Scout Environmental has been closely tracking recent articles on the global demise of insects. The November 27, 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine reported results of long-term studies in Puerto Rico and Germany. …
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Re-Defining “Waters of the United States” – Turbulence Ahead!
Such a short little phrase, just five words, that seems pretty straight forward. But don’t be fooled! Since the late 1980s, these five words are arguably one of the most disputed and litigated topics in…
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The Top Five Environmental Planning Tips During the Federal Government Shutdown
The partial government shutdown is now in its fourth week and unfortunately, shows no promise for immediate resolution. To our friends and clients who are directly impacted by the…
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Leading the Way for Unshakably Sound Science: Earthquake Warning Systems and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance
Scout recently prepared more than two dozen Categorical Exclusions (CATEXs) (focused NEPA documentation) for the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) innovative Earthquake Early Warning network in the Pacific Northwest. Scout applied a focused, replicable, and accurate…
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“Can you hear me now?” Noise 101, A Primer to Noise Analysis
Noise impact analysis for environmental planning documents can be one of the more daunting resources to tackle. How noise is produced and who or what is affected is very complex. In fact, even the definition…
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Scout Environmental in New Orleans Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2018
Scout Environmental will be attending the Society of American Military Engineer’s 2018 Federal Small Business Conference October 31 – November 2 in New Orleans. Ryan, Melanie, Roxanne, Paul, and Rick will be joining about…
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Land Management Planning in Today’s Regulatory Environment
U.S. federal agencies with land management responsibilities are required to prepare land management plans. Whether it is a Backcountry Management Plan for a national park, a Resource Management Plan for a Bureau of Land Management…
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The How & When of Programmatic Environmental Planning (NEPA)
As a self-proclaimed environmental planning nerd, I was pretty excited when the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued guidance in 2014 on programmatic analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (CEQ 2014). And…
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Presidential Executive Orders (EOs) and Environmental Sustainability
Did you know that the Federal Government manages more than 350,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles and is the largest consumer of energy in the Nation? Last year, federal agencies spent more than $6 billion on…
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Reinforcing the Importance of Public Involvement in NEPA
In this month’s blog post I will reinforce the importance and value of implementing a robust public engagement strategy, focused at the Environmental Assessment (EA) level of NEPA. In our democratic society people like to…
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