September, 2008

Shipley News

Feature Article

 
Discussion:
Making On-site Training Count
By Larry Freeman, PhD.
The Shipley Group, Senior Consultant

For years, Shipley Group clients have talked to me prior to a scheduled on-site workshop.  Besides discussing logistical details, they want a guarantee that attendees get training that is effective and project specific.

To address their concerns and objectives, I usually ask several questions… Click Here to View Entire Article (.pdf file)

 ENVIRONMENTAL/NEPA 
News from across the Agencies

USDA Forest Service Climate Change Companion Document to Strategic Plan 2007-2012
Prepared by Strategic Planning Branch, Strategic Planning & Performance Accountability Staff, Business Operations Deputy Area,Washington, DC.

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US Fish and Wildlife Service Announces New Tool for Endangered Species Conservation.
The Service has developed the final guidance for an innovative new tool designed to help federal agencies conserve imperiled species on non-federal lands. News Release

Click to view information on the Recovery Credit System

 

Federal Government Implementation of the Clean Marina Challenge
The President has challenged the Federal government to be… good stewards

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Onsite training offers you and your organization a positive return on your training.

  • With travel costs and travel restrictions—Onsite training makes it easier to get the training you need when you need it.
  • Onsite training provides quality and proven training—often at costs less per person than other training options.
  • We tailor our Onsite workshops to local or regional issues; using documents familiar to the participants. Multiple workshops may be combined to meet particular needs.
  • With Onsite training, teams become more unified, effective, and successful.
  • Use Onsite training for team and group “refresher” and/or executive overview workshops.
 

NEPA Tip of the Month

Several criteria for good indicators are now clear to most NEPA practitioners:

  1. Agencies need not display impacts on indicators that are not relevant to the project, especially when a single resource may have multiple possible indicators.

  2. The best indicators are quantified measures along with the necessary interpretation of the numerical values presented.

  3. Models and other projection tools need to be relevant to the project at hand, and the NEPA document must discuss pros and cons of any model chosen to provide data about projected impacts.

  4. Qualitative measures are acceptable as long as the impacts are still interpreted in a manner that allows the public to understand the importance of the potential impacts.


Excerpt from Chapter 7 of the Shipley manual: “Telling the NEPA Story” (pg. 161section 7.2.1)

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