Archives by Tag 'wetlands'

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 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 [...]

Restoration Concepts for the Tigris-Euphrates Marshlands (2003)

CONCUR worked on this innovative initiative, sponsored by the Iraq Foundation, the U.S. State Department and other funders. The aim of the project, known as “Eden Again”, is to outline scientifically sound concepts that can be used to facilitate the restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands-including the Hammar, Haweizeh, and central marsh– which are located within [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]