_ West Ecosystems Analysis, Inc. (WEA) specializes in providing rapid and highly efficient wildlife inventory, research, and ecological consulting services to national and international clients. Our principal expertise is obtaining and providing accurate and scientifically defensible data and information on species and ecosystems of concern that support objective environmental assessment of proposed projects, facilitate regulatory compliance, and promote common ground solutions to effective natural resource management.

Dedicated Teams
WEA builds dedicated teams of highly qualified biologists and project managers that are carefully matched to project needs and who can successfully complete their designated tasks efficiently and in a cost-effective manner.  Team members are selected locally and from across the country for their expertise and demonstrated experience in conducting studies needed for each project.

Experience
Dr. Ed West, WEA’s founder and President, has developed, led, and managed many complex interdisciplinary projects in wildlife ecology, natural resource management and conservation. 
See resumé for details.

Representative projects include:

• Seabird ecology and arctic fox management on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

• Migrant bird ecology and wetlands management in the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem, Utah

• Coastal rainforest bat, bald eagle, and goshawk ecology, southeastern Alaska

• Pika thermal energetics and climate change in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

• Ecological assessment of tidal marsh restoration, San Francisco Bay, California

• Spotted owl and forest carnivore ecology, California, Nevada, Washington, British Columbia

• Satellite tracking and habitat use patterns of sage grouse, deer, and elk, Wilson Creek Range, Nevada

• Raptor use of desert mountain systems during migration, eastern Nevada

• Bioacoustic impacts of highway traffic noise on birds: analysis and modeling

• Bioacoustic monitoring of bat activity and nocturnal bird migration at wind turbine power facilities,  California, Nevada

• Marine mammal and bird impact assessment, Kodiak Missile Launch Complex, Kodiak Alaska