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6 Helping Sunshine Lake Live Up to Its Name

June 2016

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2 Message from Our CEO

5 New Faces

8 Protected Species Update

10 Congratulations!

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3 Consulting the Genius of the River: Existing Bridges Provide Design Insight for New Span

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The Changing Landscape: Workingintheenvironmentalfieldrequires keeping your eye on the landscape…literallyandfigura-tively—the physical landscape of our natural areas and communi-ties, as well as the political and regulatory landscapes. ESA monitors staffchangesatlocal,state,andfederalregulatoryagenciesaswellaschangesonthepoliticallandscapethatweknowcanaffectour clients and work. This summer there is an important personnel change occurring on the regulatory landscape in our western region that will touch many of our clients and the projects we work on: Paul Souza will take over as the new Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS’s) Pacific Southwest Region (Region 8), headquartered in Sacramento, which oversees California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin region of Oregon.

Mr. Souza arrives in Region 8 at a time of notable resource manage-mentchallengesandopportunitiesthatrangefromthefledglingtask of multiple dam removals on the Klamath River to the multi-yearefforttoreconcilewatersupply,endangeredspeciesprotec-tion, and natural resource stewardship in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Bay Delta. ESA is working on several projects across the region—including infrastructure projects and restoration/conser-vationeffortsthatareinthemidstofconsultationwithUSFWS.Mr.Souzawillinherittheseeffortsandsetthetoneintheregionforhabitatconservationeffortsandregulatorycomplianceunderthe federal regulations, including the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. Based on his experience, Mr. Souza will bring an emphasis on science-driven solutions and landscape-scale conservation—both welcomed.

A 19-year veteran with USFWS, early in his career Mr. Souza was the FieldSupervisorfortheSouthFloridaEcologicalServicesOffice,where he led habitat protection and species recovery actions as well as the Service’s role in the Everglades Restoration. His experi-ence with the successful Everglades restoration will be relevant for the landscape-scale restoration needed in our Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. Most recently, Mr. Souza has worked at the Wash-ington,D.C.,headquarters,firstasDeputyAssistantDirectorfortheEcological Services Program and for the last two years as Assistant Director for Science Applications. In this role he provided leader-ship on science policy, served as science advisor and the Service Director,andledagencyeffortstorespondtoglobalclimatechange. He has helped shape the Service’s national agenda for change toward “a science-driven landscape conservation business model.”

Mr. Souza will be supported by outgoing Regional Director Ren Lohoefener, who has agreed to stay on through the end of 2016 to “assist the agency as an advisor on California water issues.” Mr. Lohoefener arrived in Sacramento in 2008 to lead the newly created

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PacificSouthwestRegion8.HehasplayedanimportantrolerepresentingtheServiceintheturbulentefforttoachieveco-equalgoals for California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta of improving new water supply reliability while at the same time protecting andrestoringahealthyDeltaecosystem.Thiseffortincludesanambitious plan to implement truly landscape-scale restoration of vital wetland and riparian habitats involving thousands of acres. As Mr. Souza steps into an active role in Delta management, his landscape-scale restoration experience and emphasis on science-based conservation approaches will be helpful.

On the political landscape, Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton (1993–2001), has been asked by Governor Jerry Brown to participate in stakeholder discussions regardingthecurrenteffortstoimprovewatersupplyreliabilityinthe Delta, now called the California Water Fix program. Mr. Babbitt isnostrangertoCalifornia’sefforttoachievebothwatersupplyreli-ability and ecosystem stewardship in the Delta; as Interior Secretary, he was instrumental in helping forge the Bay–Delta Accord and initiatingthesuccessoreffortCalFedprogram—bothpredeces-sors to the current California Water Fix and EcoRestore programs. He recently addressed the Association of California Water Agen-cies at its December 2015 conference, and while the majority of his talk was focused on the recently passed Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, he also addressed the Delta:

