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Burrowing Owl Mitigation on Project Sites: Current Approaches and Impending Changes thumbnail

Burrowing Owl Mitigation on Project Sites: Current Approaches and Impending Changes

Nov 06, 2025

Understanding SB 415: California’s Updated Logistics Land Use Law thumbnail

Understanding SB 415: California’s Updated Logistics Land Use Law

Oct 27, 2025

The Critical Role of Wildfire Mitigation Grants in Protecting Colorado’s Communities and Ecosystems thumbnail

The Critical Role of Wildfire Mitigation Grants in Protecting Colorado’s Communities and Ecosystems

Oct 14, 2025

How SB 79 Could Reshape Housing Near Transit Hubs thumbnail

How SB 79 Could Reshape Housing Near Transit Hubs

Sep 24, 2025

Breaking Down the State and Federal Incidental Take Permit Processes thumbnail

Breaking Down the State and Federal Incidental Take Permit Processes

Sep 11, 2025

Tribal and Cultural Resource Protections Under AB 130 thumbnail

Tribal and Cultural Resource Protections Under AB 130

Aug 25, 2025

AB 130 & SB 131: What Developers Need to Know About CEQA’s New Exemptions thumbnail

AB 130 & SB 131: What Developers Need to Know About CEQA’s New Exemptions

Jul 30, 2025

Smart Growth for Greener Cities: Benefits of Urban Forestry thumbnail

Smart Growth for Greener Cities: Benefits of Urban Forestry

Jul 22, 2025

CAL Fire’s Latest Hazard Maps: Implications for NorCal Development thumbnail

CAL Fire’s Latest Hazard Maps: Implications for NorCal Development

Jul 01, 2025

Narrowing NEPA: How the Supreme Court’s Ruling May Reshape Environmental Oversight thumbnail

Narrowing NEPA: How the Supreme Court’s Ruling May Reshape Environmental Oversight

Jul 01, 2025

AB 98 Regulations for Logistics-Use Development thumbnail

AB 98 Regulations for Logistics-Use Development

Jun 04, 2025

Executive Order Suspends Environmental Permitting and Review Requirements for Fire-Damaged Areas thumbnail

Executive Order Suspends Environmental Permitting and Review Requirements for Fire-Damaged Areas

Feb 25, 2025

2024: The Year in Review thumbnail

2024: The Year in Review

Jan 23, 2025

Preparing for a Grant Audit: Best Practices and Helpful Tips thumbnail

Preparing for a Grant Audit: Best Practices and Helpful Tips

Dec 18, 2024

Exploring Grants for Cities, Municipalities, and Tribal Governments thumbnail

Exploring Grants for Cities, Municipalities, and Tribal Governments

Nov 19, 2024

Importance of Tribal Relationships in Russian River Fire Break Projects thumbnail

Importance of Tribal Relationships in Russian River Fire Break Projects

Nov 19, 2024

Arborist Consulting and Assessments as Key Project Development Resources thumbnail

Arborist Consulting and Assessments as Key Project Development Resources

Oct 25, 2024

Combatting North America’s Wildfire Crisis thumbnail

Combatting North America’s Wildfire Crisis

Oct 24, 2024

Internal Strategies for Teambuilding in a Remote Setting thumbnail

Internal Strategies for Teambuilding in a Remote Setting

Oct 17, 2024

Benefits of Hiring a Grant Writing and Management Team thumbnail

Benefits of Hiring a Grant Writing and Management Team

Aug 13, 2024

Ethical Business Practices for Grant Writing and Management thumbnail

Ethical Business Practices for Grant Writing and Management

Aug 12, 2024

Applying for and Securing a Section 1602 LSAA (Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement) from CDFW thumbnail

Applying for and Securing a Section 1602 LSAA (Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement) from CDFW

