The practice of habitat restoration and enhancement has grown tremendously in the past twenty years, and is often used as mitigation to reduce impacts or to replace unavoidable losses associated with public and private projects. WRA helps to establish project mitigation objectives and works to design land uses compatible with existing resources to evaluate opportunities for habitat creation and restoration.

WRA staff have experience with a wide variety of habitat enhancement techniques, management tools, and monitoring methods. The incorporation of adaptive management strategies combined with joint client/agency direction allows for early and successful adjustments to management efforts. The firm can supervise grading, install and service plant materials, and conduct monitoring.

WRA has completed over 60 successful restoration and/or mitigation projects that have involved the combined input from hydrologists, engineers, agency staff, and the public. Mitigation plans have been prepared by WRA for wetland habitats (including tidal wetlands, freshwater marshes, vernal pools, and seasonal wetlands) and upland habitats (including riparian habitats and serpentine grasslands).