“The Delta must in some way be brought into a more clearly focused reliable central piece because the rest of the statewide plan, every-thing is connected and the Delta is the biggest source of sustainable surface water supply in this state by far. It really gets wrapped up in decisions that relate to conjunctive use, that relate to storage issues and to groundwater storage. I suspect it’s going to be even more important with the onset of climate change …”

In his remarks, Mr. Babbitt posits that whether or not the proposed water conveyance tunnels are approved, the needed Delta policy isn’t really about infrastructure, but about establishing a “stable, reliable, environmentally appropriate framework for Delta [water supply] exports.” He points out that Governor Brown’s proposed California Water Fix program provides key elements of such a framework—identifyingaminimumbaseline(floor)forwaterexportsin dry years and a provision for increased exports in wet years—but lacks a critical element: regulatory certainty. Regulatory certainty for thissourceofCalifornia’swatersupplyrestsondevelopinganeffec-tive plan for restoration and conservation of the Delta ecosystem health.

And so, back to the top of this article—the physical landscape linked to the political landscape linked to the regulatory landscape linked to … Welcome to Region 8, Mr. Souza!

design was the project construction schedule (as part of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project, the bridge needed to be constructed in time for the grand opening), requiring the design team to consider alternative approaches to time-inten-sive hydraulic analysis. The design-build nature of the project allowed ESA to collaborate closely with Kiewit Marine to discuss construction methods concurrent with development of the bridge design.

In an effort to minimize the disturbance of contaminated sediments at the bridge site, the design of Tilikum Crossing included scour countermeasures around the base of its two towers. Each tower consists of a complex cluster of piers comprising six 10-foot-diameter driven shafts with an oval pile cap. Designing such measures is somewhat atypical for a “new” bridge project, as new bridges do not incorporate separate scour mitigation elements because bridge foundation elements must be designed to be deep enough so they are not affected by predicted scour effects.

Tilikum Crossing is the newest bridge in Portland, Oregon, to span the Willamette River (the second largest river in Oregon) in 43 years and has the distinction of being the longest car-free bridge in the United States. Built by the regional transit agency TriMet, this 1,720-foot-long cable-stayed bridge, also known as the Bridge of the People, provides passage for light rail trains, streetcars, buses, pedestrians, and cyclists, but not private vehicles. T.Y. Lin International was the bridge Engineer of Record, with Kiewit Marine the construction contractor for this design/build project. ESA served as the project’s hydraulic engineer, providing hydraulic analysis, scour protection designs, stormwater conveyance, treatment design, and permitting coor-dination.

Located near an industrial area where World War II–era liberty ships and naval auxiliaries were dismantled, contaminated sedi-ments were known to be present around the bridge site. Bridge design and construction needed to minimize erosive forces around the bridge foundations that could cause the suspen-sion of these contaminated sediments. Further influencing the

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Consulting the Genius of the River Existing Bridges Provide Design Insight for New Span

Tilikum is a Chinook Jargon word meaning people, tribe, or family.

Adam Zucker, PE Mauria Pappagallo, PE Diedra Case

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What Affects Scour Around Bridge Piers?

Scour around bridge piers is largely affected by three physical factors: the size and geometry of the pier, water depth, and stream velocity. Empirical equations are typically used to quan-tify scour associated with piers that have a singular geometry, such as a “simple” cylinder or rectangle. More complicated equations have been developed for “complex” pier designs, but they aren’t universally applicable. Because of the size of the Willamette River, conditions at one bridge tower are signifi-cantly different than conditions at the other, presenting further challenges to identifying a proper analytical tool for evaluating and quantifying scour.

