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Viewshed analysis for new CHP communication tower in Mono County – green overlay indicates locations from which tower is visible – California Department of General Services

Marina on the North Coast – municipal GIS – our high resolution orthoimagery used as base for compilation and operation – City of Fort Bragg

Water tank replacement funded by Rural Development – NEPA Compliance – Rolling Hills Mutual Water Company

“Order is the foundation of all things good.” – Edmund Burke

Recording limits of jurisdictional waters at a proposed subdivision site - Wetland Delineation - Shasta County

Measuring stem diameters – valley elderberry longhorn beetle exit-hole survey

Early spring bloom of wetland plants, creeping spikerush and two-horned downingia, within restored vernal pool

Milling slab used by the Atwamsini Band of the Pit River Tribe – CalFire Intermountain Conservation Camp Replacement – Lassen County

Recording archaeological resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) – northeastern California

Egret foraging in restored vernal pool – habitat for Threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp and Endangered tadpole shrimp – planning, implementation, supervision and monitoring by ENPLAN

Silt fence and erosion control blankets – Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and monitoring – Construction General Permit (CGP)

Put to the test – our SWPPP and implementation hold up under a storm

Visualization output using our LiDAR digital elevation data – canopy layer color shaded relief

Wetland delineation mapped on our 2010 high resolution imagery and LiDAR digital elevation model (DEM) data followed by field truthing and evaluation

Cluster of flowers on a blue elderberry, host plant of the federal threatened valley elderberry longhorn beetle - Botanical Survey - Shasta County

Pcific treefrog tadpole at the Buzzard Roost Bridge Replacement Project at Cedar Creek - Wildlife Survey - Shasta County

Created wetlands – Mitigation and Implementation Plans – Willow Glen Estates

Irrigation flow control structure – Asset Management System GIS – Los Molinos Mutual Water Company – Tehama County

Wastewater system schematic – Municipal GIS – City of Mount Shasta

Juvenile foothill yellow-legged frog – yellow coloration evident on back legs – wildlife survey – Buzzard Roost Road, Shasta County

Ukiah Air Attack Base Relocation – Environmental Impact Report (EIR) – Mendocino County

Reporter examines eight UltraCam X lenses collecting high resolution multispectral aerial imagery for ENPLAN – Shasta, Tehama, Siskiyou private lands core region

Business end of UltraCam X – ENPLAN 700 square mile high resolution aerial imagery collection – multispectral and 6” pixel resolution

Chipped basalt core used prehistorically for tool production – Archaeological Inventory

Applying bonded fiber matrix after re-establishing vernal pool bottom – Shasta County

Bridge pile driving – noise monitoring – CEQA compliance – Fall River, Shasta County

Freshwater wetland creation – Elk Valley Road Widening – Del Norte County

Wastewater pond colonized by western pond turtle – survey and relocate turtles – Placer County

Low-income housing funded by Rural Development – NEPA compliance – Red Bluff

Visual simulation of CHP communications tower – EIR – Truckee

Pacific treefrog concealed from predators by its coloration - Wildlife Survey - Shasta County

Bald eagle monitoring overlooking Eagle Lake – Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – Spalding CSD Wastewater System – Lassen County

Illegal dumping – Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) – Shasta County

Botanical survey – environmental constraints analysis for a planned industrial facility – Mount Shasta

Scoping Meeting – Initial Study (IS) and Environmental Assessment (EA) – Northern California Veterans Cemetery

Airport Road bridge replacement – Caltrans Local Assistance program – Sacramento River, Anderson

UltraCam X and platform pictured were responsible for collecting our 2008 and 2010 high-resolution coverages – manufactured by Austrian company Vexcel owned by Microsoft– our favorite camera

Eagle Lake Marina reconstruction - CEQA compliance - Spalding, Lassen County

Mill tailings thickener – Washington Mine -- SMARA Compliance – French Gulch

Vernal pool restoration – comeback of two-horned downingia – Shasta County

Potential wetland mitigation bank site – biological and wetland inventory – Shasta County

Phase I ESA – site inspection

Concrete debris and fill removed from historic vernal pool – restoration monitoring

Stream diversion for railroad bridge repair project – environmental compliance documentation – Thomes Creek, Tehama County

CalFire Ishi Conservation Camp –reconstruction proposed – CEQA compliance – Tehama County

Eagle Lake Marina reconstruction – CEQA compliance – Spalding, Lassen County

Wastewater treatment pond renovation funded by USEPA and Rural Development – delineation and permitting assistance – Fort Bidwell Reservation

Northern California Veterans Cemetery site plan – CEQA/NEPA compliance

Botanical Survey – sampling freshwater emergent vegetation in constructed wetland

Governor Schwarzenegger – Redding Veterans Home groundbreaking ceremony – CEQA Mitigation Monitoring

Glass electrical insulators used in mining operations circa 1930 – Archaeological Inventory

Phase I ESA – site inspection

Color bare earth hillshade with contours overlaid using our LiDAR digital elevation data

Obsidian projectile points found at the proposed North Fork Ranch subdivision site - Archaeological Inventory - Shasta County

Collecting soil samples to determine the presence/absence of eggs of federally listed species of vernal pool branchipods in a wetland on a proposed subdivision site - vernal pool branchiopod surveys -

Northern Pacific rattlesnake - patiently waiting at a ground squirrel burrow entrance – encountered during wildlife survey

90% asbestos Air Cell insulation on duct - nast stuff - AHERA level inspection for school modernization project

Pit River bridge replacement – compliance support – funded through Caltrans Local Assistance program – Fall River Mills

Bridge replacement project – BMP inspections – Los Molinos

Historic adit – within Washington Mine Reclamation Plan study area – French Gulch

Safe Routes to Schools – map for parents and students to encourage walking to and from school – City of Shasta Lake

Wastewater treatment pond renovation funded by USEPA and Rural Development – delineation and permitting assistance – Fort Bidwell Reservation

Dust suppression in action – CEQA compliance – Sacramento River bridge demolition – Shasta County

Effluent evaporation pond liner used to prevent groundwater contamination – EIS – Eagle Lake Basin

Our LiDAR – typical bare earth hillshade or shaded relief – the ultimate in earth surface visualization

Is there still gold in them hills? – Washington Mine – SMARA Compliance – French Gulch

Mapping an exurban water distribution system with Trimble GPS – Shasta Community Services District

Resident bat to be relocated – biological impact mitigation – Sacramento River Bridge Replacement

Screening for archaeological resources near Eagle Lake – Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – Spalding CSD Wastewater System – Lassen County

Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp Exoskeleton - proposed mitigation bank site on Millville Plains - Shasta County

Evaluating topographic barriers/hydrologic connectivity in vicinity of vernal pool known to support Endangered shrimp species – ENPLAN LiDAR digital elevation data used as base

Flowering elderberry – host plant of the Threatened valley elderberry longhorn beetle – botanical survey and mitigation monitoring

Wastewater treatment clarifiers next to Pacific Ocean – GIS-based Infrastructure Asset Management System – City of Fort Bragg

Seasonal habitat – foothill yellow-legged frog – Buzzard Roost Road Bridge Replacement Project – Shasta County

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