What Resource Environmental Solutions does

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is a privately held Bellaire, Texas-based provider of nature-based solutions and ecological restoration services, describing itself as the nation's largest dedicated firm in the category. Its service portfolio spans compensatory mitigation banking, riverine and aquatic ecosystem restoration, dam removal, land reclamation, water quality improvement, and infrastructure resiliency work. The company serves a broad mix of federal agencies — including the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management — alongside state and municipal authorities, hyperscale data center developers, oil and gas operators, power and renewable energy utilities (including Scout Clean Energy and National Grid Renewables), transportation agencies, and commercial developers.

Operationally, RES runs five native plant nurseries across Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, supporting a distributed biological supply chain tailored to multiple U.S. eco-regions. Technical work relies on GIS, geospatial analytics, multispectral imagery, and remote sensing (e.g., BLM wildfire modeling), supplemented by an interactive digital Solutions Map. Cumulative disclosed impact includes 338 mitigation projects completed, 88,429 acres conserved, 28 million-plus trees planted, and 690 miles of streams restored, including flagship engagements such as the Klamath River Renewal Project (the largest dam removal in U.S. history) and the Bois d'Arc Lake Preservation and Restoration Mitigation Bank (~17,000 acres).

RES generates revenue through a mix of (i) transaction-based sales of ecological mitigation credits, (ii) fixed-price design-build contracts with federal, state, and private customers (e.g., a $20 million Meadow Fork award), (iii) advisory and professional services, and (iv) performance-based public–private partnership (P3) arrangements. The firm is a founding member of the Ecological Restoration Business Association (ERBA) and holds the federal contracting qualifications — including financial surety bonding — required to execute large-scale mitigation and restoration projects.

Name

Resource Environmental Solutions

Legal name

Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

Website

https://res.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is the nation's largest dedicated nature-based solutions provider, delivering ecological restoration, mitigation banking, dam removal, land reclamation, and water quality projects for federal agencies, utilities, developers, and infrastructure owners across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ecological Restoration & Environmental Mitigation Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Ecological Restoration Planning & Monitoring (Habitat, Wetland, Stream) (EUAHAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF), Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR) (EUABABAA), Hydropower Environmental & Fish Passage Solutions (EUACAEAJ), Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK)

Keywords

• Ecological restoration services
• Environmental mitigation banking
• Nature-based solutions
• Wetland stream restoration
• Land reclamation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Mitigation Banking & Credits: RES generates mitigation credits (wetland, stream, nutrient, and species habitat) through owned mitigation banks and permittee-responsible mitigation (PRM) projects. Credits are sold to developers, government agencies, and utilities who need to offset environmental impacts to obtain permits. Revenue is transaction-based per credit unit sold, with long-term site stewardship obligations.
2. Design-Build Reclamation & Restoration Contracts: RES receives fixed-price, design-build contracts for mine reclamation, AML reclamation, landfill reclamation, and large ecological restoration projects. Contracts are awarded by mine operators, utilities, energy companies, industrial landowners, and public agencies. Examples include a $20M design-build contract for the Meadow Fork Clogged Stream Project in West Virginia and the Bois d'Arc Lake PRM — the largest ecological mitigation project in the country.
3. Advisory & Consulting Services: RES provides fee-for-service advisory services including regulatory consulting, environmental assessments, permitting support, geospatial analysis, and construction management for clients navigating complex environmental compliance requirements. Services span engineering, ecology, environmental solutions, permitting, and compliance.
4. Performance-Based Resiliency & Water Quality Projects: RES enters public-private partnership (P3) arrangements with municipalities and state agencies for water quality and resiliency projects. Clients pay RES for defined environmental outcomes (e.g., pollutant load reductions, flood mitigation capacity) rather than specific deliverables, with project funding sometimes sourced from blended public-private mechanisms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RES is the nation's largest dedicated nature-based solutions provider, delivering integrated ecological restoration, environmental mitigation, dam removal, river restoration, land reclamation, water quality, and resiliency services under a design-build-maintain model. Revenue is generated through fixed-price design-build contracts, transaction-based mitigation credit sales (wetland, stream, nutrient, species habitat), and performance-based public-private partnerships, with projects backed by financial-surety performance guarantees.

