Project Experience
Our Experience
Blue Mountain has over 20 years’ project experience with a wide variety of clients. We provide services for government agencies, commercial enterprises, non-profits, educational institutions, and private land owners. We serve the intermountain west region including Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada. No matter how large or small your project is, we will provide a tailored approach to meet your needs.
South Canyon Recreation Area Wildfire Planning
- Client: City of Glenwood Springs, Design Workshop
- Date: March, 2023 – October, 2023
- Project Type: Wildfire mitigation
- Info: Design Workshop contracted Blue Mountain to provide wildfire mitigation planning to be incorporated in overall recreation plan.


Park City Wildfire Risk Assessment
- Client: Park City Municipal Corporation, Alpine Forestry
- Date: June, 2022 – May, 2023
- Project Type: Wildfire mitigation
- Info: Park City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) hired Alpine Forestry, who sub-contracted with Blue Mountain Environmental to spearhead planning, report development, and community engagement.
Wildfire Partners
- Client: Boulder County, homeowners in Boulder County
- Date: April, 2014 – present, ongoing
- Project Type: Wildfire mitigation
- Info: Working as consultants for Wildfire Partners, Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting provides home owners with resources to mitigate their property against the threat of wildfires.
Waggener Farm Conservation Easement
- Client: Colorado Open Lands
- Date: December, 2022
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting provided a conservation easement baseline report to preserve agricultural farmland.
Arkansas River Community Preserve
- Client: Central Colorado Conservancy
- Date: September, 2022 – October, 2022
- Project Type: Wetland Management, Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting conducted a wetland management study for a property in Lake County, Colorado, to identify potential environmental concerns and ultimately create the Arkansas River Community Preserve.
Colorado River Environmental Compliance
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Date: April, 2022
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance
- Info: Colorado Parks and Wildlife engaged Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting to conduct a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment for the property in Grand County, Colorado. BMEC identified hazardous substances or petroleum products in support a real estate transaction.
Crystal Creek Ranch Conservation Plan
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Date: June, 2022
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info:Colorado Parks and Wildlife contracted BMEC to provide baseline documentation for the 3,451-acre Property, located in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties, Colorado.
Fort Collins Nissan Kia
- Client: TB Group, TCC Corporation
- Date: August, 2017 – present
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting (BMEC) was contracted to provide an ecological characterization study, Army Corps of Engineers wetland delineation, pre-construction notification, wetland restoration plan, upland restoration plan and to address environmental planning requirements per the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code during the development process.
Ruby Mountain Conservation Easement Plan
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.
- Date: April, 2021 – May, 2022
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to develop a conservation easement baseline report for a public-access property along the Arkansas River where Nestlé Waters North America collects spring water for Arrowhead Springs Bottled Water. Blue Mountain Environmental also helped Blue Triton Brands (who purchased the property) develop a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Easement Management Plan.
Wyoming Ranch Wetland Delineation
- Client: Private landowner
- Date: November, 2021 – December, 2021
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to complete a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland delineation and report for a 500-acre ranch with extensive wetlands, including a large fen. Research and guidelines pertaining to fish habitat, beaver management, noxious weed management and ecological restoration were provided.
Granite Meadows Conservation Easement
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Date: October, 2021
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info:Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to provide a conservation easement baseline report to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to charitable contributions.
Balarat Outdoor Education Center
- Client: Denver Public Schools
- Date: July, 2021 – September, 2021
- Project Type: Wildfire Mitigation
- Info: Denver Public Schools contracted Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting to provide a Forest Agricultural Plan for Denver Public School’s 700-acre property. The goal was to improve forest health and vigor, preserve habitat, control noxious weeds and produce forest products.
Meadow Springs
- Client: City of Fort Collins Utilities, Larimer County
- Date: February, 2021 – September, 2021
- Project Type: Rangeland management, noxious weed management
- Info: Blue Mountain was contracted by the City of Ft. Collins Utilities in the spring of 2021 to evaluate rangeland conditions at Meadow Springs Ranch and to provide guidance for subsequent comprehensive management planning. Our process included GIS services, rangeland forage evaluations, a literature review, key informant interviews, data collection, team collaboration and production of a report.
Andrick Preserve Conservation Easement
- Client: Central Colorado Conservancy
- Date: July, 2020
- Project Type: Conservation Planning, Environmental Compliance
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to provide a conservation easement baseline report to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to charitable contributions and also conduct a Phase 1 Environmental Site Investigation per ASTM 2247-08.
I-25 and State Highway 21 Noxious Weed Assessment
- Client: Cascade Environmental
- Date: March, 2020
- Project Type: Noxious Weed Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to provide a noxious weed assessment to aide in mapping and management of noxious weeds for the I-25 and State Highway 21 interchange project.
Boreas Pass Conservation Easement
- Client: Colorado Open Lands
- Date: December, 2019
- Project Type: Conservation planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted to provide a conservation easement baseline report to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to charitable contributions.
Southwest Prospect and I-25 Interchange
- Client: Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF)
- Date: March, 2018 – November, 2018
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting (BMEC) was contracted to provide a City of Fort Collins Ecological Characterization Study, delineate a variety of complex wetlands and request a Jurisdictional Determination. The proposed commercial development and improved I-25 interchange required several types of environmental compliance per the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code.