Given the site-specific conditions and challenges of the bridge, a two-dimensional model or physical model would typically be used to predict the scour conditions; however, the project’s construction schedule and budget prevented these methods from being practical. To meet the project’s schedule, ESA turned to the “Bridge City” (as Portland is known) as an open book from which to gain valuable insights and customize the design process. Field conditions and historical scour infor-mation from surrounding downtown bridges were used as surrogates to a physical model to inform the design of scour countermeasures. We reviewed as-built construction draw-ings, historic bridge inspection reports (that included periodic pier scour measurements), and a recent bathymetric survey of the river reach to understand scour patterns associated with existing bridges upstream and downstream of the project site. One particular bridge, immediately downstream, was found to have a pier geometry, orientation, and location similar to Tilikum

Crossing. In addition to the data review of nearby bridges, a Price flow meter suspended from the boat and pipe drogues tracked by GPS enhanced the team’s understanding of the river current in the reach and near the piers of existing bridges. A Ponar® (sediment grab sampler) and boring logs from the project’s geotechnical investigation were used to gather infor-mation regarding the size of channel substrate. Altogether, the on-the-water studies of nearby bridge piers and river dynamics produced a set of refined variables needed for the hydraulic analysis.

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Each project presents unique lessons, whether it be on the ground or on the water. The “real” data collected by ESA during their on-the-water studies boosted project efficiency and provided the team confidence in the proposed countermeasure design, reducing the amount of uncertainty that often comes along with the use of theoretical scour equations alone.

After an inclusive community naming process, Tilikum Crossing opened for use in September 2015. See the construction time lapse video online at http://trimet.org/tilikum/#construction.

As infrastructure continues to age and development pressures increase, ESA will remain alongside our clients and communities to help plan smarter, enduring solutions for the natural and built environment. For more information about ESA’s bridge hydraulic and scour analysis capabilities or for help planning your project, contact Adam Zucker at azucker@esassoc.com or by calling 503.274.2010.

Bridge “scour” refers to the erosion of streambed and streambanks caused by hydraulic restriction and/or blockages created by structures located in the stream channel and floodplain. Scour countermeasures are “after the fact” design elements that are sometimes installed around foundational elements of existing bridges that have been determined to be structurally vulnerable as a result of scour.

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James GoodPrincipal Associate, Water Quality Specialist Seattle, WA | jgood@esassoc.com

Jim brings more than 30 years of experience evaluating physical, chemical,andbiologicaleffectsinaquaticenvironments.Hehassummarized and interpreted water quality data to aid in decision-making, developed and implemented sampling and analysis plans to meet project goals, monitored compliance with quality assurance objectives, modeled pollutant loads, evaluated project impacts, and provided solutions to meet permit requirements. Jim has also assisted municipal and industrial dischargers with meeting a variety of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit condi-tions, including monitoring water, sediment, and aquatic biota.

ESA continues to strategically add expertise and resources to better meet our clients’ needs. Join us in welcoming the latest

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Angela RobinsonSenior Marketing Coordinator Northern California Petaluma, CA | arobinson@esassoc.com

Chris SequeiraSenior Managing Associate Airports New York, NY | csequeira@esassoc.com

Daniel SloatSenior Associate II Air Quality Specialist Sacramento, CA | dsloat@esassoc.com

Hilary FinckAssociate III Water San Francisco, CA | hfinck@esassoc.com

Jeffrey GoodsonManaging Associate Noise and Air Quality Specialist San Diego, CA | jgoodson@esassoc.com

Jeffery WinterSenior Associate I Biological Resources Tampa, FL | jwinter@esassoc.com

Julie StoutSenior Managing Associate Biological Resources San Diego, CA | jstout@esassoc.com

Karin BoulerManaging Associate Transportation San Francisco, CA | kbouler@esassoc.com

Nivi DasSenior Managing Associate Urban Design Sacramento, CA | ndas@esassoc.com

Peter CarrManaging Associate Community Development Seattle, WA | pcarr@esassoc.com

Sara DietlerManaging Associate Cultural Resources Los Angeles, CA | sdietler@esassoc.com

Sheila McElroySenior Program Manager Senior Historic Resource Manager San Francisco, CA | smcelroy@esassoc.com

Sylvia VegaPrincipal Associate, Southern California Transportation Director Irvine, CA | svega@esassoc.com

Sylvia brings more than 32 years of transportation experience. She is skilled in large-scale project planning, personnel management, and high-level coordination with federal, state, and local agencies. Throughtheadministrationofmulti-disciplinarystaffduringherCaltrans tenure and understanding of projects in a regional context, shehasthebigpictureperspectivenecessarytoeffectivelyestablisha critical path and ensure project success.

