PROJECTS
The following are representative programs, projects, and tasks undertaken by the principals of Quercus Consultants:
Water Resources
Shasta Lake Water Resource Investigation — Shasta County, CA
Nestlé Waters North America McCloud Bottling Plant EIR — Siskiyou County, CA
McCloud Community Services District Pipeline Project — Siskiyou County, CA
Montague Water Treatment Plant Improvement — Siskiyou County, CA
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Water Supply Project — Central California
Yreka Water Infrastructure Improvement — Siskiyou County, CA
Roseburg Forest Products Stream Channel and Culvert Inventory — Siskiyou County, CA
Transportation
CalTrans Culvert Rehabilitation Project along State Highways 1, 20, and 101-Mendocino County, CA
Swede Creek Bridge Bird Exclusionary Netting Project—Department of Public Works, Shasta County, CA
CalTrans Cliff Swallow Exclusionary Netting for Sulphur Creek Bridge Replacement Project—CalTrans District 3, Redding, CA
CalTrans State Route SR 16 Highway Widening Project—Yolo County, CA
Cypress Avenue Bridge Widening Project—City of Redding, CA
Dibble Creek Bridge Replacement Project—Tehama County Department of Transportation
Trinity River Bridge Replacement Project – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation-Trinity County, CA
Browns Creek Bridge Replacement Project – Trinity County Department of Transportation,
Forestry Support Services
Forest Inventory Analysis — All Southwest Region (R5) National Forests, CA
Forest Inventory Analysis — Intermountain West Region (R4)
Forest Inventory Analysis — Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands (R2)
Forest Inventory Fire Effects Inventory
Forest Inventory Analysis — Urban FIA Washington and Oregon
Common Stand Exams — Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Common Stand Exams — Klamath National Forest, CA
Sequoia Grove Inventory — Sequoia National Forest, CA
Common Stand Exams — Plumas National Forest, CA
White Pine Blister Rust Inventory, Golden Trout Wilderness — Sequoia National Forest, CA
Forest Floor Long Term Soil Productivity Plots — Eldorado and Sierra National Forests, CA
Moosehead Area Determination and Boundary Designation — Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Beaverslide Cruise Design, Timber Marking and Cruising — Six Rivers National Forest, CA
Westside Stocking Exams — Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Happy Camp Stocking Exams — Klamath National Forest, CA
Tree Planting Inspections — Angeles National Forest, CA
Survival Exams — Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Field Surveys to Support LiDAR-based Forest Structure Classifications — Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Aerial Surveys for Forest Health — Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service
Stand Data Collection, Forested Watersheds — Oregon and Northern California
Forest Carbon Inventory — Mendocino and Lake Counties, CA
Roseburg-Magnum Timber Cruising Inventory — Roseburg Forest Products Shasta County, CA
Sierra Pacific Industries Land Exchange — Plumas National Forest, CA
Hazardous Fuel Assessment and Management Strategies for Mt. Shasta Fire Safe Council – Mt. Shasta, CA
Energy / Telecommunications
PG&E Pit 1 Hydroelectric Relicensing Project — Shasta County, CA
Southern Cross / Japan-US Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Landing Projects — California
Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm Monitoring – Shasta County, CA
IXC Henderson to Los Angeles Fiber Optic Longhaul Project — Nevada and California
PG&E Pipeline Corrosion Projects — Northern California
PacifiCorp Fish Creek Diversion Dam Wetland Restoration — Douglas County, OR
PG&E NERC Alert Program — Northern California
PG&E Wildfire Safety Inspection Program — Northern California
PG&E Caribou No. 2 Transmission Line Nesting Bird Surveys — Plumas County, CA
PG&E Colgate-Challenge Transmission Line Nesting Bird Surveys — Yuba County, CA
PG&E Humboldt Bay‐Humboldt Reconductoring Arborist Support — Humboldt County, CA
Natural Resource Studies / Biological Inventories
Gateway Phase 2 Trail Project Technical Studies and Analytical Documents in Support of NEPA – Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Ranch Fire Invasive Plant Surveys — Mendocino National Forest, CA
Northern Spotted Owl Surveys – Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Northern Goshawk Surveys — Lassen National Forest, CA
Northern Goshawk Surveys — Klamath National Forest, CA
Strategic Surveys for Vascular Plant, Lichen, Bryophyte and Fungi Species — Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests, CA
Pileated Woodpecker / Northern Goshawk Surveys — Sun Pass State Forest, OR
Northern Goshawk / Northern Spotted Owl / Marbled Murrelet Surveys — Siskiyou National Forest, OR
Zone 2 Marbled Murrelet Surveys — Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, Mendocino, and Klamath National Forests, CA and OR
Bolam / Mudflow Mollusk Surveys — Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Rubicon Trail Botany Surveys — Eldorado National Forest, CA
Mollusk and Salamander Surveys — Klamath National Forest, CA
McAdam’s THP Rare Plant Surveys — Siskiyou County, CA