Product overview

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is the nation's largest dedicated nature-based solutions provider offering an integrated portfolio of ecological restoration services. The company operates across multiple interconnected service lines including Advisory Services (environmental consulting and permitting), Dam Removal & River Restoration, Environmental Mitigation (with Wetland & Stream Mitigation and Species Habitat Mitigation as sub-services), Land Reclamation, Natural Resource Restoration, Resiliency, and Water Quality solutions. Supporting these services are five regional nurseries (Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries, Plum Run, Magnolia, Pointe Aux Chenes, and Mule Ridge) that supply native plants and seeds for restoration projects. The company also provides an Interactive Solutions Map digital tool for exploring projects. RES delivers projects using a design-build-maintain model with guaranteed performance outcomes, serving sectors including data centers, federal agencies, transportation, power/utilities, and state/municipal agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advisory Services Comprehensive environmental consulting including engineering services (stormwater management, erosion control, hydraulic/hydrologic studies), ecological expertise (wetland delineations, threatened species surveys, regulatory coordination), environmental solutions (brownfield revitalization, Phase I/II assessments), permitting and compliance (NPDES, 404 permitting), and geospatial solutions for project planning and visualization.
• Dam Removal & River Restoration Full-service dam removal and river restoration from assessment through long-term stewardship, including remove-and-restore approaches for smaller dams and integrated performance-based ecological restoration for large-scale river projects such as the Klamath River Renewal Project.
• Wetland & Stream Mitigation Streamlined permitting and guaranteed performance for wetland and stream mitigation credits covering bottomland hardwood wetlands, cypress-tupelo swamps, emergent, forested, and marsh wetlands, vernal pools, floodplain restoration, high-gradient streams, and natural channel design.
• Species Habitat Mitigation Mitigation and conservation measures for terrestrial, avian, freshwater, and marine species including habitat conservation plans, travel corridor protection, and fixed-price species offset solutions. Specializes in Indiana Bat, Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp, and Brown Pelican conservation.
• Environmental Mitigation Ecological mitigation providing compensatory offsets for unavoidable impacts to streams, wetlands, and species habitats. Includes 404 Clean Water Act mitigation, ESA mitigation, NEPA measures, wetland/stream mitigation, and large-scale landscape restoration through owned mitigation banks and permittee-responsible mitigation projects.
• Land Reclamation Design-build reclamation for active mines, abandoned mine lands (AML), landfills, and industrial sites. Includes soil stabilization, acid mine drainage treatment, stream and wetland restoration, native revegetation, and long-term stewardship with guaranteed performance. Example: $20M design-build contract for the Meadow Fork Clogged Stream Project in West Virginia.
• Natural Resource Restoration Habitat restoration projects that increase biodiversity, improve water quality, enhance soil health, and build flood resilience. Includes native prairie restoration, wetland, stream, and coastal restoration, submerged aquatic vegetation, dam removal, mine reclamation, and soil carbon sequestration.
• Resiliency Nature-based solutions for flood resiliency and climate adaptation, including inland flooding solutions (floodplain restoration, infiltration berms, resiliency parks, stormwater detention), coastal stability (living shorelines, marsh terraces, dune restoration, wave attenuation), and water supply protection.
• Water Quality Stormwater and nutrient reduction projects using green infrastructure, including watershed restoration, in-water body restoration, stream and wetland restoration, multi-stage channels, mangroves, sediment inactivation, and TMDL compliance solutions with performance guarantees.
• Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries Native plant nursery operation in Wisconsin and Kansas providing science-based propagation of native seed and plant material—trees, grasses, marsh and coastal species—for wetland, stream, coastal, prairie, estuary, and barrier restoration projects.
• Plum Run Nursery Container-grown native trees, shrubs, and wetland species plugs supplying stream and wetland restoration throughout Appalachia. Over 200,000 restoration stems grown and planted.
• Magnolia Nursery Ten-acre Texas nursery supplying freshwater marsh, coastal dune, and estuarine marsh restoration plant materials with 30 species of native marsh and coastal plants.
• Pointe Aux Chenes Nursery Twenty-acre Louisiana nursery supplying Gulf Coast restoration with wetland, coastal barrier island, and estuarine marsh restoration plants. Over 3,500,000 restoration stems grown.
• Mule Ridge Nursery Indiana nursery supplying native trees for reforestation projects on species mitigation sites throughout Indiana and Illinois.

