These resources are provided to help you evaluate your project’s potential impacts upon the Commonwealth’s wildlife resources, and to assist with development of project assessments or permit applications.
Project Review Protocols and Procedures
- Wildlife Scoping and Resource Protection Recommendations
- Inter-agency Coordination
- Soil and Water Conservation District Project Review
- VPDES Review Procedures
- State Permit and Project Review
- DWR Projects – Staff Review Procedures
- ACOE Staff Review for CZMA Consistency
- ACOE Staff Wildlife Scoping
- ACOE Applicant Wildlife Scoping
Best Management Practices
- Time of Year Restrictions
- Virginia Bald Eagle Guide for Landowners
- USFWS Cell Tower Guidance
- Osprey Guidelines
- Fish Relocation Best Practices
- Canebrake Rattlesnake Mitigation
- Best Management Practices for Conservation of Little Brown Bats & Tri-colored Bats
- Solar Energy Facilities
- Surface Water Withdrawal Intake Design and Operation Standards
Wildlife Surveys
- Mussel Survey and Relocation Guidelines
- Loggerhead Shrike Acoustic Survey Protocols
- Henslow’s Sparrow Acoustic Survey Protocols
- Listed Species Survey Expiration Schedule
- Survey Protocols for Mabee’s Salamanders and Eastern Tiger Salamanders
- PARC’s Inventory and Monitoring: Recommended Techniques for Reptiles and Amphibians, with application to the United States and Canada
- Get your permits
Species Information
- Canebrake Rattlesnake Information Sheet
- Wood Turtle Observation Form
- Wood Turtle Information Sheet
- Bog Turtle Information Sheet
- Mabee’s Salamander Information Sheet
- Virginia’s Threatened, Endangered, and Special Concern Species
- Virginia’s Native and Naturalized Species
- Virginia Freshwater Mussel Restoration Strategy: Upper Tennessee River Basin
- Find more species information