Category: Newsroom - Year: 2013
AEP Awards
Published on October 2, 2013
HELIX, in coordination with Pattern Energy Group, was awarded this year’s San Diego Chapter Association of Environmental Professionals Outstanding Environmental Resource Document for the Ocotillo Wind Habitat Restoration Plan. The Habitat Restoration Plan describes the methods to remove dense stands of non-native tamarisk trees, which will initiate the process of […]
Westfield Carlsbad FEIR Certified
Published on July 12, 2013
After 3+ years of planning and review, Carlsbad City Council unanimously approved the Specific Plan and Site Development Plan and certified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Westfield’s proposed shopping center renovation project. HELIX prepared technical studies and the EIR for the project. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/10/carlsbad-westfield-mall-renovation-theater-gym/
San Diego County Water Authority’s Pipelines 3 & 4 Relining Project
Published on July 3, 2013
After nearly 9 months of construction, HELIX is completing the environmental compliance monitoring on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Pipelines 3 & 4 Relining project from State Route 52 to Lake Murray. The project involved relining over 3.5 miles of existing pipelines that are part of the Water Authority’s […]
Coastal California gnatcatcher (February 15 through August 31)
Published on February 14, 2013
Coastal California Gnatcatcher breeding season has begun! Surveys for this species can be completed year-round, but it is preferred to have them completed between February 15 and August 31. A minimum of three site visits (at least seven days apart) is required. To schedule a coastal California gnatcatcher survey, […]
Carrizo Marsh
Published on February 13, 2013
After over 2 years of planning and coordination work, HELIX kicked off the habitat restoration for the approximately 318-acre Carrizo Marsh. This project is being implemented as mitigation for Pattern Energy Group’s Ocotillo Wind project. The habitat restoration of the marsh will remove dense stands of invasive tamarisk trees that […]
NAEP 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards – NEPA Excellence
Published on January 31, 2013
HELIX has just learned that the State Route 11 (SR-11) and Otay Mesa East Port-of-Entry (POE) Project, for which our firm prepared the programmatic EIR/EIS and project level EIR/EIS, working closely with Caltrans District 11, has been selected by the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) to receive the 2013 […]
Desert Plan Could Fast Track Green Energy Projects
Published on January 14, 2013
The federal and state governments want to use federal land to develop renewable energy projects while protecting sensitive habitat in California. California officials hope that such effort would help the state meet a 33 percent renewable energy goal by 2020. California’s deserts are prime locations for solar and wind farms, […]