Quantifiable outcome

• 88,429 acres of land conserved and protected; 690 miles of streams restored; 77,899 acres of wetlands restored; 431 miles of shoreline and terrace restored; 28 special-status animal species protected across 20,401 acres of habitat; 1,097,132 pounds of water quality nutrients removed; 28,140,473 trees planted.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ducks UnlimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRES partnered with Ducks Unlimited on the Apache Falgout Canal Terrace Planting project in Theriot, Louisiana. RES installed 157,747 vegetative 2-inch plugs of Spartina alterniflora, Paspalum vaginatum, Spartina patens, and Schoenoplectus californicus along 114,640 linear feet of newly constructed terraces.
• Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRES partnered with the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), the states of California and Oregon, and the former dam owner to lead post-removal ecological restoration of the Klamath River following the largest dam removal in U.S. history. RES developed a unique contractual structure transferring long-term restoration goals to RES with performance guarantees.
• Red Bison, LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRES served as subcontractor to Red Bison, LLC on the Beaver Island Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) in Iowa — performing timber stand improvement, planting, and on-site quality control for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program.
• First Indiana Resources (affiliated sponsor)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Indiana Resources served as affiliated sponsor alongside RES in implementing a science-based bat conservation solution for Scout Clean Energy's Bitter Ridge Wind Project in Indiana — 97.2 acres of habitat protection with conservation easements.
• Ecological Restoration Business Association (ERBA)coreOthersRES is a founding member and charter supporter of the Ecological Restoration Business Association (ERBA), actively participating in state-level industry groups to advance the ecological restoration industry.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Biohabitats: Biohabitats is a national ecological restoration firm offering stream, wetland, and coastal restoration design-build and planning services. It is highly comparable to RES in the nature-based solutions space, though smaller in scale and with a heavier emphasis on planning and design than integrated delivery.
• Westervelt Ecological Services: Westervelt Ecological Services operates mitigation banks and provides habitat conservation, species banking, and restoration services primarily in California. It is directly comparable to RES's mitigation banking and species habitat credit business.
• Wildlands Engineering: Wildlands Engineering provides stream and wetland restoration, mitigation banking, and water quality services across the southeastern U.S. Like RES, it offers design-build ecological restoration with mitigation credits, making it a direct regional competitor in the same service categories.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with environmental services spanning restoration, water, and federal programs. It is comparable to RES in the federal restoration and water resources space but with vastly broader service lines and deeper balance sheet for surety-backed projects.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with water, climate adaptation, and environmental restoration practices. It overlaps with RES on nature-based resilience and water projects, particularly with utility and municipal clients, though at much smaller dedicated restoration scale.
• WSP: WSP is a global professional services firm with environmental and earth/water practices that include ecological restoration and climate resilience advisory. It competes with RES on large infrastructure-linked restoration mandates, particularly in transportation and federal sectors.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global design and engineering firm with a strong environmental services practice that includes ecological restoration, water quality, and regulatory permitting. It overlaps with RES in environmental consulting and restoration, particularly in North America, but operates across a far broader set of end markets.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with a substantial water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practice that includes ecological restoration, mitigation banking, and federal contracting. It competes with RES on large multi-disciplinary restoration RFPs but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is a global sustainability and environmental consulting firm advising corporations on ESG, permitting, and natural capital solutions. It is comparable to RES on ESG-driven nature-based solutions and mitigation strategy for enterprise buyers but lacks RES's integrated design-build delivery model.

Emerging players

• Davey Resource Group: Davey Resource Group is the environmental consulting arm of Davey Tree, providing ecological restoration, mitigation, and environmental planning services across North America. It is comparable to RES in restoration and mitigation work, especially with utility and municipal clients, but operates within a larger tree-care parent rather than as a standalone NbS pure-play.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

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