Environmental
Minimizing Project Risk and Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources
McCormick Taylor’s environmental planners, scientists, biologists, and wildlife specialists provide comprehensive environmental services that help clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes while minimizing project risk and protecting natural and cultural resources. Knowing that healthy environments are essential to quality of life, we ensure our projects strike a harmonious balance between the natural and built environments.
We support our clients with early-stage services such as purpose and need definition, planning and feasibility studies, and NEPA/environmental documentation. Our expertise also includes natural resource assessments, wetland and stream studies, threatened and endangered species coordination, and socioeconomic and environmental justice analyses—all critical to understanding project impacts and securing timely approvals.
Service Capabilities
- Agency Coordination
- Effect Assessments
- Planning & Environment Linkages (PEL) Studies
- Policy Development
- Purpose & Need Studies
- Section 4(f) & Section 6(f)
- Training Development & Delivery
- Aquatic Species Migration Assessments
- Fish & Macroinvertibrate Survey
- Fish Passage Design
- Floodplain Analysis
- Mitigation Bank Coordination
- Sediment Transport Evaluations
- Stream Restoration & Mitigation
- Watershed Assessments
- Wetland & Stream Delineations
- Wetland Mitigation
- Agricultural Studies
- Community Context Assessment
- Demographic Research
- Economic Analysis
- Emergency Service Analysis
- Archaeological Investigations Phase I, II, and III
- Archaeological Monitoring
- Architectural & Historical Analysis
- Archival Research & Analysis
- Avoidance Alternatives & Mitigation
- Burial Documentation & Removal
- Cemetery Identification & Delineation
- Consulting Party Identification & Coordination
- Curation Standards & Methods
- Determination of Effects Reports
- Geoarchaeology & Geomorphology
- Historic Structures Surveys
- Mitigation Publication & Exhibit Design
- National Register Determinations of Eligibility
- National Register of Historic Places Nomination
- Tribal Consultation
- Section 106, 110, & NEPA Compliance
- Aquatic Ecological Survey
- Avian Surveys, Nest Relocation & Monitoring
- Bat Survey and Conservation
- Benthic and Macroinvertebrates Surveys
- Bog Turtle Survey and Conservation
- Fish Surveys
- Landscape Design
- Management Plans
- Pollinator Habitat Surveys, Design & Monitoring
- Soil & Water Quality Assessment
- Threatened & Endangered Species
- Surveys/Coordination
- Air Quality Studies
- Noise Modeling
- Noise Studies & Mitigation
- Noise Wall Design
- 105/104
- FEMA Permitting
- Local/State/Federal Permitting
- MS4 Permit
- NPDES
- Permit Tracker Application
- Section 404
- TMDL
- Independent Environmental Monitors
- Mitigation Monitoring
- Outfall Inspections
- Post Storm Inspections
- Stream Restoration Monitoring
- TMDL Monitoring
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
- ArcGIS Online Management
- Dashboards
- Geodatabase Design & Management
- GIS Maintenance, Support & Training
- GIS Predictive Model
- Mapbox and Leaflet Custom Web Applications
- Mapping/Web-mapping/Story Mapping
- Mobile Data Collection
- Python and R Scripting
- Spatial Analysis & Modeling
- User Experience and User Interface Design
- Creative Services
- Data Analysis & Management
- Federal, State, & Local Officials Coordination
- Media Coordination
- Policy & Program Development & Delivery
- Public & Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Communications
- Website/App Design & Development
NEPA Process & Documentation
- Agency Coordination
- Effect Assessments
- Planning & Environment Linkages (PEL) Studies
- Policy Development
- Purpose & Need Studies
- Section 4(f) & Section 6(f)
- Training Development & Delivery
Wetlands & Streams
- Aquatic Species Migration Assessments
- Fish & Macroinvertibrate Survey
- Fish Passage Design
- Floodplain Analysis
- Mitigation Bank Coordination
