City of Victorville Awarded $28M State Grant to Build Wellness Center Campus |
Over the past year, ECORP has assisted the City of Victorville with environmental services for the proposed 4.5-acre Victorville Wellness Center Campus, located at 16902 First Street. The Campus will be the first facility of its kind in San Bernardino County, combining a low-barrier emergency shelter, recuperative care facility, medical clinic, interim housing, and wraparound support services. The city applied for various State and Federal funding to help with the construction and operation of the Wellness Center Campus.
In July 2021, ECORP initiated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review process for the project. An Initial Study/Environmental Assessment was prepared by ECORP along with United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) related forms. ECORP also prepared an array of technical studies including cultural and biological resources, air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise impact studies. Because the project is located within the 100-year floodplain, the HUD 8-Step Process for Projects in a Floodplain or Wetland was also prepared.
In December 2021, the City of Victorville announced that it had been awarded a $28-million Homekey Grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for the construction and operational support of its Wellness Center Campus. The City of Victorville is the first jurisdiction in Southern California to benefit from the second round of the state’s Homekey Grant program. This Wellness Center Campus will be a critical component in the City’s strategy to reduce homelessness, providing 170 interim housing beds and support services to help people gain stability. Construction of the Wellness Center Campus is set to begin in 2022 and reach completion in 2023.
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Rendering of Victorville's Wellness Center Campus |
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Rendering of site plan for Victorville's Wellness Center Campus |
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ECORP Avian Biologists Lead Bird Walk along the San Joaquin River with Residents of Tesoro Viejo |
ECORP Avian Biologists Keith Kwan and Angela Haas led a birding walk along the San Joaquin River for members of the Tesoro Viejo Community in Madera, California. The 3.5-mile hike began on the Tesoro Viejo Trail and included footpaths along the San Joaquin River Parkway as well as a trail meandering through Ledger Island. The participants enjoyed observations of over 40 species of birds. Biodiversity (and courtship) was on full display, including large raptors such as bald eagle and osprey; many species of ducks and waterbirds that included hooded mergansers, wood ducks, and great egrets; and a variety of grassland and woodland species from Lewis’s woodpeckers to Say’s phoebes to yellow-rumped warblers.
Mr. Kwan is an experienced Avian Biologist whose expertise in the Central Valley extends over 30 years. Ms. Haas received her M.S. studying bird communities of the Central Valley and has been birding in and around Sacramento for the past six years.
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Tiny Homes for the Homeless Master Plan |
ECORP Consulting, Inc. is proud to have helped the City of Sacramento in its effort to implement a component of its “Homeless Master Plan.” ECORP provided the services of a biologist and archaeologist to conduct required onsite surveys and to prepare biological and cultural resources technical reports in support the Meadowview Village Project. The Project entails construction of 125 tiny homes near Meadowview Road and 29th Street. This community will include permanent housing and services intended to help unhoused families under Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s “Homeless Master Plan.” ECORP provided these services to the city at no cost as part of its ongoing Volunteer/Community Service Program.
For more information regarding ECORP’s Volunteer/Community Service Program, contact Nicolle E. Herr at (916) 782-9100.
For more information on the “Homeless Master Plan”:
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ECORP Employment Opportunities - Let's Grow Together! |
ECORP would like to express our thanks to our new and returning clients that made 2021 such a successful year full of new and interesting endeavors. In 2021, ECORP continued to grow our technology-based services, including our eDNA portfolio and the use of lidar and laser-scanning technology. We also give thanks to our employees who worked throughout the state, from the Oregon border to the international border with Mexico, from the coast to the desert to the mountains, and all habitats in between, who made those projects a success. With that success comes the need for new members to join our team!
Is professional development and peer-to-peer mentoring what you are craving? Are relevant training opportunities in the most recent technology, changes in laws and regulations, and field and analysis techniques what you are looking for? As you are evaluating different job opportunities, ECORP is working to attract top talent while maintaining a culture of collaboration and growth.
