After nearly 9 months of construction, HELIX is completing the environmental compliance monitoring on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Pipelines 3 & 4 Relining project from State Route 52 to Lake Murray. The project involved relining over 3.5 miles of existing pipelines that are part of the Water Authority’s
February 14, 2013
Coastal California gnatcatcher (February 15 through August 31)
Coastal California Gnatcatcher breeding season has begun! Surveys for this species can be completed year-round, but it is preferred to have them completed between February 15 and August 31. A minimum of three site visits (at least seven days apart) is required. To schedule a coastal California gnatcatcher survey,
February 13, 2013
Carrizo Marsh
After over 2 years of planning and coordination work, HELIX kicked off the habitat restoration for the approximately 318-acre Carrizo Marsh. This project is being implemented as mitigation for Pattern Energy Group’s Ocotillo Wind project. The habitat restoration of the marsh will remove dense stands of invasive tamarisk trees that
January 31, 2013
NAEP 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards – NEPA Excellence
HELIX has just learned that the State Route 11 (SR-11) and Otay Mesa East Port-of-Entry (POE) Project, for which our firm prepared the programmatic EIR/EIS and project level EIR/EIS, working closely with Caltrans District 11, has been selected by the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) to receive the 2013
January 14, 2013
Desert Plan Could Fast Track Green Energy Projects
The federal and state governments want to use federal land to develop renewable energy projects while protecting sensitive habitat in California. California officials hope that such effort would help the state meet a 33 percent renewable energy goal by 2020. California’s deserts are prime locations for solar and wind farms,