Perspective and Approach

Zander Associates provides specialized environmental consulting services to a wide range of public and private sector clients in response to regulatory requirements for environmental review and compliance.

The firm offers particular expertise in natural resource assessment and in the regulations governing protection of the natural environment, such as state and federal endangered species acts (threatened and endangered plants and animals), the federal Clean Water Act (wetlands and water quality), and state and federal coastal zone statutes.

We offer expertise in environmental science, land use planning and regulatory compliance at every level of project development: detailed baseline resource assessment in the site evaluation phase; effective coordination of resource issues with other concerns in the planning phase; timely preparation of environmental review documents and permit applications, and ongoing liaison with the resource agencies during the approval phase; and implementation and monitoring of regulatory compliance requirements, such as mitigation, during the construction phase.

Several key factors distinguish the services we provide to our clients: hands-on project-level involvement of our principals; our dedication to teamwork, coordination with resource agencies, municipalities, businesses and other consultants based on clear understanding of their diverse legal, political, financial, and logistical concerns; and our solution-oriented, negotiation-based approach to problem solving.