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Pat Britton recently joined HELIX Environmental Planning’s Placer County office and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s biological resources and environmental compliance programs for the Northern California region. This includes overseeing the biology and regulatory groups and managing mitigation monitoring programs, biological assessments (for both the Federal and California Endangered […]

Celebrating a Storied Career, and New Adventures on the Horizon   After 26 years of dedicated service to HELIX Environmental Planning, our clients, and our colleagues, Principal Biologist, Larry Sward has set his sights on a well-deserved retirement.   Larry began his career shortly after graduating college where he worked […]

If vernal pools or ephemeral basins exist on your project site, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) protocol requires that a complete fairy shrimp survey be conducted.  The fairy shrimp survey is required to span one wet season and one dry season.  Caught off-guard, this has the potential to […]

Annie McCausland joined HELIX Environmental Planning as an architectural historian, based in our Orange County office in Irvine. Annie has a Bachelor of Arts in History from Chapman University and a Master of Arts in Public History from California State University, Sacramento.  Working as a historian throughout much of California, […]

  On Friday, August 2, 2019 the American Public Works Association (APWA) Sacramento Chapter, held their annual Project of the Year Awards Program.  The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s (Regional San) Nicolaus Dairy Repurposing project won in the Historical Restoration/Preservation Category ($500,000 – $2M),  and jointly the City of Elk […]

Effective May 1, 2019, HELIX Environmental Planning will acquire Placer County-based Foothill Associates.   The acquisition will establish HELIX’s Placer County office, the firm’s sixth office within California, allowing it to better serve existing and future clients in Northern California. In addition to the firms’ San Diego headquarters, HELIX also […]

HELIX is excited to announce the addition of Pete Tomsovic, Senior Construction Project Manager, to our habitat restoration practice!   Pete is a restoration ecologist with 20 years of professional experience in the industry. He has successfully designed, implemented, and managed hundreds of restoration projects throughout California and is experienced in all habitat […]

A significant level of effort is needed to lessen the risk of wildfires to our communities, properly assess damage to natural and cultural resources following large fires, and restore habitat to healthy and native conditions. HELIX provides specialized and comprehensive environmental services to help clients identify and implement the appropriate […]

  HELIX Environmental Planning’s team of over 40 biologists is kicking off the sensitive plant and animal spring survey season. This year’s abundant rain is resulting in impressive plant growth, and likely a good year for surveying. Our staff, located throughout California, holds federal and state authorizations that qualify HELIX biologists to […]