Palmer Environmental Consulting Group Inc. (PECG) is a dynamic team of environmental professionals who provide strategic advice and support to clients across Canada. We specialize in building and managing multi-disciplinary teams of experts to advance environmental assessments and permits for mining, energy, water and wastewater, and land development and infrastructure projects.

Our proven approach to understanding and overcoming challenges faced by our clients has inspired industry-respected scientists and engineers from across North America to team with our in-house experts in fisheries science, water quality, geomorphology and hydrogeology to help achieve our clients’ goals.

Featured Projects

New Gold Inc.

Blackwater Project

New Gold Inc. is advancing its Blackwater Project, a proposed gold-silver mine located in central British Columbia. PECG was retained to lead the Fisheries Act permitting, provide technical responses to information requests, and update and design the final fish habitat offsetting plan.

Associated Engineering

Halton Zone 4

PECG was retained by Associated Engineering to manage and obtain environmental approvals as part of the Trafalgar Road 1200 mm Feedermain Project. For this ongoing project, PECG has conducted fisheries, terrestrial, groundwater and surface water assessments, including a SAR screening, to build upon the results of the Sustainable Halton Water & Wastewater Master Plan Report and the Approved EA documents.

Aquatera Utilities Inc.

Wapiti River Water Diversion

Aquatera Utilites Inc. is the provider of potable water and wastewater facilities to the City of Grande Prairie and the surrounding area. PECG was retained by Aquatera to evaluate the effects of its water taking and discharge on the Wapiti River, as a condition of its long-term water diversion license, with the aim of demonstrating to regulatory agencies that its operations are having no adverse effects on water quality and fish habitat.

Spotlight

PECG HELPS DE-RISK EXPLORATION TARGETS IN BC

A PECG project was recently published by Geoscience BC that develops a multivariate, multimedia analysis of geochemical data to incorporate sediment transport and bedrock characteristics into the delineation of low-risk exploration targets.

PECG PUBLISHES NWT EXPLORATION PAPER

A PECG project was recently published by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey to assess the utility of publicly available surface sediment indicator mineral and geochemical data, and provide methods to standardize and evaluate them to better focus exploration efforts.

PECG presents at Geoscience BC Workshop

Dave Sacco will be presenting at Geoscience BC’s TREKing Through BC’s Central Interior workshop in Vancouver, BC where he will discuss the entirety of the multi-year TREK surface sediment exploration program aimed at identifying low-risk exploration targets.

PECG IS HIRING

We are seeking a Senior Fisheries Biologist to join our team in Vancouver, BC. See our Careers page for more information.