Resource Management
Planning

Sound resource stewardship often demands innovative, science-driven planning.

Ascent staff are experts in leading planning projects where protection, enhancement, management, and/or restoration of sensitive habitats or natural processes and functions are the objectives. We have assisted conservancies, tribes, state natural resource agencies, federal land management agencies, and local governments with plans for the managed use and care of their important natural and cultural resources. Whether a state park general plan, wildlife area land management plan, nature-based park master plan, tribal cultural use management plan, or stream or wetland restoration plan, sound stewardship is the intended outcome.

SERVICES
  • State park general plans and management plans
  • Open space management planning
  • SB 1425 (2022) rewilding strategies
  • Natural resources management planning
  • Integration of traditional ecological knowledge
FEATURED PROJECTS
CDFW prepared a state action plan for fish and wildlife conservation, known as the 2015 California State Wildlife Action Plan, or SWAP 2015. SWAP 2015 identified the species of greatest conservation need for each target ecosystem, defined their key ecological attributes, and prescribed measures to best protect the ecosystems from human-caused pressures and environmental stresses, importantly including climate change.
Statewide, California
2015 State Wildlife Action Plan
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The Auburn State Recreation Area General Plan and Resource Management Plan is a comprehensive land management plan for the approximately 33,000-acre Auburn State Recreation Area. The plan includes lands along the North and Middle Forks of the American River that are owned by the US Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management and managed by CDPR.
Placer and El Dorado Counties, California
Auburn State Recreation Area Resource Management Plan and General Plan
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The Upper Truckee River has been modified by humans since the mid-1800s by cattle grazing, logging, channel manipulation, and urban development. Restoration of the river and Johnson Meadow would support the clarity of Lake Tahoe, improve aquatic and terrestrial habitat, increase climate resilience, and provide numerous ecosystem benefits. Ascent conducted biological, cultural, and wetland field surveys to support the development of a feasibility report and conceptual alternatives.
South Lake Tahoe, California
Johnson Meadow Restoration and Land Management Plan
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California State Parks is proposing the Tomales Bay State Park Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project to implement vegetation treatments on up to 2,433 acres along Tomales Bay within the ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok. Ascent prepared a Public Works Plan and Coastal VTS as a companion to the CalVTP to comply with the Coastal Act and coordinated with the California State Coastal Commission.
Marin County, California
Tomales Bay State Park Public Works Plan for Vegetation Treatment
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Divestiture of PG&E lands through the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council created a historic opportunity to return ownership and management of part of the original Maidu homeland to the tribal community. Over 2,300 acres comprising the Humbug Valley properties have continued to be important to the tribe over the centuries of ownership by others. Ascent assisted the Maidu with preparation of a Land Management Plan that will guide use and management of the properties, with priority goals and strategies coming from tribal community input, while integrating features to comply with the mandate of the Stewardship Council and natural resources management objectives of CDFW.
Plumas County, California
Tásmam Koyóm Cultural Park Management Plan
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Ascent assisted California State Parks with the preparation of a General Plan and EIR for the four individual units comprising the Carmel Area State Parks: Point Lobos State Natural, Carmel River State Beach, Point Lobos Ranch, and Hatton Canyon. The General Plan includes overarching resource conservation, outdoor recreation, park management, and interpretation/education goals and guidelines for the parks while addressing the individual issues and opportunities associated with resource-specific management zones.
Monterey County, California
Carmel Area State Parks General Plan
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AMBASSADORS

Adam Lewandowski AICP
Senior Project Manager

702.596.5957
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Curtis E. Alling AICP
Principal – Environmental

916.930.3181
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Lara Rachowicz PhD
Senior Ecologist/Senior Environmental Project Manager

510.956.4906
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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
  • California State Parks
  • California Tahoe Conservancy
  • Sierra Nevada Conservancy
  • US Bureau of Reclamation
  • Tahoe Resource Conservation District
  • Maidu Summit Consortium
  • California Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • US Forest Service
  • Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
NATURAL RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE
New Information and Tools to Support CalVTP Implementation
The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection announces the release of new tools for efficient California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) implementation and Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) preparation.
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fire scarred hillside neighborhood
Attorney General Releases Guidance for Analyzing Wildfire Impacts of New Development
On October 11, the California Attorney General (AG) released guidance for complying with CEQA when analyzing and mitigating a proposed development project’s impacts on wildfire risk, emergency access, and evacuation.
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Bumble Bees Are Endangered? What’s the Buzz?
On May 31, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal determined that four bumble bee species are eligible for California Endangered Species Act listing.
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