North American design and consulting firm Stantec has acquired the assets of Natural Resources Consulting Inc., a 60-person environmental consulting and ecological restoration firm headquartered in Cottage Grove, Wis., with regional offices throughout Wisconsin and in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Colorado.

NRC and its subsidiary, NRC Restorations, specialize in biological and natural resource services, including technical and regulatory compliance support, restoration design, and natural landscape management, for governmental, traditional/renewable energy, and private sector clients.

NRC provides services in the areas of wetland, aquatic, and terrestrial ecology; wildlife science; soils science; environmental impact assessment; watershed management; ecosystem restoration design and implementation; and geographic information systems. NRC Restorations services consist of implementation of ecological restoration, protection, and enhancement, such as regulatory wetland mitigation, natural areas restoration, and utility corridor restoration.