Restoring clarity and health to this neighborhood amenity involved more than a few surprises, including making scientists local heroes.

Helping Sunshine Lake Live Up to Its Name

By David Tomasko, PhD, Principal Associate

The last twelve years have brought a number of severe chal-lenges to the people living next to Southwest Florida’s Sunshine Lake. On August 13, 2004 (Friday the 13th), Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 hurricane at landfall, passed directly overhead. At the time, Charley was the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and it devastated local neighborhoods. As the region started its long recovery from the destruction, another environmental problem began to plague local residents.

Sunshine Lake is an artificial waterbody created as part of the dredge and fill activities that produced so many of Florida’s waterfront developments. Dating back to the late 1950s, the lake was bordered on three sides by waterfront lots and on the west side by a park with tennis courts, picnic tables, and a playground. Around 2008, local residents started to notice something different about the lake. The clear water and white sandy bottom started to change, slowly at first, into a new and far less desirable waterbody. What had once been a neighbor-hood amenity became an eyesore. An attribute of the neighbor-hood that previously added to lakeside homeowners’ property values became, instead, a reason for prospective buyers to look elsewhere.

Scientists working for ESA responded to a request for assis-tance from Charlotte County to help diagnose the problems in Sunshine Lake and to develop a course of action to help the community restore the lake’s water quality and ecological health. Preliminary assessments determined that, contrary to residents’ beliefs, the lake had not been lowered below its historical elevation; instead, the lake itself was filling up from the bottom as a result of an accumulation of organic material composed of living and dead layers of a type of blue-green algae (aka cyanobacteria) that had previously been noted in polluted lakes and reservoirs in Brazil. Like most algal blooms, this particular one was likely due to enrichment of the lake with some combination of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus.

The public’s desire to “do something” about the lake led the County to dredge the entire lake. Complicating the matter, since the material removed was not an inert mass of sand or muck, the algal bloom continued to grow during the dredging operation, resulting in a more expensive project than originally anticipated. Determining the source(s) of the nutrients that likely allowed the bloom to form in the first place was thus an essen-tial first step in ensuring that such sources could be acted upon, to minimize the likelihood of a recurrence of the algal bloom.

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A lake management plan was produced for the County after the completion of a six-month-long study to quantify nutrient impacts from surface water runoff, groundwater seepage, and atmospheric deposition. After collecting, analyzing, and interpreting all the collected data, the scientists concluded that the nutrient most likely responsible for triggering the algal bloom was phosphorus, not nitrogen. Rather than sewage, pet waste, or lawn fertilizers, the excess phosphorus was attributed to a local outcropping of a phosphorus-rich geological feature termed the “Bone Valley Formation”—the basis for the phos-phate mining industry in Central Florida, and the source of 60 percent of the phosphorus used by farmers in the United States.

Because of the natural source of the phosporus, there is no easy fix to reduce the ongoing nutrient loads to Sunshine Lake, and therefore no single project can prevent the algal bloom from reoccurring. Instead, an adaptive management approach was instituted, which has included increasing the lake level in the dry season, augmenting the lake with lower nutrient groundwater from deeper aquifers, the systematic and ongoing

physical removal of submerged aquatic vegetation (and the nutrients contained within them) as opposed to chemical treat-ment with herbicides, the installation of whole-lake aeration systems, and the use of floating treatment wetland islands to provide an “alternative destination” for incoming nutrient loads.

The lake has recovered dramatically from its previous highly degraded condition. Lakeside residents have called out to researchers on the lake to thank them for helping to bring about the lake’s recovery—public feedback that is not often experi-enced by scientists working in the field. The transformation of Sunshine Lake from an eyesore back to a local amenity has been a success story that is visible to all who know the history of the lake.

For more information about the Sunshine Lake Restoration or for assistance planning and restoring your project, contact ESA’s Dave Tomasko at dtomasko@esassoc.com or call 813.207.7205.

