What we do

Specializing in biological consulting services for regulatory compliance, natural resource management, and conservation planning with a focus on forest ecology, botany, and mapping, we offer services to the public and private sector, including state and federal government agencies, land trust organizations, lake and landowner associations, and private landowners. We sub-contract botany services for larger projects and organizations. 
Services include terrestrial and aquatic invasive species detection and mapping, threatened and endangered species reviews and surveys, floras and floristic quality assessments, forest inventories, and restoration and conservation planning and management.
Borealis Consulting works with private landowners through the Michigan Forest Stewardship Program and the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). We can provide a registered forester to prepare a conservation and habitat-oriented management plan for family-owned properties. We are also registered as a Technical Service Providers for landowners contracted to NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP).

About us

Borealis Consulting is a woman-owned small business founded to provide reasonably-priced consulting services for small and medium-sized projects with conservation-related needs, from the public sector and conservation organizations to private landowners.


Our mission is to make conservation-related information more readily available and accessible, so that people can make informed land use decisions.

 

We work alongside top industry professionals and academics to provide the most contemporary methodologies and management recommendations.

Services

Assessments & Inventories

Including floristic quality and natural community assessments and forest inventories

GIS Mapping


 Remote sensing, field surveys, and accuracy assessments of natural features, populations, and communities. 

Management Plans

NRCS Technical Service Provider and registered DNR Forester and Forest Stewardship Plan writer


Endangered Species Reviews

Rare, threatened and endangered vascular plant reviews and field surveys for regulatory compliance.

Aquatic Invasive Species


 Identification, early detection, and mapping of aquatic invasive species.

Invasive Species Surveys


High priority invasive species surveys, mapping and management planning

Native Seed Collection

Ecotype native seed for restoration, nurseries, seed-banking, and custom propagation.

Baseline Documentation Reports

Support services for Land Trust conservation easements

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Contact Us

Address
12840 S Regal St Traverse City, MI 49684
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Ram's-head orchid, Cypripedium arientinum

Rams-head orchid

Dragon's mouth orchid, Arethusa bulbosa

Dragon's mouth orchid

Surveying graminoids in a northern fen

fen survey

red honeysuckle, Lonicera dioica

red honeysuckle

yellow lady's-slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin

yellow lady's-slipper

balsam ragwort, Packera paupercula with pollinator

balsam ragwort