MB&G is excited to share that 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of our Environmental Services Group (ESG). Throughout 2022, this important milestone will be commemorated by looking back at the group’s formation, highlighting a few key projects, and featuring our staff and their work.
This month we are highlighting our fish salvage work, a core part of ESG’s fisheries portfolio. MB&G biologists recently wrapped up a fish salvage project for Clackamas County Department of Transportation. The project involved the construction of river bank stabilization measures along a part of East Lolo Pass Road that was damaged by a high flow event in the Sandy River.
Stabilization of the river’s bank and road foundation necessitated fish salvage and associated environmental compliance reporting to minimize project impacts on regulated fish. Our team salvaged many regulated fish species from the work area including Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead.
MB&G has extensive experience planning, permitting, conducting, and reporting on fish population sampling projects and in-water construction projects that require fish salvage and relocation efforts. We have successfully completed fish sampling or salvage operations in every major watershed in Oregon.
As of January 2024, the new Oregon Private Forest Accords (PFA) rules are in place. One of the new rules involves forest roads, and avoiding or minimizing the delivery of sediments to waters of the state. MB&G is developing a database system to help guide our foresters as they work within these new rules: the […]
READ MOREIn order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring February 11th as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Mason, Bruce & Girard (MB&G) is celebrating […]
READ MORERead the latest Forest Sector Outlook here. As part of our partnership with the Global Consulting Alliance, MB&G helps create the Forest Sector Outlook with five other firms from around the world. This quarterly newsletter gives an economic update on the forest sector worldwide. The Forest Sector Outlook covers regional reviews for Asia-Pacific, Europe, North […]
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