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Peer-Reviewed Article on Marine Protected Areas Published in “Ocean & Coastal Management” Journal

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary co-authored an article with Marine Life Protection Act Initiative colleagues entitled “Science-based and stakeholder-driven marine protected area network planning: A successful case study from north central California“, published in the current issue of Ocean & Coastal Management [53 (2010) 52-68]. Former CONCUR intern Kathryn Hoffman was a key co-author.
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CONCUR Training “Negotiating Effective Environmental Agreements” Scheduled for May 19-20, 2010

CONCUR’s annual public 2-day training course “Negotiating Effective Environmental Agreements” has been scheduled for 2010.  This course will meet Wednesday-Thursday, May 19-20, 2010 in downtown Oakland’s historic Preservation Park.
Negotiation is increasingly a required part the day-to-day work of many professionals active in the environment, energy, natural resource management, and land use planning fields. While you [...]

CONCUR Awarded GSA MOBIS Federal Supply Schedule

In December 2009, CONCUR was awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule contract, and is an approved vendor for SIN 874-2: Facilitation Services. Our contract number is GS-10F-0077W.
This schedule is a contract vehicle which enables any US federal government agency to more easily contract with CONCUR for services. Under [...]

New CONCUR Fact Sheet on Watershed Planning

CONCUR has prepared a new fact sheet focused on our watershed planning experience and expertise (download PDF).

Watershed planning touches on a broad range of issues including local land use policies, stream protection concerns, restoration goals, flood control, and water quality. The planning framework can be transboundary and address implications for climate [...]

Course 2: “Facilitating and Mediating Effective Environmental Agreements” scheduled for December 1-3, 2009

CONCUR’s annual advanced training course, “Facilitating and Mediating Effective Environmental Agreements“, has been scheduled to meet Tuesday-Thursday, December 1-3, 2009 at downtown Oakland’s historic Preservation Park conference center. The course is intended for professionals working across the full range of environmental and natural resource issues in planning, policy development, or implementing site-specific projects.
This is [...]

John Gamman named to Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster

CONCUR Principal John Gamman has been named by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the U.S. Council for the International Exchange of Scholars to the roster of the international Senior Specialists Program, enabling him to work with partnering academic and governmental institutions on national and regional environmental policy issues. John is planning [...]