We are currently hiring in all offices for:
- Environmental Planners (CEQA/NEPA and Land Use)
- Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas and Noise Specialists
- Archaeologists
- Architectural Historians
- Aquatic Resources/Wetland Regulatory Permitting Specialists
- Biologists
- GIS Specialists
- Marketing/Business Development
- Human Resources
- Accounting
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We offer full-time and part-time regular employees a very comprehensive
package of benefits for themselves and their families
Insurance, Health and Retirement and Other Optional Plans
Medical, Dental, Life & AD&D, Long Term Disability, Employee Assistance, 401(k), Vision, Prepaid Legal Services, Identity Theft Protection, Section 125 Plan, Pet Insurance, Whole Life Insurance, and Long-Term Care
Benefits
Vacations, Sick, Holiday, Jury Duty, Bereavement, Veterans Day, AAA membership
Professional Development
Professional Memberships, Professional Registrations, Permits and Licensing, Conferences, Brown Bags, Professional Development Training, Tuition Reimbursement, Mentorship, Customized Career Opportunities
Miscellaneous
We celebrate with Employee Appreciation Days, Instant Recognition Program, numerous opportunities to celebrate our accomplishments, Happy Hours (virtual and in-person), Volunteer/Community Service, Employee Referral Program, Remote Work Policy.
If you or someone you know is interested in working with a great team on interesting projects, please visit our website for more details on positions available at www.ecorpconsulting.com/careers
ECORP Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Mari Quillman Elected Chairperson of the Desert Tortoise Council |
ECORP is pleased to announce that Mari Quillman has taken the reigns as the Chairperson of the Desert Tortoise Council (Council). The mission of the Council is to assure the perpetual survival of viable populations of desert tortoises throughout their historical range, with a focus on the Gopherus tortoise species in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Ms. Quillman joined the Board of the Council in 2013 and filled the Membership Coordinator position in 2014. In 2021, she took the Chairperson-elect position and in February of 2022, at the end of the Council’s Annual Symposium, she took over the Chairperson position. She will hold the position for two years and will focus on the business of the Council, which includes providing research grants, conducting training workshops, commenting on environmental documents for projects affecting tortoises and their habitats, conducting outreach, and planning for the annual symposia. Ms. Quillman’s mission for the Council in the next two years includes addressing the threats associated with illegal marijuana grow farms to tortoises and their habitats throughout the Mojave Desert. She and the Council will work closely with other non-profits, concerned groups, counties, regulatory agencies, and law enforcement to eliminate the grow farms and to determine how to restore the damage to tortoise habitat.
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ECORP Attends TWS-WS Annual Meeting |
The 69th Annual Meeting of The Western Section of The Wildlife Society took place in Reno, Nevada February 7 through 11, 2022. In a careful move to a sort-of post-COVID normality, the event was a hybrid meeting with either in-person or virtual (Zoom) meeting attendance available. Those that attended in person were treated to three days of symposia, a poster session, numerous mixers, a career fair, chapter and working group meetings, and any number of other informal chances to mingle. Five hundred and ninety registered participants attended the meeting, which by all accounts was a great success.
ECORP Biologists Caroline Garcia, Wendy Turner, Don Mitchell, and Eric Stitt attended in person, while Angela Haas attended virtually. ECORP was a proud Bighorn Gold Sponsor and the ECORP team took turns operating the in-person and virtual company booths.
Eric Stitt is a member of the Sac-Shasta and San Francisco Bay Chapters and attended the Sac-Shasta chapter members meeting. He is also a member of the Western Section Conservation Affairs Committee and At-Large board member for the national Biological Diversity Working Group (BDWG), both of whose meetings he attended.
Don Mitchell, Wendy Turner, and Caroline Garcia are members of the Southern California Chapter and attended the conference members’ meeting. Additionally, Caroline Garcia is a Board member for the Southern California Chapter, holding the position of Secretary. The Southern California Chapter was awarded Chapter of the Year for the second year in a row. The Chapter will hold onto the coveted jackalope trophy for another year!
During the evening welcome reception, ECORP participated in the wildlife t-shirt contest with categories of science/nature, funniest, most unique, most artistic, and Judges’ favorite. Don and Caroline won for funniest and science/nature, respectively.
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