Habitat Management

What Habitat Management does

Habitat Management (HMI, LLC.) is a privately held, Colorado-domiciled natural resource management and ecological consulting firm founded in 1995 by Ken Carlson. The firm delivers integrated environmental consulting services — spanning revegetation, vegetation monitoring, weed management, wildlife surveys, wetland delineation and permitting, water/watershed management, soil resource investigations, air quality, environmental compliance, land use planning, construction oversight, and GIS/drone-based spatial analytics — to government agencies (federal, state, municipal, tribal) and enterprise clients in mining, oil & gas, utilities, and agriculture. Its core technology stack combines 35 years of GIS and remote sensing experience with FAA-licensed drone data acquisition, producing NDVI analyses, noxious vegetation mapping, environmental sensitivity mapping, orthomosaic rendering, and volumetric calculations.

Business model is professional services: project-based consulting work quoted and negotiated per engagement, executed by cross-disciplinary teams of ecologists, soil scientists, botanists, and GIS specialists, with multi-year contract cadences on larger reclamation and monitoring programs. The firm's competitive position rests on long-tenured staff expertise (40+ year veterans), regulatory credentials (Clean Water Act, SMCRA, NEPA, ESA, MSHA, HAZWOPER), and two state-level reclamation awards (Colorado 2010, New Mexico 2012). It has delivered environmental consulting at more than 100 mine sites across nine contiguous US states, supported from its Englewood, Colorado headquarters and a secondary office in Farmington, New Mexico. In May 2025 the firm was acquired by Aventia, a strategic operating company, to fold HMI's field services into a broader environmental services platform.

Name

Habitat Management

Legal name

HMI, LLC.

Website

https://habitatmanagementinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Habitat Management (HMI, LLC.) is a Colorado-headquartered environmental consulting firm providing natural resource management, ecological, reclamation, and GIS/drone-based services to mining, oil & gas, utilities, government, and agriculture clients across nine US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Site Assessment & Remediation (Phase I/II, Cleanup Oversight) (BPAHAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Invasive Species & Vegetation Management (Woody Plants) (HSAIADAI), Right-of-Way & Vegetation Management (Utilities/Transportation Corridors) (IMAIAIAI), Invasive Species & Weed Management (BPABADAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Natural resource management
• Ecological reclamation services
• Wetland delineation consulting
• Vegetation management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for natural resource management, ecological consulting, reclamation, rehabilitation, and mitigation services to private and government clients. Revenue is project-based consulting work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Habitat Management (HMI, LLC.) provides natural resource management and ecological consulting services across 13 core service areas: revegetation, vegetation monitoring, weed management, wildlife management, wetland services, water/watershed management, soil services, air quality, GIS and remote sensing, drone survey, construction management, environmental compliance, and land use planning. Services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of ecologists, soil scientists, botanists, and GIS specialists to government agencies and private industry clients in mining, oil & gas, utilities, agriculture, and government sectors across nine U.S. states.

Product overview

Habitat Management (HMI) is a natural resource management and ecological consulting firm offering a unified suite of environmental services rather than discrete software products. The company provides integrated solutions across 13 core service areas: Revegetation, Vegetation Monitoring, Weed Management, Wildlife Management, Wetland Services, Water/Watershed Management, Soil Services, Air Quality Services, GIS & Remote Sensing, Drone Survey Services, Construction Services, Environmental Compliance, and Land Use Planning. These services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team of ecologists, soil scientists, botanists, GIS specialists, and engineers to government and private industry clients in mining, oil & gas, utilities, agriculture, and government sectors. The company was founded in 1995 and operates offices in Englewood, Colorado and Farmington, New Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Revegetation Services Specializes in the revegetation of disturbed and degraded sites using dynamic native species, supporting land reclamation and ecosystem restoration for government and private industry clients.
• Vegetation Monitoring Trained staff conduct various monitoring methods across different habitat types to track vegetation health and ecological progress for reclamation and compliance projects.
• Weed Management Licensed staff perform chemical, cultural, and mechanical treatments for noxious and invasive weed control on rangeland, rights-of-way, and aquatic sites.
• Wildlife Management Comprehensive wildlife studies including biological assessments, sage grouse surveys, raptor surveys, big game management plans, fisheries surveys, and Endangered Species Act compliance.
• Wetland Services Full-service wetland solutions including delineation, permitting through the Section 404 process, mitigation design, construction, and monitoring for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers compliance.
• Water & Watershed Management Watershed and stormwater management including erosion control, water treatment, NPDES permit compliance, and SWPPP development for land development projects.
• Soil Services Soil resource investigations including Order I, II, & III mapping, spoils sampling, wetland soil delineation, topsoil salvage plans, and site-specific handling and mitigation plans.
• Air Quality Services Air quality assurance including station installation and maintenance, quarterly reporting, and wind farm site selection with fatal flaw analysis.
• GIS & Remote Sensing GIS data creation, conversion, analysis, and mapping with 35 years of experience including NDVI analysis, noxious vegetation mapping, environmental sensitivity analysis, and 3D modeling.
• Drone Survey Services Aerial inventories using FAA-licensed drone pilots for orthomosaic rendering, pipeline mapping, wildlife assessment, noxious weed detection, and volumetric calculations.
• Construction Services Construction management integrating soil suitability, erosion control, vegetation management, hydrologic reconstruction, and wildlife management from design through completion.
• Environmental Compliance Services Environmental compliance reviews evaluating facility compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including permitting under the Clean Water Act, SMCRA, RCRA, and NEPA.
• Land Use Planning Land use plans evaluating existing land resource conditions for various uses including ranch management, rangeland health, surface water quality, and industrial development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed wetland construction and achieved release in less than 5 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Water & Earth Technologies, Inc. (WET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWET provides quality services in environmental consulting and permitting, water resources engineering, and data acquisition and analysis domestically and internationally. HMI partners with WET on watershed and stormwater management projects, producing PE certified watershed and hydrologic structure designs.
• Habitat Construction, LLC. (HC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHC offers heavy equipment construction services including earthwork, reclamation, and infrastructure throughout the western United States. HC has the ability, resources and financial capability to perform multi-million dollar projects. HMI teams with HC to provide specialized knowledge and hands-on experience for construction projects.
• ValcreteminorOthersValcrete has concrete batch plants at Limon and Rocky Ford, CO along with a portable batch plant. Operators have extensive experience producing concrete for irrigation systems, highways, wind farms and buildings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/habitatmngmtinc

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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