Our Services
Lowcountry Ecological LLC is an environmental consulting company with extensive experience in biological monitoring, ecological restoration, and natural history education. We partner with communities, homeowners, and conservation organizations to create lasting conservation outcomes for Lowcountry wildlife and wild places. Our primary services include consultation across a variety of environmentally focused areas. Listed below is a snapshot of services we have experience conducting and building for communities and organizations. We are also always open to general consultations, as well as designing or coordinating custom projects that strengthen the relationship between people and the nature of the Lowcountry.
Floral and Faunal Inventories
We have extensive experience designing and compiling inventory and monitoring projects for properties throughout the Lowcountry. These projects can be tailored to the unique habitats and management goals of each site, but we always aim to standardize our methods with other monitoring efforts in the area, building larger datasets that can better reveal trends across the region. These efforts can range from general biodiversity inventories that document the plants and animals present on a property, to targeted population monitoring projects that track specific species of interest over time and inform long-term stewardship decisions.
Environmental Education and Resource Development
We can provide subject-specific talks, walks, and programs tailored to your community, students, or organization, ranging from guided field excursions and hands-on workshops to presentations on local wildlife, habitats, and natural history. We also have extensive experience designing and building field guides, mobile apps, websites, and other online resources that make ecological information accessible, engaging, and easy to share with a wider audience.
Native Landscaping
We can help lay out plans to convert your yard into a productive native habitat for local pollinators and wildlife. Our knowledge of native plants and the ecological conditions they need to thrive allows us to design custom landscaping that works with the natural character of your yard, rather than forcing plants to grow where they don’t belong. We also partner with local nurseries and native plant consultants to source specimens as locally as possible, supporting regional ecosystems and giving your new habitat the best possible chance to flourish.
Snake Consultation and Removal
One of our focus areas is snakes. We are highly familiar with the snakes of the Lowcountry and can assess your yard to recommend methods that reduce conflicts between potentially venomous snakes and people and pets, while still maintaining beneficial habitat for other native wildlife. In cases that call for it, we will also remove and relocate venomous species. During every venomous removal, we collect data that informs our larger project aimed at reducing human-wildlife conflict with these animals.
Habitat Restoration Consultation
In a fragmented landscape, there are always opportunities to improve the habitats on a property or build connectivity across a community. From forests to wetlands, we can help determine the best methods to enhance an area for native habitat, greater biodiversity, and higher bioproductivity. This can include invasive species removal, forest thinning, designing burn plans, and pond management decisions.
Historical Archive Research
People and nature have long coexisted in the Lowcountry. Compiling historical records for your region can connect people to the past and foster more meaningful relationships with the landscape. We can help with this research, and build historical archives for your community. Working with partners and other local archives, we track down maps, documents, and archaeological records that help piece together the story of the Lowcountry. These materials can then be presented or provided in a format suited to further research and education.
Map from Mark Catesby’s The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands… published in 1754
