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Larry Sward conducting biology survey
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
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
Annie McCausland, Architecutral Historian
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,
HELIX employee accepts the APWA Sacramento Project of the Year Award
  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