GIS & Mapping Services
Real-Time Modeling Resource
Sterling Renewable Resources, LLC’s natural resource and GIS teams partnered to help a regional electric cooperative with a transmission line project in Oklahoma. In mid-construction, the client was seeking recommendations on where to locate diverters on the lines and poles to avoid impacts to whooping cranes during migration.
Using verified crane migration sightings from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and a land cover analysis process, the team was able to model potential “stop-over” locations for whooping cranes during migration and advise the client on construction activities without slowing down construction efforts.
Watershed Management Study
Sterling Renewable Resources, LLC assisted in the preparation of a web-based educational tool that explored the environmental watershed changes in response to different development patterns. The regional study looked at traditional development versus conservation and sustainable development options in various land uses. The best management practices were identified and applied to the overall watershed in order to assess the complete effect of potential changes in nutrient loads, stormwater volume and development costs.
