Welcome to SDF Environmental

SDF Environmental conducts wildlife inventory meeting regulator standards including; 

• Aerial survey for ungulates, waterfowl, and key habitat features
• Winter track surveys and camera trapping for carnivores and furbearers
• Bat echolocation survey and mist net inventory
• Small mammal live capture
• Reptile and amphibian searches
• Raptor nest search and stand watch
• And more

SDF Environmental conducts wildlife habitat inventory including;

•  Algorithm development using a variety of digital map products for application in a GIS modelling platform
• Field review and classification of habitat including SARA Critical Habitat for listed species
• Resolution of inventory from ecosite  to  sub-stand level depending on species habitat requirements, life requisites and objectives
• And more

SDF Environmental offers Carbon Credits locally sourced from private landowners. The sale of these credits not only helps to reduce your carbon footprint, but helps preserve habitat that may otherwise be put to land use incompatible with maintaining natural  ecosystem function. Carbon Credits are currently offered at $50 CDN per short ton depending on availability. Contact us for more information and to purchase, or ask us how we can measure the carbon sequestering potential on your land

SDF Environmental is Carbon Negative in our operations, that is we put back more than we take out!

SDF Environmental provides habitat creation and mitigation solutions including;

• Offsetting critical  habitat or habitat protected by legislation
• Identifying vegetation management and stand tending opportunities to enhance habitat value
• Planning for installation of artificial habitat structures such as toad tunnels. bat roost boxes, bird nest structures, brush piles, guzzlers etc.
• And more.

SDF Environmental provides ongoing monitoring of wildlife and habitat consistent with long term planning, habitat remediation,  recovery or offsetting. We use;

•  vegetation condition 
• plant communities
• wildlife use indices, and 
• wildlife abundance

 to evaluate habitat management success for achieving species specific or biodiversity goals. 

Site specific monitoring plans are developed to measure  individual project objectives

SDF Environmental develops wildlife and habitat management plans at large and small scales to integrate wildlife and habitat conservation with current land use and land use planning. 

Planning ranges from detailed  ground review of proposed development to high level policy recommendations for assisting sustainable resource management. These can  include;

• Exploration management plans
• Forest development review
• Industrial development review 
• Wildlife resource user management planning 
• Habitat enhancement on private lands
• And more