Formerly as Environmental Resource Solutions, Inc. (ERS), the ERS Division of SES Energy Services LLC (SES Energy) has provided high-quality natural resource environmental consulting services to clients for over 22 years. All staff were retained following the 2018 acquisition of ERS by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC), the parent company of SES Energy.
SES Energy is Alaskan Native-Owned with Small Business Administration 8(a) certification, and is also certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the Department of Transportation (DOT) in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
ERS’s co-founder, Kim Allerton, remains as ERS Division Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist. Her expert staff includes environmental biologists, ecologists, marine scientists, botanists, AutoCAD/GIS analysts and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) qualified airport wildlife biologists. The division has developed an enviable reputation, in both the public and private sectors, for innovative and cost-efficient approaches to environmental challenges.
Services include: Wildlife hazard assessments and management plans (aviation); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation preparation including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, and Categorical Exclusions; preliminary biological assessments of property for wetlands, sensitive habitat, and Threatened and Endangered Species surveys; jurisdictional wetland delineations; gopher tortoise surveys and relocations; wetlands and protected species permitting; Rapanos documentation; wetland mitigation design and implementation; created wetland monitoring, reporting and maintenance; essential fish habitat analyses; mitigation bank permitting (wetlands and gopher tortoises); Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) studies; Development of Regional Impact/Application for Developmental Approval (DRI/ADA) team participation for wetlands, vegetation, wildlife, and water quality; resource management plans; UMAM determinations; GIS analyses and mapping; construction supervision; expert witness testimony, and FAA-required continuous wildlife services for airports.
The ERS Division provides on-call consulting services for both state and local clients. Environmental expertise and strong relationships with resource and regulatory agencies often proves advantageous in situations where subjectivity affects the decisions of regulatory agencies. ERS also prides itself on the ability to seamlessly change our accounting and reporting formats to match those preferred by our clients in order to provide client-based customer service. ERS is recognized by our clients as being responsive, highly competent, and technically diverse.