Bird Environmental Consulting Ltd. Portfolio

Tailored Environmental Expertise Across Diverse Industries

Explore Dr. Bird’s landmark projects that demonstrate our dedication to scientific rigor, sustainable environmental stewardship, and Indigenous partnerships.

Greater Sage-Grouse Research in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, & Wyoming

Sharp-tailed Grouse Research in the Oil Sands – Northern Alberta

Wind Farm Post-Construction Monitoring – Birds & Bats Long-term Research

Flood Mitigation Feasibility Study for River Re-alignment & Dam Creation – Several River Basins

Bird & Bat Mitigation Plans for Large Scale Projects

Conservation and Reclamation Reporting for Pipeline Installation

Nest & Wildlife Feature Sweeps & Surveys

Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Skills to Guide a Two-eyed Seeing Approach to Environmental Assessments and Research

Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Modeling Using Target Species to Determine Areas for Habitat Protection

Biophysical (Wildlife, Vegetation, Wetlands, Aquatics, Soils) Assessments

Wildlife & Species at Risk Surveys and Pre-Disturbance Assessments

Fish Habitat Creation & Compensation

Environmental Impact Assessment for Large Scale Projects – New Bridges, Bridge Replacements, Recreational Grounds Redevelopment, Wildlife Underpasses, Developments, Roads, etc.

Wetland Assessments, Permanency Assessments, WAIFs/WAIRs, & Wetland Compensation

Osprey Nest Mitigation Planning, Monitoring, & Nest Relocation

Regulatory Approval Projects – Federal, Provincial, & Municipal

Wildlife Deterrent Projects & Testing

Environmental Assessments to help Indigenous Projects

Cutting Edge Environmental Research Tailored to Client’s Needs

Unlike other consulting companies, Bird Environmental Consulting Ltd. has the ability to perform a wide range of research projects. Dr. Krista (Krissy) bird has over 20 years of experience with wildlife, genetics, and vegetation experimentation and research, as well as over 40 years of wildlife/species at risk handling, ethical trapping, and wildlife tracking experience. She grew up on a rare and endangered bird farm, which she currently owns and operates. This has provided unparalleled bird handling and behavioural observation opportunities from a young age, which greatly influenced her career as a Wildlife Ecological Geneticist that specializes in genetics, physiology, behaviour, and ecology. Dr. Krissy Bird also began learning trapping and tracking from her Métis father as a small child and became unmatched at visual wildlife ID due to partial loss of hearing during her childhood. Later she started to utilize GIS to examine wildlife habitat use and movement across fragmented landscapes using either just habitat data or habitat data coupled with genetics. This has become Jesse’s specialty since he is a skilled GIS specialist.

Below are a sample of research techniques that we can employ on client projects.

Non-invasive Genetic Sampling and Analysis

Wildlife Habitat Modeling

GIS – Habitat Classification

Ecological & Genetics Statistical Analyses

Wildlife/Species – Ethical Trapping & Capture

Bush, K.L. 2008. Using a Pressure Operated Drop Net System to Capture Endangered Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Field Ornithology 79 (1): 64-70.