Environmental Restoration + Conservation

Good environmental work is not always about avoiding impacts entirely. Sometimes it means restoring habitat, improving ecological function, mitigating unavoidable impacts, and making sure those efforts actually work over time.

Hollaway has decades of experience evaluating, protecting, restoring, and monitoring natural resources across Texas and the Gulf Coast.

Our scientists and environmental professionals work alongside agencies, engineers, developers, conservation organizations, and communities on projects ranging from wetland and habitat restoration to mitigation, ecological surveys, protected species evaluations, and long-term environmental monitoring.

We bring field experience and regulatory knowledge together to help clients understand existing conditions, develop practical solutions, and follow those solutions through implementation.

Environmental Planning + Permitting

We help clients understand environmental conditions, regulatory requirements, and permitting needs early, then support projects through environmental review, agency coordination, and implementation.

• Feasibility and environmental constraints studies
• Environmental permitting and regulatory coordination
• NEPA documentation (Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements)
• Clean Water Act Section 404 and Section 10 permitting support
• Section 106 and cultural resources coordination
• GIS and environmental data analysis
• State and federal agency coordination

Natural + Water Resources

Our scientists evaluate the natural systems within and surrounding a project to document existing conditions, identify sensitive resources, and inform planning, permitting, restoration, and mitigation decisions.

• Wetland and stream delineations
• Protected species surveys
• Migratory bird, eagle, and freshwater mussel surveys
• Habitat assessments
• Biological assessments
• Aquatic and terrestrial resource evaluations
• Field investigations and technical documentation

Restoration + Mitigation

We help clients turn environmental commitments into practical restoration and mitigation strategies designed around the resources, regulatory requirements, and long-term goals of each site.

• Wetland and stream restoration
• Habitat restoration and enhancement
• Mitigation planning, design, and implementation support
• Ecosystem restoration
• Compensatory mitigation support
• Restoration site assessment and planning
• Coordination with regulatory and resource agencies

Environmental Monitoring + Compliance

Our work continues through implementation and beyond. We help clients document compliance, evaluate whether restoration and mitigation measures are performing as intended, and respond when conditions in the field require attention.

• Pre-construction environmental surveys
• Environmental inspection and monitoring
• Permit compliance monitoring
• Protected species and habitat monitoring
• Restoration and mitigation performance monitoring
• Post-construction monitoring and documentation
• Agency coordination and compliance reporting

Public Involvement + Stakeholder Engagement

Restoration and conservation projects can involve agencies, landowners, conservation organizations, communities, and other stakeholders with a direct interest in the resources being protected or restored. We help clients communicate project goals clearly and engage those interests throughout planning and implementation.

• Public involvement, communications, and engagement strategies
• Stakeholder identification
• Landowner and community outreach
• Agency and conservation stakeholder coordination
• Public meetings and workshops
• Elected official and agency briefings
• Multilingual community engagement
• Public comment management and documentation

Creative + Digital Communications

Environmental restoration can be difficult to explain through technical documents alone. Our creative team helps clients show existing conditions, proposed improvements, and environmental outcomes through clear, accessible visual communications.

• Project websites and digital engagement platforms
• Interactive mapping, StoryMaps, and informational presentations
• Project videos and animations
• Drone photography and project documentation
• Public meeting and workshop exhibits
• Infographics, fact sheets, project collateral, and educational materials
• Restoration progress and outcome visualization

From Fieldwork to a Functioning Ecosystem

Restoration does not end when construction does.

Whether the goal is restoring a wetland, improving habitat, mitigating unavoidable impacts, or meeting permit requirements, success ultimately has to be measured by what happens on the ground.

Hollaway has spent decades doing that work.

Our experience includes thousands of acres of wetland delineations, hundreds of miles of stream assessments, habitat and protected species surveys, restoration planning and implementation, mitigation, and years of post-construction monitoring.

That history gives our team a practical understanding of how natural systems respond over time—and what it takes to move from a plan on paper to a restored site that functions as intended and meets its environmental and regulatory goals.