Crystal Lakes Wildfire Mitigation
- Client: Larimer County
- Date: Jul 2016 to Jul 2017
- Project Type: Wildfire Mitigation
- Info: Larimer County hired Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting to oversee hazardous fuels treatment on open space surrounding a 100-acre subdivision in the wildland-urban interface.
Black Canyon Road Open Space Plan
- Client: City of Manitou Springs, El Paso County
- Date: Mar 2016
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info: The City of Manitou Springs retained Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting (BMEC) to assist in the development of the Black Canyon Road Land Stewardship Plan. The plan is a working document that establishes open space goals, existing conditions, and recommendations for short- and long-term management and monitoring.
Wildfire Defensible Space of County Historic Structures
- Client: Boulder County
- Date: Jun 2016 to Aug 2016
- Project Type: Wildfire mitigation
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting conducted wildfire mitigation audits of 100 structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places or as Boulder County landmarks.
Goldelm Development Ecological Characterization Study
- Client: City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, CO
- Date: Mar 2015 to Nov 2015
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance, Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting facilitated the process of negotiating an easement on the City of Fort Collins’ Redtail Grove Natural Area.
Seaman Reservoir Sediment Mitigation Project
- Client: City of Greeley
- Date: August 2015
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting in partnership with AloTerra Restoration Services prepared a biological evaluation for the City of Greeley to determine the likely effects of proposed erosion-control actions on federally listed species.
Parkside Village Environmentally Sensitive Areas Report
- Client: City of Loveland, Larimer County
- Date: July 2015
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting documented ecological characteristics within the proposed Parkside Village community on 42.9 acres in Loveland, evaluating potential impacts of development and providing recommendations for protection, mitigation, and enhancement.
Hardwick Farms Conservation Easement Baseline Report
- Client: City of Greeley
- Date: June 2015
- Project Type: Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting prepared the conservation easement baseline report for the 2,000-acre Hardwick Farms property in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service with respect to charitable contributions.
North Taft Hill and Laporte Avenue Ecological Characterization Study
- Client: Pumbaa Properties LLC, Larimer County, CO
- Date: April 2015
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting prepared an Ecological Characterization Study (ECS) as required by the City of Fort Collins Community Development and Neighborhood Services department.
State Parks Noxious Weed Management Plan
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties
- Date: September 2014
- Project Type: Noxious Weed Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting prepared noxious weed management plans for Chatfield State Park (3,800 acres) and Cherry Creek State Park (3,300 acres) that included maps, methods for treatment and plans for weed management activities.
Nevada Stream Survey
- Client: Bureau of Land Management, Elko County, Nevada
- Date: August, 2011 – December, 2011
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental was contracted by the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, to monitor riparian conditions within various grazing allotments.
Eleven Mile & Spinney State Park Noxious Weed Management Plan
- Client: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Park County, Colorado
- Date: May to July, 2011
- Project Type: Noxious Weed Management
- Info: Eleven Mile State Park and Spinney Mountain State Park are located in South Park – an expansive high-altitude grassland region of central Colorado bordered to the east and west by the Pike National Forest. Managed by Colorado State Parks under a lease from the Denver Water Board, these parks provide visitors with opportunities for boating, camping, windsurfing, picnicking, birding, waterfowl hunting and nationally renowned fishing.
Centennial Valley State Wildlife Area Wetland Delineation
- Client: Ducks Unlimited, Weld County, Colorado
- Date: February 2011
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental was contracted by Ducks Unlimited to delineate 35 acres of atypical riverine wetlands along the South Platte River.
Bryce Valley Watershed Proper Functioning Condition Assessment
- Client: USDA National Resource Conservation Service, Utah
- Date: August, 2009 to May, 2010
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain was contracted by the Natural Resource Conservation Service to conduct a watershed assessment. The intent of the effort was to gather resource information about the physical structure and biological function of five rivers, to prioritize treatment areas and to develop management recommendations.
Poudre River Riparian Forest Assessment
- Client: City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado
- Date: April 2009 to July 2009
- Project Type: Wetland Management
- Info: Blue Mountain was contracted by the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program to conduct a riparian forest inventory on approximately 15 miles of the Poudre River.
Bald Mountain Communications Facility NEPA Assessment
- Client: Larimer County, Arapahoe Roosevelt National Forest, CO
- Date: May, 2007 to December, 2007
- Project Type: Environmental Compliance
- Info: Blue Mountain assisted Mangi Environmental Group in NEPA planning and oversight for the development of a communications tower on USFS land in Larimer County.
Residential Forest Agricultural Tax Plan
- Client: Private Property, Boulder County, Colorado
- Date: September, 2005
- Project Type: Wildfire Mitigation, Forestry Management
- Info: Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting was contracted by a private landowner to prepare a Forest Stewardship Plan to qualify for Forest Agricultural Classification.
NCAR Ecosystem Management Plan
- Client: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
- Date: May, 2005 to September, 2005
- Project Type: Wildfire Mitigation, Conservation Planning
- Info: Blue Mountain and the Anchor Point Group were contracted to develop a comprehensive planning document for the 450-acre National Center for Atmospheric Research reserve in Boulder County, Colorado. This plan was created to meet long-range resource planning goals for open space, to ensure that management activities are ecologically sustainable and to integrate these goals with social directives. The plan addressed 1) Forest Management and Wildfire Mitigation, 2) Rangelands and Noxious Weeds, and 3) Wildlife.