Archives by Tag 'estuarine'

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 change adaptation, or [...]

California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative South Coast Study Region (2008 – present)

CONCUR is the lead facilitator for the California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative’s Regional Stakeholder Group (RSG) in its Southern California Study Region.  The MLPA provides that California will establish a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2011.  The MLPA pays particular attention to protecting representative examples of important habitats and ensuring that [...]

California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative – North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (2006-2007)

CONCUR helped to facilitate this second phase of the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative in 2006-2007. In completing their work, the North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCCRSG) worked closely with two other bodies – a Blue Ribbon Task Force of senior policy advisors and a Science Advisory Team – to inform the decisions [...]

MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group Facilitation Completed (2005-2006)

In 2005-2006, CONCUR facilitated the MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (CCRSG), a 32-member group charged with developing alternate packages of Marine Protected Areas for the region between Pigeon Point and Point Conception. The aim of the program is to build a statewide network to protect biological diversity and rebuild depleted fish stocks, and create [...]

Clean Estuary Partnership to Develop TMDLs and Other Water Quality Attainment Strategies for the SF Bay-Delta (2002-2006)

For five years, CONCUR worked with a team headed by Applied Marine Sciences to coordinate and facilitate the work program for the Clean Estuary Partnership (CEP). CEP is a collaborative effort of the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), and the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA). [...]

Conference on Planning for the Future of the Tokyo Bay Wetlands (1999)

In June 1999, Dr. McCreary made the lead presentation at a public conference on the Future of the Wetlands of Tokyo Bay, sponsored by Chiba University in Chiba, Japan. His presentation examined the history of planning for the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. The one-day conference attracted about 150 people, mostly citizens and associates [...]

Comprehensive Management Plan for the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge, San Diego, California (1998)

Tijuana Estuary, on the US-Mexico border, consists of an ecologically rich mosaic of wetland habitats and uplands. CONCUR was retained by the California Department of State Parks and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a joint management plan. CONCUR convened a working task force in an interactive process to develop each chapters of [...]

Land Use and Wetland Policy Framework, Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, the San Francisco Estuary Project (1989-1992)

CONCUR facilitated an agreement on a policy framework in a series of working group meetings to guide the linkage between watershed protection and land use planning in the 12-county region embraced by the Estuary Project. Parties in the Land Use negotiating group included the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Building Industry [...]

Integrated Coastal Resources Management in West Africa (1989)

Working with senior colleagues active in coastal zone management, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary co-lead a 12-nation workshop in Mbour, Senegal on integrated coastal zone management for West Africa. The meeting, co-sponsored by USAID, the US National Park’s Service’s International Program’s Division, and IUCN, brought together natural resource planners and managers from diverse perspectives to explore [...]

Cleaning Up PCBs in the Hudson River and Raritan Estuary, New York (1987)

The CONCUR partners mediated a complex dialogue under the auspices of the New York Academy of Sciences on the question of managing PCBs in the ocean region known as the New York Bight. This dialogue included ten facilitated meetings over 18 months, with contributions by 20 scientific advisors and participation by 22 federal, state and [...]