USFWS Updated Mitigation Policy and ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy
July 7, 2023
In May 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released an updated Mitigation Policy (Policy) and its first Endangered…
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USFWS Updated Mitigation Policy and ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy
Category: Environmental Consultant Thought Leadership
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- See Details about New USFWS Statewide Programmatic Biological Opinion
New USFWS Statewide Programmatic Biological Opinion
June 6, 2023
Regulatory Time and Cost Savings for Applicants Proposing Habitat Restoration and Multi-benefit Projects A five-year effort by the U.S. Fish…
- See Details about WRA Plant Biologist Published in Madroño Scientific Journal
WRA Plant Biologist Published in Madroño Scientific Journal
May 1, 2023
WRA Plant Biologist Scott Batiuk, a Certified Consulting Botanist, has published two articles in the California Botanical Society's Madroño, a…
- See Details about Integrating Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Design to Create Resilient Landscapes
Integrating Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Design to Create Resilient Landscapes
April 27, 2023
Ecological restoration and sustainable landscape design often share similar goals of improving the health, well-being, and functionality of our ecosystems…
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Visitor Use Management: More than Reservations for the Great Outdoors
April 3, 2023
According to a study published in 2022 in Scientific Reports, visitor use at publicly protected areas such as national parks…
- See Details about New Scientific Paper Explores Biofluorescence in Amphibians
New Scientific Paper Explores Biofluorescence in Amphibians
March 21, 2023
WRA's Marisa Ishimatsu is a co-author of a recent scientific paper "Biofluorescence in California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense (Amphibia: Ambystomatidae)"…
- See Details about EPA Set to Revise Clean Water Act’s Section 401 Regulations
EPA Set to Revise Clean Water Act’s Section 401 Regulations
July 27, 2022
The 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), commonly referred to as the 2020 Trump Rule, restricted States and Tribes authority…
- See Details about Western Joshua Tree’s CESA Review Period Is Near Its End: What Have We Learned And What Should We Expect?
Western Joshua Tree’s CESA Review Period Is Near Its End: What Have We Learned And What Should We Expect?
February 4, 2022
On September 22, 2020 the California Fish and Game Commission voted to consider the petition to list western Joshua tree…
- See Details about Field Notes: A Modern Perspective
Field Notes: A Modern Perspective
December 22, 2021
Data capture is at the heart of all science. Whether it’s recovering photos from camera traps, collecting eDNA samples, or…
