The Stoller
team provides ecological support to the Department of
Energy-Idaho for land management issues at the INL.
The DOE-ID, as landholder of the INL, has a stewardship
responsibility to know and understand the environmental
resources of the INL, and also has legal obligation to
address any potential impacts to these resources.
Stoller's objectives in the area of service and support to DOE-ID
are:
Perform and interpret
vegetation surveys.
Perform wildlife
surveys.
Conduct field
investigations and offer ecological recommendations for
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
NEPA requires all federal agencies to consider
environmental impacts of proposed actions before selecting
alternative approaches. Stoller will provide
expertise and advice to DOE-ID personnel in meeting these
requirements.
Assess the impacts of
natural phenomena at the INL, including fire, drought
and cyclical weather patterns.
Serve as
point-of-contact for the exchange of technical information
with Native American Tribes, and State and Federal land
management and wildlife agencies.