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HELIX Recognized at ACEC California Engineering Excellence Awards
Pat Britton Joins HELIX’s Northern California Team
HELIX Principal Biologist Larry Sward Announces Retirement
It’s Time to Schedule Fairy Shrimp Surveys
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) California Engineering Excellence Awards banquet was held the evening of February 13, 2020 in Los Angeles. At the event, Engineering Excellence Honor Awards were presented for the Interstate 5 (I-5) Genesee Improvements Project and the Upas Street Pipeline Replacement Project– and for both,
HELIX Environmental Planning’s team of over 40 biologists is ready to kick off the sensitive plant and animal spring survey season. This year’s early rains have resulted in impressive plant growth, and likely a good year for surveying. Our staff, located throughout California, holds federal and state authorizations that qualify HELIX
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