Environmental Analysis services offered include a full range of environmental impact analysis (EIA), from assisting an agency in finding exemptions for a specific project to assembling a team of experts for a comprehensive environmental impact report (EIR/EIS). We specialize in incorporating mitigation into project design, thereby reducing agency requirements. From individual site assessments to team participation in Program EIR’s, Habitat Conservation Plans and Master Plan EIR’s, we provide biological assessments needed for meeting ESA and other agency requirements. Our services include working for agencies, private land owners and developers/entrepreneurs. We also teach/offer coursework in NEPA/CEQA, including field techniques.

We are currently teaching a 3-unit lecture/lab on NEPA/CEQA Assessments to 48 students at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA (NRPI 425 Environmental Impact Assessments). We are redesigning the course to incorporate field techniques to add to existing requirements of document review, environmental assessments and preparation of EA’s and EIR’s utilizing several local coastal project locations each semester. We have incorporated contemporary subjects including climate change, alternative energy assessments, stormwater and invasive species management.

Clients & Projects:

• Robert Goodman Winery – MND for Winery in converted Historic Humboldt Machine Works building, Arcata, CA
• Old Jacoby Creek School – Structural Analysis/Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation, Bayside, CA
• Arcata Theatre Lounge – MND for Historic Theatre renovation, Arcata, CA
• Schmidbauer – Los Harbors 12-acre Mixed Use Business Park MND on Former Mill Site, Arcata, CA
• BJB – 14 unit Housing Development MND on Former Reid and Wright Mill Site, Arcata, CA
• Trillium Creek Homes – Wetland Delineation for forested hillside development, Arcata, CA
• Marshall – General Plan/LCP Amendment for Subdivision. Coastal Issues Paper including Agriculture Conversion, Wetlands, Views, Traffic, Drainage adjacent to Lake Earl, Del Norte County, CA
• NRM, Inc. – Three FONSI’s for separate visitor-serving facility expansion in Sequoia National Monument with emphasis in construction-related impacts, storm water runoff.
• Remiorz/German Motors – 23,000 s.f. Mixed-Use Commercial Building Remodel MND, Arcata, CA
• Cypress Grove – 13,000 s.f. Goat Cheese Dairy MND, Arcata, CA
• Rupp & Associates – 26,000 s.f. Mixed-Use Commercial Building MND, Arcata, CA
• Nolan Trucking – EIR for 12,000 s.f. Trucking Facility/General Plan Amendment/Zone Reclassification/Subdivision, Alton, CA
• Mendocino County – EIR for 20,000 s.f. Mixed Use Development in Historic Town of Mendocino, CA
• Del Norte County – EIR for Regional Transportation Plan, Del Norte County, CA
• Humboldt State University – MND for 50-Unit Student Housing EA, Arcata, CA
• Wildwood Estates – DEIR for a 260 unit Subdivision, General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification in Rio Dell, CA
• Karuk Tribe – FONSI for Land Acquisition/Housing Developments, Humboldt/Trinity Counties, CA
• Bureau of Indian Affairs – FONSI for Road Improvements to Trinidad/Big Lagoon/Resighini Rancheria Housing Projects
• Cal-North Cellular – MND for Various Cellular Telephone Communication Facilities Humboldt County, CA
• Twin Rock Estates – EIR for 62-Unit Subdivision, Del Norte County, CA
• Del Norte County – EIR for County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, Del Norte County, CA
• City of Eureka – EA for Various Waterfront Developments/Rock Slope Protection Projects along 6,800 lineal feet of Humboldt Bay waterfront, Eureka, CA
• City of Eureka – Del Norte St. Pier/ Eel Grass Monitoring Study, Eureka, CA
• Commercial Radio and Electronics – MND for New Communication Facility, Eureka, CA
• Omsberg & Preston – More than fifty EA documents for a variety of development projects