Archives by Tag 'Sacramento'

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 [...]

Strategic Planning for the California Urban Water Conservation Council (2002-2004)

CONCUR assisted the California Urban Water Conservation Council in several strategic planning initiatives. CONCUR designed and facilitated a two-day retreat in February 2004 intended to help the Council, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that brings together California urban water agencies, environmental groups and others committed to accelerating the implementation of urban water conservation best management practices, develop [...]

Lower American River Flood Control Task Force, Sacramento, California (1994-1999)

CONCUR designed and facilitated a negotiated dialogue between 34 interest groups that comprise the Lower American River Task Force, charged with developing a flood control plan for this federally recognized Wild and Scenic river, needed to protect the residents and $6 billion of property in Sacramento, the State Capitol. This ground-breaking plan integrates flood control [...]

Refuge Water Supply Interagency Cooperative Program (ICP) Stakeholder Involvement and Meeting Facilitation (1997-1998)

This project focused on developing guidance for achieving efficient water regimes in a dozen Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valley wetland reserves operated by federal and state governments and the Grassland Resource Conservation District. CONCUR designed and facilitated the meetings of the Refuge Water Supply ICP Task Force, which was comprised of 16 representatives of [...]

Independent Review of Section 404 Alternatives Analysis for Site with Vernal Pools for U.S. EPA, Region IX, Water Division (1994)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary led an independent review team of planners, economists, and attorneys in the independent review of a Section 404 analysis for a major development project near Sacramento in an area with a high density of vernal pools. Issues addressed included methods for assessing economic feasibility, assumptions regarding land use densities, and procedures [...]