Description
In this 56-page edition of Environmental Business Journal, EBJ presents a strategic overview of the U.S. Natural Resources Management industry. In 2018 natural resources management represented $3.3 billion of the $34 billion U.S. environmental consulting & engineering industry.
Leading Natural Resources Management practice areas are profiled in detailed executive Q&As, revealing a lapsing in federal initiatives and funding balanced by reinvigorated efforts in state & local jurisdictions and resilient private markets driven by development, but also a host of new analytical, scanning and diagnostic technologies and increasingly sophisticated modeling, mapping and visualization programs being used to satisfy an increasingly engaged client community and their digitally aware constituents.
Results are presented from EBJ’s detailed survey of NRM companies, practice leaders and experts that highlight market trends in drivers, hottest client sectors, client demands, project priorities, technology applications, as well as executive perspectives on key issues related to NRM policy, science and technology.
The PDF file of Environmental Business Journal and the accompanying data set in spreadsheet format provides EBJ’s analysis on the $3.3 billion NRM consulting & engineering market, breakdowns by project phase, ecosystem and region, as well as list of the top 40+ NRM companies.
Additional data presented summarizes population trends of iconic species like bald eagles, tigers, blue whale, monarch butterflies and a recent landmark population analysis of North American birds.
And for those who couldn’t get enough PFAS from the previous EBJ special edition, an expert update is augmented by a summary of EBJ’s PFAS workshop at the Washington DC Environmental Industry Summit.
Table of Contents
EBJ Natural Resources Management overview quantifies market size and growth in NRM, and EBJ survey respondents identify trends in market drivers, regulations and the technologies shaping the future of the business 1-18
Kleinschmidt moving to remote sensing & aerial surveys; uses eDNA to track species
Normandeau expands marine services to support offshore wind projects 13
Dudek experiences 10% growth; Adds UAS and expands to north and southeast 15
Cardno uses botany as a key diferentiator in restoration services 18
Advisian spins out of of Worley and implements digital transformation strategy 21
E&E incorporates technology through DIG; Announces merger into WSP 25
RES sees water quality, flooding and resiliency ars drivers for restoration 27
SWCA focuses on the core client groups but expands to new geographies 31
EA ES&T experiences some decline in federal markets; reacts to NEPA reform 35
Federal NRM contracting drives 70% of revenue for MSE Group 39
ECTs natural resources service line achieves nearly 30% growth 41
HBI tracks cultural resource services as part of the heritage compliance sector 45
PFAS Revisited: Jacobs expert reframes issues; Summary of EBJ’s DC Summit 47
Active market in mergers & acquisitions in natural resource management companies in first half of 2019 50
Major bird population study show 30% population loss since 1970 52
EBJ Article Outtakes: A subscriber’s synopsis to this edition of EBJ 54
Exhibits in this edition of EBJ include:
U.S. Environmental C&E Market by Media, 1995-2020 ($mil)
Breakdown of Natural Resources Services by Project Area
Breakdown of Natural Resources Services by Project Phase
Influence of Market Drivers for Natural Resources Management Services
EBJ Survey: Trends in Regulations & Impact on Business
Significance of Client Categories to NRM Revenues in the 2010s
U.S. Environmental C&E Market by Client, 1995-2020 ($mil)
Expected Growth in Natural Resources Projects in 2020
Significance of Federal Programs to NRM Revenues in the 2010s
Ranking of Client Categories by Natural Resources Management Revenue Growth Expected in 2019-2020
Ranking of US Regions by NRM Revenue Growth for 2019-2020
Top U.S. Environmental Consulting & Engineering Frims Ranked by Natural Resources Management Revenues in 2018 ($mil)
Examples of Innovation for Biodiversity
Normandeau Associates: Gross Revenues 2009-2018 ($mil)
Dudek: Gross Revenues 2009-2018 ($mil)
Ecosystem Markets Initiatives in the United States by Asset Type
Cardno Recent Acquisitions
Cardno Spins Off Quality Testing and Measurement Business
Worley Doubles Down on Oil & Gas and Restructures Divisions
Ecology & Environment: Gross Revenues 2009-2018 ($mil)
Resource Environmental Solutions (RES): 2019 Profile
Recovery of Bald Eagle Breeding Pairs in Lower 48 States
Global Blue Whale Population 1875-2020 (thousands)
SWCA Environmental: Gross Revenues 2009-2018 ($mil)
EBJ Survey: New Trends in Client Demand
EA Engineering Science and Technology: Gross Revenues
U.S. Drought Monitor: Continental Areas Afflicted by Drought & Severity in Percentage, 2000-2020
Recent Population Trends: Red Panda
Global Tiger Population: 1965-2010s
Northern Spotted Owl: Change in Population 1985-2015
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Annual Appropriations, FY2005 Through FY2019 ($billion, nominal)
FY 2018 USACE-Civil Works Direct Regular Appropriations by Business Line ($million)
US Army Corps of Engineers: FY 2020 Funding
Decline in Pollinator Forage Suitability between 2002 and 2012 Has Been Concentrated in the Midwest
Cultural Resource Compliance Revenue in Nominal Home Currency
Cultural Resource Compliance 2018 U.S. Client Industry Percentages by Revenue
North American Monarch Butterfly Population in Millions
Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Population in Mexico (hectares)
North America Breeding Bird Population: 1970-2017 (millions)
U.S. Human Population vs. North America Bird Population: Annual Growth: 1970-2017
Bird Population Decline by Major Group (% 1970-2017)
Bird Population Decline by Habitat (% 1970-2017)
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