Ursos services
Our approach: positive, constructive, & collaborative
Healthy environment = Healthy economy and people

Ursos Services

URSOS is an environmental consulting organization that provides the following services within the fields of sustainable land management, environmental communication, and event planning:

(1) Scientifically-informed guidance for people, companies, tribes, non-profit organizations, local governments and other agencies:

  • Assistance in developing sustainable land management plans (including by taking advantage of financial incentive programs)
  • Conducting scientific research and monitoring
  • Constructively reviewing public and private land management plans for scientific merit
  • Providing science-based expert witness testimony
  • Researching and authoring Endangered Species Act petitions
  • We hold particular expertise in the science, monitoring, and management of invasive weeds

  • (2) Communication of the financial, health and quality of life benefits of sustainability to the general public, companies, decisionmakers and the media;

  • We assist media, non-profit and other organizations in (1) developing fresh, clear, science-based explanations of complex environmental issues; and (2) educating the general public and decisionmakers in the importance of a healthy environment to our finances, health, security, and quality of life.

    (3) Organization and planning of events including conferences, lectures, workshops, benefit concerts, and extravaganzas for public and private organizations and individuals.

    For detailed information about these services, please refer to the menu items below.


  • Our approach: positive, constructive, & collaborative

    We approach conservation problems with a positive and constructive mindset in which we assess all components of a system—environmental, economic, health, and quality of life—to determine (1) which are currently being negatively and positively affected by the status quo, and (2) where there is room for improvement. The goal is to develop incentive-based solutions rooted in the best available scientific information.

    Healthy environment = Healthy economy & people

    We aim to help promote the benefits of sustainability by helping consumers, companies and government agencies find ways to save money, boost profits and improve health and quality of life while also benefiting the environment. To this end, we are helping to develop valuable sustainable living, business and land management tools and resources for consumers, public and private land managers, companies, tribes, local governments, and other agencies.

    Please Join Us

    With hard work, and an optimistic, creative and collaborative spirit, we are confident that it is possible to devise and communicate innovative and economically fair conservation solutions. We look forward to working with you, our valued clients. Please contact us to inquire about our availability.

    URSOS Services


    Invasive Species Research, Monitoring, and Management Planning


    Read a Popular Press Article about our Invasive Species Research and Outreach

    Read Another: American Museum of Natural History: Species and Sprawl - A Road Runs Through It, 2/2005


    Reports and lectures to inform people and decisionmakers about the multiple benefits of sustainable practices


    Communication of the financial, health and quality of life benefits of sustainability


    Clear non-scientific explanations of environmental issues for print media, radio, television, and documentary film.


    Research and writing of constructive professional critiques and expert witness testimony on the scientific merit of public and private land management plans.


    Booking, planning, and promotion of conferences, lectures, benefit concerts, organizational/ company parties, and more

    We are currently helping people, companies and government officials find ways to save money and improve their health and quality of life while also benefiting the environment. For more information, please visit
    Conservation Value!