Balk Biological, Inc., is a small consulting firm specializing in the Southern California market. Headquartered in Encinitas, we have been providing our expertise to a variety of public- and private-sector clients since 2006. The company is experienced in and regularly performs a full complement of biological consulting services, including vegetation community mapping, general and special-status floral and wildlife surveys, non-native invasive plant species mapping, wetlands delineation, habitat restoration, environmental compliance monitoring during construction, biological resource impact assessment, and biological document preparation.Skills in these areas are continually being updated, with Balk Biological staff regularly attending specialized training, workshops, and university-level coursework. In addition, Balk Biological regularly teaches courses on difficult plant groups such as asters or special-status plant species of Southern California and has provided pro bono plant identification services for the California Native Plant Society.Balk Biological is certified as a Women Business Enterprise through the California Public Utilities Commission, a Small Business/Microbusiness through the State of California Department of General Services, a Small Business Enterprise through the Coalition of Southern California Public Agencies, and a federal Small Business and Women-Owned Business.

General and sensitive floral and wildlife surveys, vegetation mapping, wetlands delineation and permitting, mitigation monitoring, construction monitoring, and environmental document preparation. Participated in the development of habitat conservation plans pursuant to Section 10 of the Federal Endangered Species Act.