Currently, Owl Ridge is working with the U. S. Forest Service and Winter Park Resort to prepare Categorical Exclusions (CATEX) documentation and an Environmental Assessment (EA) for planned future projects at the Resort. Winter Park Resort has proposed projects for Forest Service approval to address long-standing issues and needs at the resort. Projects focus on Read More
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Graphite Creek Fish Surveys
Graphite One (Alaska) Inc. is exploring the feasibility of a large flake graphite mine in the Graphite Creek prospect, located on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska, approximately 38 miles north of the city of Nome. Owl Ridge aquatic biologists visited the site and conducted an aerial adult salmon spawning survey that spanned the potential Read More
North Slope Stream & Lake Surveys
Infrastructure planning, design and construction that protects fish and aquatic habitats, and that meets state, local and federal requirements is a priority of oil and gas companies operating on the North Slope. Owl Ridge fisheries biologists conduct fish sampling in streams throughout the open-water season across a large area of the Arctic Coastal Plain to Read More
Donlin Gold NEPA Analysis, Wildlife & Aquatic Monitoring, & EIS Support
The proposed Donlin Gold project includes development of an open pit, hardrock gold mine in remote southwestern Alaska. Supporting features and facilities include camps, roads, barge port on the Kuskokwim River, and a 315-mile buried natural gas pipeline. Owl Ridge staff have supported the project planning and permit application process for 20 years including technical Read More
Alaska Subsea Cable-Lay Operations Support
In 2016 and 2017, Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC installed a subsea fiber optic cable network along the northern and western coasts of Alaska to provide high-speed internet connectivity to six rural Alaska communities. Offshore cable-lay operations were conducted in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. Owl Ridge managed the PSO Program during both open water Read More
Doyon Seismic Surveys, Exploration Drilling, & Operations
Owl Ridge provided strategic planning, managed the regulatory process, and conducted field environmental compliance for oil and gas exploration programs in the Nenana Basin and Yukon Flats from 2011 through 2018. The programs included: 2D and 3D seismic programs, lake gas sampling, and drilling of three oil and gas exploration wells. Owl Ridge services included Read More
