GeomorphIS Team to Conduct Trail Assessment within the Ouachita National Forest

The US Forest Service has tasked GeomorphIS and team members Cattails Environmental and Algonquin Consultants to complete an inventory and assess approximately 77 miles of the existing Winding Stair Mountain Equestrian Trail System within the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma. The GeomorphIS team will include recommendations and priorities for maintenance and repairs in final plan. Following the inventory, the team will assess the content, character and condition of the Trail System.

BLM-NV Selects GeomorphIS Team for West Wendover Conveyance Project

The US Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office, selected the GeomorphIS/G2 Archaeology/USWR team to prepare a historic properties treatment plan (HPTP) for five eligible cultural sites, both prehistoric and historic, within the proposed West Wendover Conveyance Project area, which lies directly south of the City of West Wendover, Nevada. The sites are located on land withdrawn from public domain for the Department of Defense Hill Air Force Base and is within the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) Nevada extension. The HPTP will be used to partially fulfill the Air Force and BLM’s obligation under Title 54 U.S.C. §300101,   seq., commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (NHPA), and Title 54 U.S.C. §306108, commonly known as Section 106 of the NHPA (Section 106), Nevada State Protocol Agreement (Protocol), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

GeomorphIS Tasked to Conduct Northern Spotted Owl Surveys on Mendocino National Forest

The US Forest Service has tasked GeomorphIS and partner Tanner Environmental Services to conduct northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) surveys at multiple sites within the Mendocino National Forest. The survey results will facilitate the implementation of the MNF Resource Management Plan by identifying owl locations, reproductive status, and Activity Center statuses. The results will assist land managers in managing the resources within the Grindstone District.

BLM-CA Awards GeomorphIS Rare Plant Monitoring Survey Task Order

The US Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District, awarded a GeomorphIS-Elliott Environmental Consulting team a multi-year task order to conduct rare plant surveys within the BLM El Centro Field Office area. Survey data will be used by BLM to better understand rare plant status, distribution, and how new or ongoing impacts could influence rare plant populations. The data collected will aid in the detection of year-to-year trends in abundance, recruitment, and survivorship. The team is surveying for more than 40 special status plants (SSPs or rare plants), starting with those species and locations previously entered into the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). The botany team will update past location information and add newly discovered species locations to the database.

GeomorphIS Team to Conduct Rare Plant Survey on Rocky Mountain National Park

The National Park Service awarded GeomorphIS and partner Pyramid Botanical Consultants a task order to complete a pedestrian plant survey for rare and threatened plants species within 835 acres of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The field crews will photo document the plants, acquire GPS location data, acquire density data, and flag off the plants for avoidance during a future thinning and pile burning operations. Work entails maintaining a GPS track log and generating a final written report that includes methodology and documents findings.

WAPA-DSW Awards GeomorphIS Task to Conduct Studies in Southern Arizona

The Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region, awarded a GeomorphIS-Harris Environmental Group team a task order to conduct a geomorphology study and historic preservation treatment plan (HPTP) Valley Farms to Oracle Transmission Line Pole Replacement Project, in Pima County, Arizona.

IERCD Tasks GeomorphIS to Provide NEPA Writer-Editor to Fuels Reduction Project

The Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD) tasked GeomorphIS to provide NEPA writer-editor support to the San Bernardino National Forest, Lytle Creek Fuels Reduction Project, Environmental Assessment (EA). GeomorphIS writer-editors will work closely with US Forest Service resource specialists to summarize information from project specialist reports and other sources, and to incorporate that material into the Draft EA. GeomorphIS will also develop a draft Findings of No Significant Impacts (FONSI).

 

 

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Contracts GeomorphIS for GIS Support

GeomorphIS has been contracted by Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD), California, to support their efforts to update and expand the District’s GIS program. GeomorphIS will provide expertise and input on GIS workflow restructuring, create online GIS maps, develop GIS communication strategies for staff and partners, maintain and update ArcGIS Online hubs/portals, and train staff for GIS data access and mapping solutions.

GeomorphIS Providing Wildfire Risk Assessment at Camp Umatilla, Oregon

AECOM contracted GeomorphIS to provide wildland fire modeling services for the Oregon Military Department (OMD), Camp Umatilla, in northern Oregon. GeomorphIS staff provide fire behavior and weather modeling and GIS analyses regarding fire regimes, ecological systems, existing vegetation, and fuels, in support of the Wildland Fire Risk Assessment report.

 

Forest Service Awards Taylor-Tallac Wetland Restoration Design Project to GeomorphIS

The USDA Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, has awarded GeomorphIS with a task order to prepare the engineering design plans and specifications, and associated permits for the Taylor-Tallac Wetland Restoration Project, in South Lake Tahoe, California. GeomorphIS team includes Geosyntec Consultants, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, and Pyramid Botanical Consultants. Permitting tasks include an aquatic delineation and other surveys/studies needed for restoration project compliance in Lake Tahoe. A set of conceptual restoration actions have been analyzed in a joint environmental review document (NEPA, CEQA and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Environmental Checklist) (see attached). The purpose of the Taylor and Tallac Restoration project is to restore ecological processes and functions in the Taylor and Tallac Creeks and marsh area while also maintaining or enhancing existing recreational facilities and infrastructure. The purpose of these professional services is to take a more critical look at the complex relationship between the wetland and the Lake and describe the results in a technical memo, work with the Forest Service regarding the restoration action constraints, and then work together to develop 100% design plans and specifications to implement this work. The project is in El Dorado County and is accessible from State Highway 89 northwest of the City of South Lake Tahoe.