We collaborate in multi-party regional natural resource planning efforts, providing planning and science leadership and developing technical and policy strategies to address complex inter-related natural resource challenges.

Effective regional planning requires accurate, spatially-explicit information placed in a framework of changing human resource demands. Relevant data come from diverse disciplines including hydrology, soil science, geology, biology, biogeochemistry, geography, and engineering. Our scientists and engineers help clients to better understand their data needs, identify and analyze existing data at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and identify critical data gaps and uncertainties. We synthesize the available information to help our clients and stakeholders understand present conditions, management options, potential outcomes, and key risk factors. We bring years of planning experience and state-of-the-art technology to our clients’ landscape-level and long-term planning needs. Our services in this area include: