Darling Environmental & Surveying, Ltd. is a woman-owned multi-disciplined consulting firm based in Tucson, Arizona. Our primary goal is to provide high quality environmental consulting, surveying, 3D laser scanning, mining, and technical support services to the municipalities, utilities, governmental agencies, land developers, mining companies and agriculture industries. We continue to upgrade our technology to provide our clients with the highest level of precision. Contact us for a demonstration of our 3D Laser Scanning services or to answer any questions you might have.

Richard Darling
President
Registered Land Surveyor (RLS), Richard D. Darling, has over 31 years of diversified surveying experience. Mr. Darling has performed property title searches, written legal descriptions, boundary surveys for subdivisions, patented mineral claims, section subdivisions (GLO Retracements), and Cadastral Surveys for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Forest Service. He has extensive experience in the following: 3D Laser Scanning, Aerial Control Surveys, Mineral Claim Staking, Utility Easement Preparation and Acquisition, Flood Plain Studies, Topographic Mapping, and Construction Surveys. Mr. Darling has also performed duties as Chief Surveyor for mining and mineral exploration companies. In addition, Mr. Darling is the President of Darling Environmental and Surveying, Ltd. He has considerable business experience as evidenced by his starting and expanding the profitable business to its current size.


Mary Darling
Principal Owner
Mary E. Darling, M.S., J.D. holds a master’s degree in wildlife and fisheries biology and a law degree from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. Ms. Darling recently served as a member of the Sonoran Desert Habitat Conservation Steering Committee for Pima County and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Recovery Team. Ms. Darling has performed numerous Section 7 Endangered Species Act consultations to assist private landowners with the permitting processes involved when a threatened or endangered species or critical habitat is present in areas proposed for development. She has authored and successfully completed a Habitat Conservation Plan for the Mojave Desert Tortoise in Nye County Nevada, which resulted in the County obtaining an incidental take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ms. Darling's experience includes 12 years with the U.S. Forest Service, during which she served two years as Appeals and Litigation Coordinator. Recently, Ms. Darling has been involved with litigation as a consultant to Nye County, NV; Clark County, NV; Amphitheater School District, and various other organizations dealing with the Endangered Species Act and Land Stewardship issues. Species that Ms. Darling has worked with include: Gila Chub, Sonoran Chub, Desert Sucker, Razorback Sucker, Flannelmouth Sucker. Little Colorado Spinedace, Loach Minnow, Spikedace, Moapa Dace, Desert Pupfish, Desert Springfish, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Redband Trout, Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Pima Pineapple Cactus, Desert Tortoise, Amargosa Toad, Sonoran Tiger Salamander, California and Mexican Spotted Owl, Ocelot, Jaguar, Bald Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon.