Ecological Restoration

Quick Facts

  • Between 1998 and 2004, coastal wetlands losses in the eastern United States totaled about 59,000 acres per year.

Ecological restoration is an intentional activity that initiates or accelerates the recovery of an ecosystem with respect to its health, integrity and sustainability.
- Society for Ecological Restoration International

Sovereign provides turn-key ecological assessment, field implementation and management, design, and construction services. From wetlands mitigation, restoration, and permitting to comprehensive habitat investigation, analysis, and rehabilitation, Sovereign manages a wide array of ecological projects of varying degrees of complexity.

We recognize that activities performed at wetlands and ecologically sensitive habitats require sound planning and care during investigation, design, and monitoring. Sovereign emphasizes natural recovery, invasive species control, and erosion control throughout mitigation and restoration by designing and implementing innovative solutions that reduce costs without compromising environmental integrity.

Sovereign’s ecological services team develops comprehensive wetland rehabilitation plans, wetland mitigation plans, wetland remediation approaches, and wetland restoration plans. We restore freshwater wetlands and transition areas, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, stream banks, wetlands affected by soil, surface water, sediment, and groundwater contaminants, and newly created wetlands threatened by noxious and invasive species.

Our ecological restoration services encompass the following:

  • Federal and state permitting
  • Wetland creation, mitigation, enhancement, and restoration
  • Stream bank and shoreline restoration and stabilization
  • Contaminated wetland soil and sediment restoration