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ABOUT LSA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PLANNING
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LSA Associates, Inc. offers
unusual depth of experience in biological and wetlands consulting,
plus broad technical expertise in wetland science, wildlife biology,
botany, entomology, soil science, and native plant horticulture. LSA
specializes in permitting for projects with impacts on wetlands and
endangered species, and LSA has earned credibility and a reputation
for professionalism with resource agencies.
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REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS: | |||||
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Jensen Lane Elementary School Environmental Impact Report In 2010, LSA was selected to assist the School District with the environmental studies for the development of a 12-acre elementary school site.... continued |
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Biological Services for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Project Since 2002, LSA has been assisting Caltrans with the biological services for the East Span Project, as a subcontractor to Parsons Brinckerhoff.... continued |
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Aliso and Wood Canyon Regional Park Resource Management Plan LSA led the team preparing an RMP and IS/MND for 4,000 acres of open space in Laguna Niguel... continued |
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Southern California Edison On-Call Biological Services LSA has an on-call contract with Southern California Edison (SCE). The work includes biological assessments, sensitive-species surveys, deteriorated pole assessments, preparing reports, preconstruction nesting bird surveys, preconstruction plant surveys... continued |
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Prima Deshecha Landfill LSA is currently managing the On-Call Biological Services contract for the Orange County Waste and Recycling's South Region Landfills, primarily at Prima Deshecha Landfill... continued |
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Frank R. Bowerman Landfill After completion of LSA's first contract to provide archaeological and paleontological resource management services at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill (FRB), LSA was awarded (through a competitive bid process) a second contract to continue monitoring and management services for the Landfill... continued |
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Lower Walnut Creek Interim Protection Project CEQA Compliance and Permitting LSA helped the District meet deadlines for CEQA compliance and permitting to ensure that the District could remove excess sediment and restore levees... continued |
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San Francisco International Airport On-Call Environmental Services LSA has been providing as-needed wetlands and endangered species permitting and associated technical services to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on a continuous basis since 1995... continued |
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Lichen Installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art LSA developed a pilot research program to accelerate lichen growth on stone and concrete wall panels... continued |
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Firestorm 2007 Emergency Response LSA was called upon by an electric utility company when the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires broke out... continued |
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Triangle Rock LSA has been continuously involved in this Sacramento County aggregate mining project since 1994... continued |
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Geysers Recharge Pipeline Monitoring LSA is providing environmental consulting services for botany, wildlife, and wetlands for this pipeline project... continued |
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Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Biological Monitoring Project Services Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. Alameda and San Francisco Counties LSA is part of a
six-year team effort to provide biological monitoring during the construction
of the east span of the Bay Bridge and the dismantling
of the existing east span, as well as post construction monitoring of
selected mitigation sites. Caltrans is the Lead Agency. As the task
leader for bird
monitoring, LSA is responsible for developing protocols and conducting
the monitoring of various bird species, including shorebirds (high tide
roosts), least terns, brown pelicans, double-crested cormorants, western
gulls, peregrine falcons, and land birds that may nest on Yerba Buena
Island. The western project limit is the eastern portal of the Yerba
Buena Island
tunnel, within the City and County of San Francisco; the eastern
project limit is near the toll plaza, within the City of Oakland. The
project study area includes San Francisco Bay waters adjacent to the
existing bridge and
north of the bridge, where the new east span is under construction. |
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Antelope-Pardee 500 kV Transmission Line Project and Antelope Transmission |
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City of San Diego On-Call Environmental Services LSA was contracted by the Water and Sewer Design Division (formerly Wastewater Facilities and Engineering) and Capital Project Department of the City of San Diego to provide environmental consulting services. The services requested and provided for multiple Water & Sewer Design projects included biological resources assessment and GPS/GIS mapping; interpretation of federal, State, and local environmental regulations; and construction monitoring. Additionally, LSA is currently teaming with City of San Diego staff and consultants to provide mapping, impacts analysis, and recommendations for compliance with City Guidelines. The project team assisted the City in developing standards for GIS data collection and vegetation mapping. |
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