Federal
Federal Agencies Play a Critical Role in Environmental Protection and Resources Management
Federal land is managed for many important purposes, including conservation, natural resources use and management, public access and outdoor recreation, renewable energy, and federal facilities development. The federal government owns almost 48 percent of California’s total land, or nearly 48 million acres. Ascent has worked in close partnership with the US Forest Service, National Park Service, BLM, Bureau of Reclamation, USFWS, and other agencies on many critical natural resources management and environmental compliance efforts.
FEDERAL PROJECT TYPES
- Carbon management
- Forest health and wildfire resilience
- Land and resource management planning
- NEPA compliance and streamlining strategies
- Outdoor recreation
- Water resources
FEATURED PROJECTS
OUR FEDERAL SERVICES
SELECT FEDERAL CLIENTS
- Federal Highway Administration
- National Park Service
- US Bureau of Land Management
- US Bureau of Reclamation
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service
- US Army Corps of Engineers
FEDERAL KNOWLEDGE
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.
As another step in implementing the President’s environmental policy framework, including Executive Order (EO) 13807, on June 20, 2018 CEQ posted Advance Notice of proposed rulemaking to update National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508.
The valley elderberry longhorn beetle, which remains listed as threatened under the ESA after withdrawal of a proposal to delist the species, occurs throughout California’s Central Valley from approximately Shasta County to Fresno County.
