Archives by Tag 'strategic planning'

NOAA Fisheries to Implement Bycatch Reduction Regulations for False Killer Whales; Based on CONCUR-Facilitated Consensus Team Recommendations

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) recently published a Take Reduction Plan and implementing regulations to protect false killer whales in Hawaii. The Plan is based largely on recommendations developed by a CONCUR-facilitated False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team. “The steps NOAA Fisheries is taking will help mitigate the impacts on these populations of [...]

Senior officials break ground on Alaska Way Viaduct (State Route 99) Replacement (June 2012)

Five years after a collaborative planning effort was launched with help from CONCUR, the Governor of the State of Washington, Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, and other political leaders joined on June 6 to break ground on the State Rte. 99 tunnel in downtown Seattle. The next milestone in the project is to create a pit [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Update (December 2011)

Work to replace Seattle’s aging and at-risk elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct highway with a deep-bore tunnel continues to make important progress. Starting in November 2011, construction crews began demolishing an 1,100-foot stretch of the Alaskan Way Viaduct’s southern end – a key early milestone in the $4.2 billion project to replace the waterfront highway. Another [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Update (August 2011)

Work to replace Seattle’s aging and at-risk elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct highway with a deep-bore tunnel took two more important steps forward this month as Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum in support of the project and federal highway officials gave final sign-off to the $4.2-billion initiative. The federal action – known as the signing [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Takes Another Step Forward (July 2011)

CONCUR often designs and executes collaborative processes that mesh with (or culminate in) a final environmental assessment. In the case of Seattle’s aging and at-risk Alaskan Way Viaduct (AWV) highway, the State of Washington has this week released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its plans to replace the AWV with a deep-bore tunnel [...]

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Dialogue (Fall 2010)

Between August and October 2010, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary convened a phased dialogue focusing on improving land use decision-making for the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. The dialogue, supported by the Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation, focused in particular on identifying and strengthening concrete commitments to Gorge resource protection and management. The Gorge, a stunning natural resource [...]

Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Strategic Planning (August 2010)

CONCUR Associate Rebecca Tuden facilitated a strategic planning meeting of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) on August 19, 2010 in Reno, Nevada. The meeting was organized and convened by NVSGC to identify 2010-2014 goals and targets for NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The meeting focused on providing participants with an [...]

Nevada System of Higher Education Climate Change Education Conference, May 24–25, 2010

Building on CONCUR’s work in November 2008, CONCUR Associate Rebecca Tuden and Affiliate Peter Bluhon facilitated the Nevada System of Higher Education Climate Change Education Conference 2010 on May 24–25, 2010. The conference was organized and implemented as the second year strategic activity under the Education Component goals funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) [...]

False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team (2009-Present)

In Fall 2009, CONCUR was asked to help the NOAA/NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) prepare for and convene the pre-meeting of the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team meeting held November 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii. CONCUR’s work on this effort focused on several key tasks: (1) providing strategic planning advice to PIRO; (2) working [...]

Abalone Advisory Group (AAG) Releases Report: “Management Options for a Potential Red Abalone Fishery on San Miguel Island” (January 29, 2010)

A novel collaborative process designed and led by CONCUR to develop a range of management options for a potential red abalone fishery reached a major milestone on February 16, 2010, when the Marine Resources Committee (MRC) of the California Fish and Game Commission met to discuss the newly-released report. The report – entitled “Management Options [...]