- Sediment Transport Evaluations
- Stream Restoration & Mitigation
- Watershed Assessments
- Wetland & Stream Delineations
- Wetland Mitigation
Social/Economic Studies
- Agricultural Studies
- Community Context Assessment
- Demographic Research
- Economic Analysis
- Emergency Service Analysis
Cultural Resources
- Archaeological Investigations Phase I, II, and III
- Archaeological Monitoring
- Architectural & Historical Analysis
- Archival Research & Analysis
- Avoidance Alternatives & Mitigation
- Burial Documentation & Removal
- Cemetery Identification & Delineation
- Consulting Party Identification & Coordination
- Curation Standards & Methods
- Determination of Effects Reports
- Geoarchaeology & Geomorphology
- Historic Structures Surveys
- Mitigation Publication & Exhibit Design
- National Register Determinations of Eligibility
- National Register of Historic Places Nomination
- Tribal Consultation
- Section 106, 110, & NEPA Compliance
Plant & Wildlife Services
- Aquatic Ecological Survey
- Avian Surveys, Nest Relocation & Monitoring
- Bat Survey and Conservation
- Benthic and Macroinvertebrates Surveys
- Bog Turtle Survey and Conservation
- Fish Surveys
- Landscape Design
- Management Plans
- Pollinator Habitat Surveys, Design & Monitoring
- Soil & Water Quality Assessment
- Threatened & Endangered Species
- Surveys/Coordination
Air Quality & Noise Studies
- Air Quality Studies
- Noise Modeling
- Noise Studies & Mitigation
- Noise Wall Design
Environmental Permitting
- 105/104
- FEMA Permitting
- Local/State/Federal Permitting
- MS4 Permit
- NPDES
- Permit Tracker Application
- Section 404
- TMDL
Environmental Monitoring & Compliance Inspection
- Independent Environmental Monitors
- Mitigation Monitoring
- Outfall Inspections
- Post Storm Inspections
- Stream Restoration Monitoring
- TMDL Monitoring
Hazardous Waste
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
GIS Spatial Analysis, Mapping, & Modeling
- ArcGIS Online Management
- Dashboards
- Geodatabase Design & Management
- GIS Maintenance, Support & Training
- GIS Predictive Model
- Mapbox and Leaflet Custom Web Applications
- Mapping/Web-mapping/Story Mapping
- Mobile Data Collection
- Python and R Scripting
- Spatial Analysis & Modeling
- User Experience and User Interface Design
Communications & Engagement
- Creative Services
- Data Analysis & Management
- Federal, State, & Local Officials Coordination
- Media Coordination
- Policy & Program Development & Delivery
- Public & Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Communications
- Website/App Design & Development
Projects
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Pollinator Habitat Pilot Project
Pa Turnpike Roadside, PA -
Fire Pond Wetland Mitigation and Stream Restoration Project
Centre County, PA -
TMDL Stream Restoration at Rosaryville State Park
Upper Marlboro, MD -
Rocky & Smith Branch Watershed Assessments
Columbia, SC -
PB-85 Stream Restoration
Prince George's County, MD -
Compliance Monitoring
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Career Opportunities
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McCormick Taylor | Environmental/Natural ResourcesWatershed Services (Stream Restoration) Manager
- Full-Time
- Baltimore, MD
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McCormick Taylor | Environmental/Natural ResourcesProject Manager, NEPA Services
- Full-Time
- Raleigh, NC
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McCormick Taylor | Environmental/Natural ResourcesStream Restoration Designer/Engineer II/III
- Full-Time
- Baltimore, MD
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McCormick Taylor | Environmental/Natural ResourcesEnvironmental Scientist I
- Full-Time
- Baltimore, MD
- Glen Allen, VA
- Exton, PA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Mount Laurel, NJ
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McCormick Taylor | Environmental/Natural ResourcesEnvironmental Planner I
- Full-Time
- Raleigh, NC
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