Qualifications

BioMaAS is a minority/woman owned biological consulting and archaeological monitoring company specializing in a wide range of environmental services. BioMaAS is certified by the state of California as a small/micro business (SBE), a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), by the CPUC as a minority business enterprise (MBE), and by the county of Alameda as an emerging local business (SLEB).

Our staff is composed of biologists and archaeologists with university degrees in wildlife, ecology, botany, entomology, fisheries biology, and osteology. Our biological professionals hold permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to conduct trapping surveys with threatened and endangered species such as San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia), giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus), salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii),  California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), Central California Coast (ESU) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) and California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus).

Our archaeological professional holds a Master’s in Osteology and has extensive archaeological and paleontological experience on construction projects.

In addition to our extensive experience in special status species surveys, we also have expertise in environmental compliance monitoring, site management, construction monitoring, biological assessments, habitat restoration, mitigation design and monitoring, long-term management plan development, CEQA, and GIS.