[env-trinity] Association of Environmental Professionals Award for Trinity Bridges EA/EIR

[Tom Stokely]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        

Contact:  Tim Reilly, North State Resources, (530) 222-5347 (office), (530) 244-9990 (home)

North State Resources Wins Award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis

Redding, CA, April 21, 2004

North State Resources, Inc. (NSR), headquartered in Redding, has won the 2004 award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document-Small Jurisdiction from the California Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP).  The winning document, entitled Trinity River Bridges Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report, was honored at AEP's Awards Banquet on April 17 in Los Angeles.  Kerri Mikkelsen Rose, an environmental analyst in NSR's Sacramento office, accepted the award on behalf of NSR.

Prepared under contract to the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the document analyzed the environmental effects of replacing or modifying four bridges along a 10-mile reach of the Trinity River as part of a river restoration program to benefit endangered and threatened salmon species.  The TRRP, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and Trinity County were lead agencies in the preparation of the document.  The Sacramento law firm Remy Thomas Moose and Manley LLP was also a key member of the project team.

The Trinity River Bridges document was prepared to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  AEP's awards jury said, "The document represents an excellent analysis of a pro-active project which will contribute to the restoration of the anadromous fishery of the Trinity River while also providing for the health and safety of Trinity County residents.  The efficacy with which the preparers of the document have synthesized NEPA and CEQA analysis can serve as a model for the great number of similar projects which are necessary throughout the state."

NSR is a full-service environmental consulting firm that specializes in analysis of the biological and physical environments, regulatory compliance, and land and water resource management.  The 45-person firm represents federal, state, and local agencies and private clients throughout California and the western United States.  In addition to Redding and Sacramento, the firm has offices in Chico and Mt. Shasta.

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This project and environmental documentation has been cooperatively funded through the
Trinity River Restoration Program  
and the 
California Department of Fish and Game
 Coastal Salmon Recovery Program

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