Environmental Services

Cornerstone offers several professional environmental consulting services that aid clients in complying with the National Historic Preservation Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the Arizona State Historic Preservation Act, the Arizona Burial Law, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, and other federal, state and local regulations. We provide consultation assistance with regulatory agencies and Native American tribes, including ethnographic and ethnohistorical research, geomorphology, artifact analysis, and traditional cultural properties consultation. In addition, our preconstruction planning services include due-diligence assessments and fatal-flaw analyses, and can help to ensure a successful project through evaluation of bids to perform environmental work.

Environmental Consulting

Cultural Resources

• Archaeological Survey
• Testing and Data Recovery
• Historic Preservation
• Faunal, Flaked Stone, and Ground Stone Analysis
• Tribal Consultation
• Section 106 and 110 NHPA Consultation

Geomorphology

• Prehistoric Agricultural Studies
• Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
• Stratigraphic Interpretation
• Pedogenic Description
• Fluvial-Systems Studies
• Arid-Lands Processes

Geospatial Data Services

• Data Management and Integration
• Geodatabase Design and Management
• GPS Data Collection
• Imagery Analysis
• Mapping and Report Graphics
• Modeling
• Spatial Analysis

Natural Resources

• General Biological and Habitat Surveys
• Biological Evaluations and Assessments
• Native Plant Inventories
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance
• Public Scoping and Involvement
• Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance
• Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance 
• Airport Wildlife Hazard Assessments
• Environmental Site Assessments