SWCA Environmental Consultants, a 500-person environmental consulting firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, has acquired San Luis Obispo-based Morro Group. Founded in 1984, Morro Group is an environmental consulting firm specializing in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, biological resources surveys and reporting, habitat restoration planning, environmental permitting and construction/mitigation monitoring.

With the addition of the Morro Group’s San Luis Obispo office to SWCA’s existing environmental consulting offices in Pasadena and Sacramento, SWCA now has over 65 California staff in three offices to serve clients statewide.

In addition to its key CEQA/NEPA services, Morro Group offers biological resource inventories and assessments; local, state and federal permitting; threatened and endangered species surveys; wetland delineations and mitigation plans; habitat conservation plans; native habitat restoration and monitoring plans; visual resource assessments and project management services.

The San Luis Obispo office will be led by Morro Group President Mary Reents and Vice President Bill Henry. Bill will be the Office Director responsible for the day-to-day operations. Mary will be a Senior Consultant with business development and project management responsibilities. They will also be able to efficiently provide additional SWCA services, such as cultural resources management and paleontology, to their clients.

SWCA is an employee-owned, Engineering News-Record Top 200 environmental firm, with more than 26 years of experience in the industry. Since 1981, SWCA has achieved a national reputation for providing its clients with creative solutions based on sound science and professional integrity. With 23 offices, SWCA provides environmental consulting services to clients across the U.S. and its territories as well as the Pacific Islands.

For more information about SWCA, please visit www.swca.com.