The year 2020 saw Aspen’s growing Cultural Resources Group busily engaged in addressing cultural resources requirements for many of Aspen’s private sector and agency clients.

The state-mandated social distancing guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to impact businesses and personal interactions alike for the coming months.

Over the last few months, the Aspen Geospatial Team has been busy supporting field staff in mapping biological and cultural resources for “essential” projects across nearly 400-miles of terrain.

Aspen’s Energy Policy and Market Assessment team, specializing in energy economics, is working on policy analysis to support the move to a smaller natural gas system in California.

One of Aspen’s responsibilities as a consultant is to assist our clients with their training needs. We serve public and private entities interested in learning more about complicated regulatory and permitting requirements.

Maintaining safe working environments for staff while meeting the needs of clients has been challenging in light of the recent pandemic. Social distancing requirements and restrictions on sharing vehicles could reduce efficiency and increases travel costs; yet Aspen has innovated ways to maintain both safety.

Aspen’s Cultural Resources Group is pleased to announce that Michael Macko has earned the FAA Remote Pilot Certification and is now certified to fly Aspen’s drone in conjunction with any of our projects.

Dams have been crucial to the development of modern society, providing benefits such as hydropower, flood control, water storage, and navigation. The U.S. has relied heavily on dam construction to provide electricity and water to growing cities.

Aspen's role in mitigation strategies, fuel management, and fire prevention efforts help managing wildfire challenges.

Wind energy has existed in California for a long time. In the early 1980s, a large number of wind farms were built in places like Kern County, the San Gorgonio Pass, and the Altamont Pass in response to federal tax incentives. Despite this early boom, California’s wind generation capacity didn’t grow much for over twenty years…

On October 4th, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment that authorizes oil and natural gas leasing and development on federal lands across 11 counties in central California.

Aspen’s Cultural Resources Group is expanding its capabilities and capacity in order to assist our public and private sector clients in meeting their CEQA and NEPA cultural resources requirements in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.

In 2019, Biologists at Aspen found themselves having a busy year.  The rainfall earlier in the year led to an abundance of wildflowers, which in turn provided extra food for an abundance of wildlife. 

Highway 96 is a long, winding, two-lane road that matches the dramatic twists and turns of the Klamath River. The long stretch of road from Yreka to Happy Camp greets visitors with steep valley ridges, heavily forested mountains, and soaring bald eagles.

Since opening, the SF office has been in several different suites in the historic Russ Building in the heart of the Financial District. This central location allows Aspen’s Bay Area staff to commute by local transit or on foot!

The Practice Director for Aspen’s Energy Policy and Market Assessment Group, Catherine Elder, submitted testimony in a federal class action lawsuit involving an independent natural gas provider.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has asked Aspen to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and help with an extended application review process for the proposed rebuilding of over 300 miles of an existing transmission line.

For nearly two years, Aspen Environmental Group has provided a wide range of environmental technical and permitting services in support of Intersect Power’s (IP) Athos Renewable Energy project.