December 2, 2019
Pat Britton Joins HELIX’s Northern California Team
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
November 22, 2019
HELIX Principal Biologist Larry Sward Announces Retirement
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
November 1, 2019
It’s Time to Schedule Fairy Shrimp Surveys
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
October 1, 2019
Architectural Historian, Annie McCausland, Joins HELIX
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