Jun 20, 2024

Initiating a Preliminary Environmental Study for NEPA thumbnail

Initiating a Preliminary Environmental Study for NEPA

Jun 04, 2024

Mojave Desert Tortoise Studies, Documentation, Permitting, and Mitigation Programs at Project Sites thumbnail

Mojave Desert Tortoise Studies, Documentation, Permitting, and Mitigation Programs at Project Sites

May 22, 2024

Frequently Used CEQA Streamlining Provisions thumbnail

Frequently Used CEQA Streamlining Provisions

May 16, 2024

NEPA Expertise with Accessing Federal Funds thumbnail

NEPA Expertise with Accessing Federal Funds

Apr 30, 2024

Importance of Expertise in NEPA Federal Permitting thumbnail

Importance of Expertise in NEPA Federal Permitting

Apr 08, 2024

How To Prepare A CEQA Streamlining Checklist thumbnail

How To Prepare A CEQA Streamlining Checklist

Mar 25, 2024

How PFAS Developments May Affect CEQA Regulations thumbnail

How PFAS Developments May Affect CEQA Regulations

Mar 11, 2024

2023: The Year in Review thumbnail

2023: The Year in Review

Jan 31, 2024

PFAS in Wastewater – Treatment or Prevention? thumbnail

PFAS in Wastewater – Treatment or Prevention?

Dec 26, 2023

Benefits of CEQA Streamlining thumbnail

Benefits of CEQA Streamlining

Oct 10, 2023

Leveraging Cultural Resources Management to Mitigate Risk thumbnail

Leveraging Cultural Resources Management to Mitigate Risk

Sep 27, 2023

Top FAQs for 2023 thumbnail

Top FAQs for 2023

Aug 04, 2023

Opportunities for CEQA Streamlining thumbnail

Opportunities for CEQA Streamlining

Aug 03, 2023

Update on CEQA Streamlining Executive Order thumbnail

Update on CEQA Streamlining Executive Order

Jul 20, 2023

Details on the EPA Proposed MCL for PFAS in Drinking Water thumbnail

Details on the EPA Proposed MCL for PFAS in Drinking Water

Apr 18, 2023

Answering Your Pressing Questions on PFAS and More thumbnail

Answering Your Pressing Questions on PFAS and More

Mar 16, 2023

Sustainability vs Resilience: It’s a Vector Thing thumbnail

Sustainability vs Resilience: It’s a Vector Thing

Mar 10, 2023

Upcoming PFAS Regulations: Keep These Compounds and Standards on Your Radar thumbnail

Upcoming PFAS Regulations: Keep These Compounds and Standards on Your Radar

Mar 09, 2023

An Update on The Terraces of Lafayette Development Project thumbnail

An Update on The Terraces of Lafayette Development Project

Feb 23, 2023

Why Should Planners be Concerned with PFAS? thumbnail

Why Should Planners be Concerned with PFAS?

Feb 17, 2023

The Importance of Mapping Technology in Sustainability thumbnail

The Importance of Mapping Technology in Sustainability

Feb 06, 2023

2022: The Year in Review thumbnail

2022: The Year in Review

Feb 01, 2023

What You Need to Know About BAAQMD’s New GHG Thresholds thumbnail

What You Need to Know About BAAQMD’s New GHG Thresholds

Dec 16, 2022

Environmental Science or Systems Science? thumbnail

Environmental Science or Systems Science?

Nov 01, 2022

How to Address PFAS in Your Water Supply thumbnail

How to Address PFAS in Your Water Supply

Oct 17, 2022

The Role of Diverse Data: Reflections from a Multidisciplinary ES Career thumbnail

The Role of Diverse Data: Reflections from a Multidisciplinary ES Career

Oct 08, 2022

An Addendum to Determine Sufficiency of Previous EIR: Bishop 6 EIR Example thumbnail

An Addendum to Determine Sufficiency of Previous EIR: Bishop 6 EIR Example

Sep 27, 2022

Understanding Tribal Consultation Requirements under AB 52 thumbnail

Understanding Tribal Consultation Requirements under AB 52

Jul 28, 2022

FCS’s TOP FAQs for 2022 thumbnail

FCS’s TOP FAQs for 2022

Jun 29, 2022

Level of Service (LOS) to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) thumbnail

Level of Service (LOS) to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

May 27, 2022

6 Steps to Becoming a Sustainable City thumbnail

6 Steps to Becoming a Sustainable City

May 26, 2022

Environmental Services Abbreviations & Acronyms You Need to Know! thumbnail

Environmental Services Abbreviations & Acronyms You Need to Know!

