Circle Mountain Biological Consultants has provided professional biological services in southern California for the past 19 years, and has successfully completed over 750 projects, including over 235 in the Morongo Basin (Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and 29 Palms). The company started as a partnership in 1994, and incorporated in 2007. Biologists Edward LaRue and Sharon Dougherty are the owners and principals. CMBC specializes in the biological resources of the Mojave Desert and San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains.