Newsletters
- Effective Responses to Project Objector Claims (November 29, 2011)
- Too Little Information: The Fate of Biological Data (April 17, 2011)
- Maximizing Water Quality Data Value (March 31, 2011)
- Statistical Analyses of Groundwater Monitoring Data for RCRA Compliance> (March 28, 2011)
- Biological Samples Need Context for Interpretation> (March 16, 2011)
- Ecological Flows, Rock Disposal Areas, Valley Fills, Water Quality, and Aquatic Biota (January 18, 2011)
- Collecting and Analyzing Data (December 20, 2010)
- Expanded Critical Habitats For Bull Trout: Don't Despair, Prepare (October 13, 2010)
- The Importance of Communicating Well (September 2, 2010)
- How, Not What, Delays Environmental Decision-Making (July 29, 2010)
- Data, Information, Knowledge (April 19, 2010)
- Standards for Non-Potable Water Quality (April 8, 2010)
- NEPA: Decision Basis, Not Yes/No (January 22, 2010)
- Linear and Non-linear Thinking (December 11, 2009)
- Ecological Flows (November 4, 2009)
- Endangered Species Act All Smoke and Mirrors (August 5, 2009)
- There Is No Sound Science (July 7, 2009)
- Precautionary Principle: Subtle and Serious (June 29, 2009)
- Data Adequacy for Permitting Decisions (March 26, 2009)
- Generating Light Instead of Heat (March 4, 2009)
- A Pattern Of Legal Wins For Natural Resource Industries (February 18, 2009)
- Appropriate Data For Environmental Impact Assessments (January 8, 2009)
- Tough Times Call For Bold Actions (November 12, 2008)
- More On Streamlining NEPA Compliance (August 28, 2008)
- Facts Look Different From Different Positions (July 15, 2008)
- Incorporating Cumulative Effects Into NEPA Documents (July 7, 2008)
- Determining Significance in NEPA Compliance (July 1, 2008)
- Endangered Species Act Differs From Other Environmental Laws (May 24, 2008)
- Public's Lack of Science Knowledge Affects Mining (April 22, 2008)
- Mine Life Values of Sustainability Measures (March 28, 2008)
- Resources, Financial Markets in Turmoil: Don't Stampede, Lead (March 18, 2008)
- Sustainable Development Metrics (March 5, 2008)
- The Department of the Interior proposes to formalize NEPA guidelines as regulations. An easy-to-read, typeset version of the Federal Register notice can be downloaded here, and our comments on these proposed Bureau regulations from this link (February 17, 2008).
- NEPA Alternatives Analysis: From Cost to Benefit (February 4, 2008)
- Community Opposition: The Need To Listen) (January 18, 2008
Articles/White Papers
- Aquatic Sediment Sampling and Analyses
- NEPA Compliance: Producing Technically Sound Legally Defensible Documents
- Obtaining a Social License to Mine
- Quantifying Sustainability
- Streamlining NEPA Compliance by Proper Task Sequence.
- Environmental Decision Making
- Identifying Best Available Science
- If Biodiversity is the Answer, What is the Question?
- Distinct Vertebrate Population Segments/Evolutionarily Significant Units
- How to Improve the Endangered Species Act
- Wetlands: An Introduction For The Non-Scientist
- How To Maximize Data Value
- Empty Words, Empty Phrases
Brochures
- PermitWatch℠ Permit Compliance Management System
- Accelerated Environmental Permitting Lowers Risks
- Mineral Property Suitability Advisor
- The New Era of Environmental Permitting
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- How To Maximize Data Value
- How to Monitor Storm Water Runoff for Compliance With Your NPDES Permit
- What Is A Wetland?
Talks and Presentations
- Environmental Decision-Making and Risk Management, BLM National Minerals Workshop, Sparks, NV, 21 March 2007. (Slides)
- Environmental Decision-Making and Risk Management, BLM National Minerals Workshop, Sparks, NV, 21 March 2007. (Article)
- Willamette River TMDL Status
- Turbidity, Temperature, Toxics: Aspects of the Science for the Non-Scientist
- Forest Sustainability: Measurement, Interpretation, Assessment
- The Columbia River System: Water, Fish, People
- Drinking Water Fluoridation and Salmon in the Columbia River/
- The Public and Regulator's Image of Mining: An Ecologist's Perspective
- Congressional Subcommittee Receives Testimony on Mine Permitting Process