Apr 26, 2022

Preparing an EIR consistent with SB 330: CityWalk Master Plan thumbnail

Preparing an EIR consistent with SB 330: CityWalk Master Plan

Mar 24, 2022

Turning Advocacy into Policy: The Kelsey Ayer Station Project thumbnail

Turning Advocacy into Policy: The Kelsey Ayer Station Project

Feb 25, 2022

Scannell Properties Project: FCS facilitates green and efficient developments thumbnail

Scannell Properties Project: FCS facilitates green and efficient developments

Jan 27, 2022

2021 in Review: A Year of Impact and Growth thumbnail

2021 in Review: A Year of Impact and Growth

Jan 27, 2022

FCS’ Top FAQs in 2021 thumbnail

FCS’ Top FAQs in 2021

Dec 29, 2021

Managing People Operations through a Global Pandemic: Perspectives from HR thumbnail

Managing People Operations through a Global Pandemic: Perspectives from HR

Nov 22, 2021

6 Times You Need Visual Simulations thumbnail

6 Times You Need Visual Simulations

Oct 26, 2021

FCS Welcomes Cameron-Cole thumbnail

FCS Welcomes Cameron-Cole

Sep 29, 2021

What are Public Lands? Why Do They Matter? thumbnail

What are Public Lands? Why Do They Matter?

Sep 24, 2021

A Look into Early AAPI Labor thumbnail

A Look into Early AAPI Labor

Aug 30, 2021

AB 819 Establishes New Statutory Requirements for Submitting CEQA Documents thumbnail

AB 819 Establishes New Statutory Requirements for Submitting CEQA Documents

Aug 27, 2021

Update: California's Executive Order Tolling CEQA's Public Notice Requirements is Ending thumbnail

Update: California's Executive Order Tolling CEQA's Public Notice Requirements is Ending

Jul 29, 2021

Sustainatech: Applying Data Insights and Technology to Enable the Sustainability Journey thumbnail

Sustainatech: Applying Data Insights and Technology to Enable the Sustainability Journey

Jun 08, 2021

4 Themes for Communicating Through a Global Crisis: Perspectives from Marketing thumbnail

4 Themes for Communicating Through a Global Crisis: Perspectives from Marketing

Jun 02, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month: Early Pioneers in Equality thumbnail

AAPI Heritage Month: Early Pioneers in Equality

May 13, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month: Guidance and Resources thumbnail

