Countryside Management Services

Countryside Management Services. Unit B2, Durham Dales Centre, Castle Gardens, Stanhope, County Durham, DL13 2FJ Tel/Fax: 01388 529154 Email: enquiries@cms-ne.co.uk Ecological Services We offer a wide range of ecological services delivered by two very knowledgable and highly experienced ecological consultants. Plant ecology: Phase I habitat survey, Phase II and III vegetation surveys, use of National Vegetation Classification, sampling and vegetation monitoring systems. Animal ecology: terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate and vertebrate surveys and monitoring. Soil survey: field assessments of soil properties, sampling and laboratory analysis. Ecological assessment: ecology reports for environmental statements, ecological impact assessment. Habitat management: preparation of management plans for woodland, grassland, heathland, wetland and freshwater sites in upland, lowland and coastal situations. Habitat restoration: preparation of restoration plans, advice for enhancement and mitigation, project management and development. Advice and research: nature conservation advice and applied ecological research and monitoring. Biodiversity action plans and related work. Principal ecologists: Dr Sam Ellis HND BSc (Hons) PhD MIEEM is principally an invertebrate ecologist, specialising in butterflies. He also works on freshwater and woodland invertebrates, as well as undertaking Phase l Habitat, National Vegetation Classification and soil surveys. He has an extensive knowledge of practical habitat management and a particular interest in grassland management for nature conservation. He has prepared management plans for woodlands, wetlands and freshwater sites, as well as being involved in several habitat restoration projects and in mitigation work for developers. Sam is also a part-time lecturer in ecology, nature conservation and countryside management at the Universities of Sunderland and Durham. Dr. Moira Owen BSc (Hons) PhD has wide-ranging ecological interests with particular expertise in botanical recording; experience of a variety of standard survey methodologies such as Phase 1 Habitat surveys, National Vegetation Classification, river corridor surveys and interests in birds and mammals, with research experience in mustelid carnivores. She has had extensive employment in nature conservation, with wide experience of practical conservation management, the preparation of management plans, ecological surveys and monitoring, planning consultations, impact assessment and habitat restoration. Knowledge of habitat conservation, management and restoration is comprehensive, but with particular strengths in freshwater and wetlands, grasslands and upland habitats.