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Cross Border Xpress, an enclosed pedestrian skywalk bridge across the U.S./Mexico border into Tijuana Airport, opened today, Wednesday, December 9. The project includes a parking garage and access to ground transportation on the U.S. side of the border, U.S. customs and immigration facilities, and the skywalk bridge, to be used […]

The County of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department announced last week through a press release that efforts to preserve local habitats in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park are being balanced with efforts to improve and expand trail access.   The more than 1,800-acre Tijuana River Valley Regional Park […]

Efforts kicked off this month to implement the habitat restoration plan for the 12.7-acre Mast Park in the City of Santee which serves as a mitigation area for six development projects near the San Diego River. Working closely with the City of Santee and a number of agencies, the goal […]

Inyo County and HELIX Environmental Planning have been recognized for outstanding achievement in land use planning and best practices by the American Planning Association California Chapter Central Section.  A “Planning Award of Merit for Innovation in Green Community Planning”  was awarded in May 2015 and presented in July to Inyo […]

Principal Planner, Robert Edgerton, from HELIX’s Sacramento County office located in Folsom, has earned the Advanced Specialty Certification in Environmental Planning (AICP CEP) from the American Planning Association’s professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners.   The Advanced Specialty Certification in Environmental Planning is awarded to professional planners who have […]

Fairy shrimp and tadpole shrimp – most of which are listed as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act – are found in vernal pools and ephemeral basins throughout many parts of California. These protected invertebrates live primarily in seasonal wetlands that fill with water during the winter […]

California voters passed Proposition 1, The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Bond Act of 2014 on November 4, 2014. Commonly known as “The Water Bond,” this authorizes $7.12 billion in general obligation bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects, such as public water system improvements, surface and groundwater storage, […]

The City of Folsom’s award winning, multi-use bike trail network is recognized as one of the City’s crown jewels and a major attractant for residents and visitors alike. A key component of the City’s bike trail vision is connecting various trail segments and maintaining/improving user safety across the network. Accordingly, […]

The King Fire burned over 97,000 acres in El Dorado County, California between September and October 2014, of which approximately 63,000 acres occur on Eldorado National Forest lands. To assist the U.S. Forest Service with their habitat restoration and emergency response efforts, five teams of HELIX biologists are currently conducting […]

A key section of the Scripps Coastal Meander Trail, part of the California Coastal Trail that will eventually run the entire length of our state, opened today with a pathway and boardwalk traversing a steep coastal terrace overlooking Scripps Pier. HELIX archaeologists performed cultural resources monitoring for this publicly-accessible trail […]

HELIX Environmental Planning is opening a new office in Irvine within the Laguna Canyon Plaza located at 16485 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618. The new location is HELIX’s fourth office within California, allowing it to better serve existing and future clients within Orange County and the surrounding areas. […]

The City of San Diego Ted Williams Parkway Overcrossing Project was recognized with a 2015 Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association San Diego and Imperial County Chapters at their awards event on May 7, 2015. HELIX Environmental Planning prepared the technical studies and provided CEQA […]

HELIX’s work on the City of San Diego Bicycle Master Plan Update Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) was recognized with a 2015 Transportation Planning Award by the San Diego Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). The update to the existing Bicycle Master Plan more than doubled the number of […]

Staff from HELIX’s Sacramento County office, located in the City of Folsom, planted oaks with their families and the ‪American River Parkway Foundation during this weekend’s annual Creek Week event. The 23-mile Parkway runs along the American River throughout Sacramento County. The HELIX team planted 12 large oaks on Saturday […]

The HELIX Headquarters Landscape Conversion joins a select group of projects certified under the national Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) program for sustainable land planning, design, construction and maintenance.   The HELIX Headquarters Landscape Conversion was awarded a 1-star rating by the SITES program led by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower […]

HELIX’s mentorship of small businesses in the local architecture, engineering and environmental consulting industry was recognized with two Calmentor awards, including the top Outstanding Performance Award, on March 18, 2015. The Calmentor mentor-protégé program, overseen by Caltrans District 11 and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in coordination with the […]

Two HELIX environmental planners led hands-on workshops aimed to interest girls, aged 11 to 16, in science, math, and engineering as a part of the Expanding Your Horizons conference held at USD on Saturday. As HELIX’s 5th year participating, this year’s activity gave students, primarily 8th and 9th grade girls, a taste […]

HELIX has applied for certification through the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) for the landscape conversion of their headquarters location in La Mesa, California. Sustainable landscapes aim to be ecologically resilient, conserve water, reduce pollution, and restore habitats, while providing significant economic and social benefits to land owners, and local and […]

HELIX employees, friends, and family volunteered with San Diego Canyonlands to install 500 native upland and wetland plants in Hollywood Canyon on Saturday, February 28. The rain over the weekend will help to get these plants off to a great start in their new home.   San Diego Canyonlands’ is […]

Employees from HELIX’s Folsom office and their families helped to restore native habitat and vegetation this weekend with the American River Parkway Foundation. At the Sustainable Saturday event, 100 trees and native shrubs were planted along the 23-mile Parkway which runs along the American River throughout Sacramento County. As a […]

HELIX’s team of over 40 biologists just kicked off the sensitive plant and animal spring survey season with Quino checkerspot butterfly surveys. Our staff, located throughout California, holds federal and state authorizations that qualify HELIX biologists to conduct a wide variety of focused species surveys.  We provide expertise in all […]

The Otay Water District awarded HELIX with a contract to provide biological maintenance, monitoring, and reporting activities for the San Miguel Habitat Management Area (HMA) and CIP-associated mitigation/restoration projects. The Otay Water District serves approximately 208,000 people in a 125.5 square mile area encompassing the communities of southern El Cajon, […]

HELIX has been awarded a contract with the California Army National Guard (CA ARNG) to conduct a natural resources assessment of facilities statewide. Through this effort, HELIX will conduct research and field surveys to document existing biological conditions and to determine the presence or absence of significant natural resources on […]