin Lewis has set a standard of quality and commitment that has earned the respect of clients, regulators and colleagues alike.

A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS

Public agencies, industries, land developers and private citizens are among those who have turned to Lewis Environmental Services for professional assistance. We have also advised the governments of Canada, Mexico, Barbados, Colombia and Spain. Other clients include:

the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force

Tampa Electric Company

Arvida Corporation

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

the Tampa Port Authority

Southern California Edison

The Koll Real Estate Group

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Cargill, Incorporated

The Wilson Company

Westinghouse Communities

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

the U.S. Department of Justice

State transportation departments in Florida and North Carolina

For its innovative and high-quality approach to environmental management, Lewis Environmental Services and its clients have received these awards:

Florida Audubon Corporate Award to The Wilson Company for habitat restoration at the site of the Hyatt Regency Westshore, Tampa

Ecological Society of America Corporate Award and Florida Audubon Corporate Award to Tampa Electric Company and Lewis Environmental Services for a land stewardship program in Lower Tampa Bay

Hillsborough County Planning Commission Award of Recognition to Lewis Environmental Services for Natural Habitat Landscaping Design at Critikon, Inc., Tampa

A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE

Lewis Environmental Services (LES) has extensive experience in all aspects of environmental management and permitting, including:

PERMIT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE

We work with current federal, state and local environmental regulations on a daily basis. Because of this knowledge, we can expedite permitting of complex projects by submitting acceptable mitigation plans concurrently with permit applications. We are often asked to negotiate revisions to mitigation plans that result in less expensive and more successful alternatives.

HABITAT RESTORATION

LES has designed, implemented and monitored more than 125 wetland mitigation/creation projects, ranging in size from less than a half-acre to more than 600 acres. We have successfully relocated submerged seagrasses at more than 20 sites, created mangrove forests at individual locations as large as 150 acres, and restored estuarine tidal marshes and upland habitats across North America and the Caribbean.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

Our staff is highly skilled at conducting field reviews to locate sensitive wetland and upland habitats, and to determine the presence or potential occurrence of protected species. Our surveys have assessed the population and distribution of Lower Keys marsh rabbits, gopher tortoises, red-cockaded woodpeckers, yellow-shouldered blackbirds, burrowing owls and sandhill cranes. Based on our findings and production of detailed CADD-based maps, we have prepared acceptable design alternatives to minimize disturbance to these species and their habitats.

MITIGATION BANKING

LES has participated in several major mitigation banking studies, and is actively involved in advising international, national and state agencies on the development of mitigation banking guidelines. Clients for these services include the National Audubon Society and Argonne National Laboratory (in conjunction with a study conducted for the American Petroleum Institute).

EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY and EXHIBIT PREPARATION

The staff of Lewis Environmental has been recognized by federal and state courts as expert witnesses on the subjects of wetland restoration, mitigation, and development-related impacts to wetlands. We work with our clients to prepare our own court exhibits, including mounted and labeled ground-level and aerial photography.

EXOTIC PLANT MANAGEMENT

LES has been involved with the removal and control of exotic and nuisance plants for 15 years. Our expertise has been applied to the removal of Brazilian pepper, melaleuca and Australian pine throughout Florida. A recent control program was conducted on a mixture of these species on 92 acres within a sensitive aquatic habitat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, known as Pond Apple Slough.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Benthic sampling

Water quality sampling

GIS computer mapping

Aerial photointerpretation and mapping

Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, Professional Wetland Scientist

Ecological Society of America Certified Senior Ecologist

Board Certified Environmental Professional # 1611

President of Lewis Environmental Group, Inc.

Mailing Address:

PO Box 5430

Salt Springs

Florida 32134

Street Address:

23797 NE 189th St.

Salt Springs

FL 32134

Voice: 01.352.546.4842 or 01.888.889.9684

Fax: 01.352.546.5224 or 01.813.649.1425

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