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Agencies are continually taking actions to protect sensitive species. If you have questions about the following actions, contact Mark Roll at mroll@esassoc.com or Barbra Calantas at bcalantas@esassoc.com or call 619.719.4200.

District Court Rules Federal Agency Not Required to Ensure Compliance with Migra-tory Bird Treaty Act or Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act in Issuance of Land Lease (West)

March 29: In the Protect Our Communities Foundation et al. v. Black et al. decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) did not violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) or Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) by approving a land lease between the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians and Tule Wind, LLC, for the Tule Wind Project, proposed in eastern San Diego County. At least nine golden eagle nests are located within 10 miles of the proposed project site, and plaintiffs alleged that the BIA permitted Tule Wind, LLC, to violate the MBTA and BGEPA by approving the land lease for the project. The court found that the lease, which required Tule Wind, LLC, to comply with all applicable laws and required them to apply for an eagle take permit prior to the start of operation, does not itself authorize the killing of eagles or other migratory birds. The court also noted that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), not the BIA, is responsible for administering the BGEPA and MBTA, and found that these are reactive laws that “do not require an agency permitting a third party’s otherwise lawful activity to condition approval on obtaining permits administered by another agency.” The court’s ruling is available here: http://www.endangeredspecieslawandpolicy.com/files/2016/04/BIA-case.pdf.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Determines Designating Critical Habitat for Northern Long-Eared Myotis Is Not Prudent (Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast)

April 27: The USFWS determined that designating critical habitat for the federally threatened northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) is not prudent. At the time of listing (April 2015), the USFWS determined that designation of critical habitat for the species was prudent, but not determinable. The USFWS notes in their current determination that new information made available since the time of listing “demonstrates that desig-nating the wintering habitat as critical habitat for the bat would likely increase the threat from vandalism and disturbance, and could, potentially, increase the spread of white-nose syndrome.” Further, the USFWS determined that designating summering habitat as critical habitat would not be beneficial to the species for two primary reasons: 1) summer habitat is not limited and loss of summer habitat is not a range-wide threat and 2) while there are important elements of summer habitat (forests for roosting, raising young, foraging, and movement), best available information indicates that specific habitat needs and prefer-ences are “relatively flexible, plentiful, and widely distributed.” More information is available here: https://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2016/2016-09673.pdf.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Authorizes Incidental Take of Only Known Wild Jaguar in the United States (Southwest)

April 28: The USFWS issued a Biological Opinion (BO) for the Rosemont Copper Mine, located in Pima County, Arizona, which authorizes incidental take of the only known wild jaguar

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(Panthera onca) in the United States. The BO was issued under a request from the U.S. Forest Service to reinitiate Section 7 consultation for the mine project and concluded the project is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the jaguar. The USFWS justified their conclusion based on an analysis that was global in scope. The BO states the project “will affect a miniscule amount of habitat” within the species’ entire range (i.e., southern United States to South America). The BO further reasons that only one jaguar will be incidentally taken rela-tive to an estimated 30,000 individuals range-wide. The BO addresses eleven other federally listed species, including: Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis), northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), Gila chub (Gila intermedia), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), ocelot (Felis pardalis), lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae), southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva), and Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robus-tispina). The BO is available here: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2016/05/04/document_pm_01.pdf.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revisions to Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act Permitting Program (Nationwide)

