Archives by Tag 'ESA'
Facilitated Workshop Jeopardy Analyses under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (2004)
CONCUR was retained by NOAA Fisheries to help design and facilitate a three-day Technical Workshop on jeopardy assessment in August 2004. The goal of the workshop was to solicit individual comments from scientific experts in the disciplines of conservation biology, population ecology, and risk assessment on the current analytical framework by which NOAA Fisheries evaluates [...]
Facilitated Technical Workshop on Marine Turtle Post-Hooking Mortality (2004)
CONCUR was retained by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to help design and facilitate a Technical Workshop on marine turtle mortality resulting from interactions with longline fishing gear. The Workshop took place in Bethesda, Maryland on January 14-15, 2004 and brought together 17 experts in the fields of marine turtle veterinary medicine, biology, [...]
Lower Owens River Project (LORP) (2003-2004)
CONCUR designed and completed a Stakeholder Assessment for U.S. EPA, examining the potential to use a facilitation/mediation process to resolve a long-running 30 year dispute over water and wildlife resources between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), Inyo County, local and national environmental groups, the State of California, and Native American tribes.
The [...]
Guadalupe Oil Field Cleanup, San Luis Obispo County, California (1997-2002)
CONCUR designed and mediated a dispute resolution process leading to clean-up of the Guadalupe Oil Field for the State of California and Union Oil of California (UNOCAL). The site is located in central California’s San Luis Obispo County. Over the 40-year life of the oil field, more than 15 million gallons of petroleum products gradually [...]
CALFED: Devising an Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program (1998-2001)
Between 1998 and 2001, CONCUR successfully mediated a dialogue among agricultural, environmental and agency interests working to structure a program that elicits and assures efficient agricultural water management practices. The effort, known as the Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Steering Committee and part of the federal-state initiative known as the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, helped resolve longstanding [...]
CALFED: Supporting Ecosystem Restoration (1997-2000)
CONCUR worked with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program on two separate occasions to foster the broadly supported development and implementation of the Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP), one of the largest environmental planning initiatives ever undertaken in North America.
In 1997, CONCUR helped design and facilitate the Independent Review Panel on Ecosystem Restoration, which critically reviewed the draft [...]
South Orange County Infrastructure Improvement Project (SOCTIIP) (1999-2000)
CONCUR designed and carried out a mediation process with local, state and federal agencies in support of a decision making process to provide greater transportation capacity in South Orange County, California. A toll road has been planned for several years to alleviate congestion on Interstate 5, a major commuter route in the rapidly developing South [...]
California Endangered Species Act
Working under contract with the California Department of Fish and Game, CONCUR facilitated an advisory committee to provide advice on the implementation of provisions dealing with the accidental take of listed species in agricultural operations. Participants include representative of DFG, the California Department of Food an Agriculture, and several environmental, wildlife protection, and agricultural interests.