ESA's policy leaders will discuss the recently introduced bipartisan permitting reform language, final rules affecting...
Historic Preservation
Historic architectural and landscape resources bring an intangible value to our society, environment, and local communities.
As time passes, the identification and preservation of historic resources becomes increasingly important. ESA provides professional consulting services to assist project applicants and property owners in reducing impacts to these resources and to meet preservation requirements for rehabilitation/adaptive-reuse or redevelopment projects pursuant to federal, state, and local regulations.
Our team consists of highly qualified architectural historians, historic architects, conservators, and preservation planners who exceed the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR 61).
Our Expertise Covers:
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- Collaboration with descendant communities
- HABS/HAER documentation
- Historical resources avoidance plans
- Historical resources management plans
- Mitigation solutions
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 compliance
- Public interpretation for historical resources
- Real-time data collection systems
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Christina Luu is part of ESA’s Business Intelligence team, where she helps turn complex data...
California has signed AB 2051 into law, setting the stage for coastal resilience permitting reforms....
California’s new CEQA laws bring changes to environmental review, exemptions, streamlining, and project planning. We...
Early environmental compliance planning can help projects reduce delays, avoid redesign, manage mitigation, and improve...
New USFWS guidance could narrow how “take” is interpreted under the Endangered Species Act, with...