May 6: The USFWS proposed revisions to BGEPA permit-ting regulations, representing their second attempt to revise permitting regulations since they were originally promulgated under the act in 2009. The USFWS notes in the proposed rule that revisions are needed to create a permitting framework that is more conducive to consistent administration and public compliance. Among other revisions, the USFWS is proposing to modify the definition of the “Preservation Standard,” extend the maximum permit duration for incidental take permits, and standardize mitigation requirements. The BGEPA requires that authorized eagle take meet the Preservation Standard, which is currently defined as “consistent with the goal of maintaining stable or increasing breeding populations.” The proposed revisions seek to modify this definition to “consistent with the goals of maintaining stable or increasing breeding popula-tions in all eagle management units and persistence of local populations throughout the geographic range of both species.” Applicable to this revised definition, the USFWS explains they are considering realignment of existing eagle management

units to better reflect regional populations and migrations patterns. The proposed rule reintroduces the maximum permit duration of 30-years; the regulatory provisions allowing 30 year permits were recently removed in February 2016 to comply with a 2015 court ruling. The USFWS notes that the existing maximum permit duration of 5 years is unnecessarily burden-some and has discouraged proponents of long-term activities from applying for permits. For individual long-term permits, the proposed revisions require evaluation by the USFWS at no more than 5-year intervals. The USFWS indicates that evalu-ation may require implementation of additional conservation measures beyond those originally contemplated. The proposed revisions seek to clarify when compensatory mitigation will be required as a condition of permit issuance. For golden eagles, the proposed revisions would maintain a no-net-loss approach given the species’ negative population growth, and one-to-one compensation would be required for all permits authorizing golden eagle take. For bald eagles, the need for compensa-tory mitigation would depend on the amount of take relative to the status of the local population. The proposed rule indicates that the USFWS will “encourage the use of in-lieu fee programs mitigation and/or conservation banks, and other established mitigation programs and projects.” According to the proposed rule, it is the intention of the USFWS to facilitate establishment of an in-lieu fee program to give applicants an alternative to developing project-specific mitigation measures. Comments on the proposed revisions are due July 5, 2016. More information is available here: https://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2016/2016-10542.pdf.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for Oregon Spotted Frog (Pacific Northwest)

May 11: The USFWS designated 65,038 acres and 20.3 river miles of critical habitat for the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) in Washington and Oregon. The designated critical habitat is composed of fourteen units distributed across Whatcom, Skagit, Thurston, Skamania, and Klickitat Counties in Washington and Wasco, Deschutes, Klamath, Lane, and Jackson Counties in Oregon. The species was listed as threat-ened in August 2014, and all areas designated as critical habitat were known to be occupied by the species at the time the species was listed. More information is available here: https://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2016/2016-10712.pdf.

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Dan DameronNorthern California Community Development DirectorSacramento, CA | ddameron@esassoc.com

Dan brings more 30 years of experience working on large-scale, complex, multidisciplinary planning and development projects. His leadership and expertise has been integral to growing ESA’s community development practice and advancing our community and environmental planning work. Dan has managed, prepared, and implemented a variety of urban planning and design projects, including General Plans, Specific Plans, zoning codes, design guidelines, development agreements, annexation studies and municipal service reviews, and contract planning services. Dan’s planning skills have been valued by a variety of local jurisdiction and development interest clients throughout Northern California.

Join us in congratulating Dan by sending him an email at ddameron@esassoc.com or giving him a call at 916.564.4500.

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Florida Airports Council 47th Annual Conference and ExpositionFort Myers, FL

Island Biology 2016 International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and ConservationAzores, Portugal

Jim Keany is presenting Management of rare and endemic species within a dynamic natural disturbance regime and among anthropogenic threats in the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands

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Florida Environmental Network, Inc. Annual Environmental Permitting Summer SchoolOrlando, FL

Doug Robison, PWS is presenting Implementing the Restore Act in Florida

Julie Sullivan is presenting Statewide ERP Rule Updates

Dave Tomasko, PhD is presenting Implementing Florida’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria

Transportation Research Board ADC40 Summer Meeting 2016Missoula, MT

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California Resource Recovery Association Annual Conference and TradeshowSacramento, CA

U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration National Hydraulic Engineering ConferencePortland, OR

Adam Zucker, PE and Steve Roelof, RLA are presenting SE Sandy Boulevard Greenstreet –a Transformation of one of Portland’s Oldest Thoroughfares

Adam Zucker, PE is presenting A Look at the Bridge Scour Hydraulics that informed the Engineering Design of Portland’s Tilikum Crossing

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