SERVICES

Our interdisciplinary team provides innovative environmental and urban planning solutions. Our services include: CEQA & NEPA, environmental project management, policy analysis, regulatory compliance, document preparation & permitting, and sustainability planning.

Environmental & Urban Planning

• Land-use entitlements: Conditional Use Permits (CUP), zone reclassifications, variances, lot line adjustments, etc.
• Agriculture
• Regional and general plans
• Business models for sustainable development
• Natural resource planning
• Resilience strategy and planning
• Strategic planning
• GIS mapping, graphic design & visualizations

Biological Services

• Green House Gas Verifications (Reasonable & Limited Assurance)
• Biological Construction Monitoring (CDFW approved Biologists) & Surveys
• Permit Compliance (CDFW 1602, RWQCB 401, USACE 404)
• Special Status Species handling (see "Special Status Species" below)
• Active Bird Nest Monitoring & Installation of Nesting Bird Exclusions
• Water Testing: Turbidity & Dissolved Oxygen Testing
• Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Fencing Maintenance
• Preconstruction Native Woody Riparian Vegetation Inventory & post construction revegetation monitoring
• Stranded Aquatic Wildlife Relocation
  
• Invasive plant species removal
  
• Worker Environmental Awareness Training (WEAT) in Spanish & English (and other languages as needed)
• Biological surveys and reports (see "Techinical Studies" below)

Environmental Compliance

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)
• Regulatory compliance

Client Support

• Environmental project management
• Regulatory assistance
• Environmental litigation support
• RCRA and CERCLA case management
• Land Management

Peer Review & QA/QC

• CEQA & NEPA document peer reviews
• Quality assurance & quality control (QA/QC)
• Monitoring & evaluation

Regulatory Permitting

• Permitting for state and federal waters
• Section 404 Permitting, USACE
• Section 1600 Permit, CDFW
• Section 401 Permit, RWQCB
• Industrial General Permit- No Exposure Certification (NEC), RWQCB
• Agricultural Permitting

Technical Studies

• Environmental and social impact assessments
• Cultural resource reports & surveys: CEQA/NEPA/Section 106 of NHPA 
• Engineering reports: air, noise, hazardous waste, geotechnical, etc.
• Feasibility studies
• Delineation of wetlands and other waters
• Protocol level endangered, threatened and other special status species survey reports (see "Special Status Species" below)
• Construction reporting: Preconstruction Survey Report, Biological Resource Incident report and Annual and Final Biological Monitoring reports
• Biological Constraints Map (LA County SEATAC Tier 1 certified biologists) 

Water Quality

• Geothermal water quality monitoring
• Testing for construction monitoring (turbidity & dissolved oxygen)
• Lab testing for water constituents

Custom Workplace Training & Development

• CEQA/NEPA Training
• Current changes in CEQA & Land Use Law
• Technical Review of Initial Studies, EIRs & other Environmental Documents
• WEAT/WEAP Training in Spanish & English (and other languages as needed)

Policy

• Environmental and urban policy
• Policy research and design
• Project development

Special Status Species

• Amphibians & Reptiles:
•            American Bullfrog (management)
•            California red-legged frog 
•            Foothill yellow-legged frog 
•            Desert Tortoise
•            Northwestern pond turtle 
•            Save the Snakes Level 1 Venomous Snake Handling
  
  
• Birds:
•            Southwestern willow flycatcher 
•            Burrowing Owl
•            Swainson's Hawk
  

• Crustaceans:
•             Identification of all 25 Californian species of fairy shrimp

• Fish:
•            Owen's pupfish
•            Amargosa pupfish
•            Owen's tui chub
  

• Rodents:
•            Mohave Ground Squirrel