OVERVIEW OF SERVICES


Environmental Planning and Project Management

  • multidisciplinary project management
  • environmental permitting and licensing
  • NEPA/CEQA compliance
    - environmental impact statements/reports
    - environmental assessments
    - categorical exclusions
    - proponents environmental assessments
    - negative declarations
    - management plans and amendments
    - construction, operation, and maintenance plans
  • siting and routing feasibility studies
  • agency coordination
  • alternatives analysis
  • cumulative impact analysis
  • environmental justice
  • environmental mitigation
  • expert testimony

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Biological Resources

  • habitat sensitivity analysis
  • wetlands analysis/404 permitting
  • threatened and endangered species surveys
  • plant and animal inventories
  • ecological and biodiversity studies
  • plant community analysis, classification, and mapping surveys
  • habitat restoration/mitigation
  • vegetation management plans

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Cultural Resources

  • federal, state, and local historic preservation legislation compliance
  • Class I inventory, Class III survey (field surveys)
  • archaeological monitoring, protection, testing, and data recovery
  • treatment planning and mitigation
  • state and federal agency coordination
  • Native American consultation

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Land Use and Recreation Planning

  • existing and future land use studies
  • rezoning applications
  • land use plans/utility plan elements
  • city and county master plans
  • trails – hiking, biking, equestrian, and ORV
  • recreation needs assessments
  • regional recreation master planning
  • cultural/tourist attractions, interpretation
  • recreation and wilderness area studies
  • reclamation/environmental mitigation
  • visitor use studies
  • federal resource management plan review

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Public Involvement and Communications

  • public involvement plans/public information
  • goals and objectives workshops
  • ideas and issue identification
  • community research/communications strategies
  • newsletters/fact sheets
  • public meetings/open houses
  • community working groups/design focus groups
  • community/agency briefings
  • news releases/newspaper advertisements
  • telephone information lines
  • website materials, videos
  • questionnaires and data collection

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Visual Resources

  • visual resource analysis
  • agency visual management compliance
  • visual simulations (2D and 3D)
  • visual mitigation planning and design

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Landscape Architecture and Design

  • native plant inventory and salvage plans
  • site rehabilitation, reclamation, revegetation, and restoration
  • park, open space, and recreational planning and design
  • trail and recreation corridor planning and design
  • flood control facilities mitigation and landscape enhancements
  • interpretive and wayfinding planning and design
  • industrial facility planning and design
  • community master planning and design
  • highway and transportation corridor planning and design
  • campus/educational facility planning and design
  • resort/tourism planning and design
  • urban design
  • commercial/business facility planning and design
  • construction documentation and specifications
  • construction observation/administration
  • plan review and municipal plan processing

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Information Technology

  • GIS
  • data management
  • AutoCAD and Microstation production
  • remote sensing, image processing
  • video development
  • GPS
  • database development and management
  • website design, hosting, and management

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Environmental Compliance Inspections/Monitoring

  • environmental training
  • consultation and construction monitoring for cultural, biological, and earth resources
  • certified dust control monitoring
  • compliance inspections
  • vegetation management plans
  • consultation and monitoring for soil stabilization, erosion and sedimentation control, and restoration
  • fully documented inspections

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Document Production

  • technical writing and editing
  • customized covers and graphics
  • document assembly, including copying and binding
  • CD production
  • electronic format compilation

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Graphic Design

  • report graphics and document layout
  • graphic design development, layout, and production
  • meeting display graphics
  • website design, hosting, and management

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