From Impact to Action: We Mitigate, You Progress
Vertex offers comprehensive Wildlife Services to help clients protect wildlife and their habitats while achieving project objectives efficiently. Our experienced team of wildlife professionals conducts assessments, prepares detailed reports, and develops mitigation strategies to minimize potential environmental impacts on areas inhabited by wildlife. These services are designed to align with regulatory, governmental, and internal environmental policies, ensuring full compliance. By combining expertise with a focus on cost-effective and timely solutions, we support sustainable development while maintaining ecological integrity.

Our wildlife team employs specialized techniques to assess and monitor wildlife populations, ensuring projects proceed with minimal ecological disruption. We provide a wide range of services, including:
- Pre-Disturbance Assessments
- Winter Wildlife Tracking
- Wildlife Sweeps & Surveys
- Bear Monitoring
- Wildlife Camera Setup & Management
- Wildlife Monitoring Services & Pre-Construction Nest Sweeps
- Small Mammal Live & Lethal Trapping
- Fish Salvage & Surveys
These services allow us to gather accurate data, monitor species activity, and identify key wildlife concerns to reduce project risks.
Vertex ensures that wildlife protection efforts align with regulatory frameworks and client goals through detailed reporting and planning services. Our team provides:
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Environmental Assessments
- Caribou Protection Plans
- Site-specific Wildlife Letters, Reporting & Photographs
- Spill Response & Wildlife Deterrents
- Data Management & Analysis
- Comprehensive Wildlife Reports
These deliverables help clients maintain compliance, manage wildlife risks effectively, and demonstrate environmental stewardship throughout the project lifecycle.
Case Studies
Regulatory Amendment Oil Sands Mine
Objective
The client was seeking regulatory approval for an increase in project development area to allow future placement of overburden, reclamation material stockpiles, and associated facilities outside the currently approved operating area at a large oil sands mine in northern Alberta.