AAPI Heritage Month: Guidance and Resources

May 06, 2021

The 30,000 Foot View: Actionable Surveys for Impactful Results thumbnail

The 30,000 Foot View: Actionable Surveys for Impactful Results

Apr 20, 2021

Cities and Environmental Planning thumbnail

Cities and Environmental Planning

Apr 19, 2021

FCS Celebrates National Park Week thumbnail

FCS Celebrates National Park Week

Apr 15, 2021

10 Tips to Control Noise While Working at Home thumbnail

10 Tips to Control Noise While Working at Home

Mar 30, 2021

The 30,000 Foot View: 2020 Was a Year Without Precedent thumbnail

The 30,000 Foot View: 2020 Was a Year Without Precedent

Feb 09, 2021

FCS Hindsight: 2020 thumbnail

FCS Hindsight: 2020

Jan 29, 2021

Parenting Through a Pandemic: Perspectives from a Working Mom thumbnail

Parenting Through a Pandemic: Perspectives from a Working Mom

Jan 26, 2021

Updated 2021 CDFW Document Filing Fees thumbnail

Updated 2021 CDFW Document Filing Fees

Jan 25, 2021

4 Ways Sister Cities are Connecting Global Communities thumbnail

4 Ways Sister Cities are Connecting Global Communities

Jan 21, 2021

City Planning: How to Assess Impacts on the Environment thumbnail

City Planning: How to Assess Impacts on the Environment

Dec 30, 2020

Does CEQA Protect the Most Vulnerable? thumbnail

Does CEQA Protect the Most Vulnerable?

Dec 23, 2020

Webinar Recap: City Resiliency and Why it Matters thumbnail

Webinar Recap: City Resiliency and Why it Matters

Dec 02, 2020

Navigating Operations During a Global Crisis: Perspectives from a COO thumbnail

Navigating Operations During a Global Crisis: Perspectives from a COO

Nov 12, 2020

UPDATE: California’s Executive Order tolling CEQA’s Public Notice Requirements is Extended thumbnail

UPDATE: California’s Executive Order tolling CEQA’s Public Notice Requirements is Extended

Oct 14, 2020

Guidance and Resources for Implementing SB 743 thumbnail

Guidance and Resources for Implementing SB 743

Oct 13, 2020

Terraces of Lafayette: Addressing California’s Housing Crisis thumbnail

Terraces of Lafayette: Addressing California’s Housing Crisis

Sep 25, 2020

Starting an Internship at FCS During COVID-19 thumbnail

Starting an Internship at FCS During COVID-19

Sep 18, 2020

Conducting Fieldwork During COVID-19: Perspectives from a Field Biologist thumbnail

Conducting Fieldwork During COVID-19: Perspectives from a Field Biologist

Sep 11, 2020

Webinar Recap: Private Sector Resiliency - ESG Insights and Opportunities thumbnail

Webinar Recap: Private Sector Resiliency - ESG Insights and Opportunities

Aug 28, 2020

How is COVID-19 Impacting CEQA Litigation and Statutes of Limitations? thumbnail

How is COVID-19 Impacting CEQA Litigation and Statutes of Limitations?

Jul 13, 2020

Resources for California Jurisdictional and Regulatory Updates thumbnail

Resources for California Jurisdictional and Regulatory Updates

Jul 02, 2020

Webinar Recap: Bringing Together ESG and Municipal Financing thumbnail

Webinar Recap: Bringing Together ESG and Municipal Financing

Jun 16, 2020

Five Steps for Noise Monitoring during COVID-19 Shelter in Place Orders thumbnail

Five Steps for Noise Monitoring during COVID-19 Shelter in Place Orders

May 29, 2020

How to Conduct a Successful Virtual Meeting thumbnail

How to Conduct a Successful Virtual Meeting

May 28, 2020

Resilient Cities: Adaptation and Municipal Financing in the COVID-19 Era thumbnail

Resilient Cities: Adaptation and Municipal Financing in the COVID-19 Era

May 22, 2020

Breaking Down California’s New Executive Order on CEQA Public Notice Requirements thumbnail

Breaking Down California’s New Executive Order on CEQA Public Notice Requirements

May 12, 2020

FCS Gets Green Business Certified thumbnail

FCS Gets Green Business Certified

May 08, 2020

Staying Safe While Conducting Essential Fieldwork During the COVID-19 Pandemic thumbnail

Staying Safe While Conducting Essential Fieldwork During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 17, 2020

Five Best Practices for Preparing and Releasing EIRs During COVID-19 Restrictions thumbnail

Five Best Practices for Preparing and Releasing EIRs During COVID-19 Restrictions

Apr 09, 2020

COVID-19 Update: Reaffirming Our Dedication To You thumbnail

COVID-19 Update: Reaffirming Our Dedication To You

Mar 19, 2020

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