Endangered Species Act Compliance
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl and Pima Pineapple Cactus

Pima County, Arizona

SAGE Landscape Architecture & Environmental, Inc. conducts surveys and prepares environmental compliance documentation for a variety of special status plant and animal species in Pima County, Arizona and elsewhere in the American Southwest, including those that are federally listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. SAGE is also familiar with the vulnerable species identified in the proposed Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan being drafted by Pima County Administration.

SAGE Landscape Architecture & Environmental, Inc. approaches and manages every project with sensitivity to our clients' distinctive needs. We focus on innovative, practical and cost effective solutions. We are qualified to provide field surveys, habitat analysis and agency coordination for threatened and endangered species found throughout the Western United States

SAGE assisted Pima County Natural Resources, Parks Recreation manage and carry out U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pygmy-owl survey protocol for 21-programmed sites throughout Pima County in 1999, an additional 18 in 2000 and approximately 25 sites in 2001. SAGE proposed a plan to expedite the process by quickly analyzing and screening each of the sites for potential and/or designated critical habitat to eliminate all but those requiring surveys.

SAGE, under contract with Pima County Natural Resources, Parks Recreation conducts surveys for the endangered Pima pineapple cactus and habitat evaluation on various capital improvement projects. Coordinating Agencies included U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management.