NEPA Resources
Articles
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 115)
October 2021 -- CEQ Proposes Phase 1 Rulemaking to Revise the NEPA Implementing Regulations
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 114)
August 2021 ~~ Fatal NEPA Flaws
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 113)
July 2021 ~~ Tribal Sovereignty and Federal Consultations
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 112)
June 2021 ~~ Risk Communication and Public Involvement: Planning and Personnel
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 111)
May 2021 ~~ Addressing Environmental Justice in NEPA: A Brief History and Potential Changes
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 110)
April 2021 ~~ Test Your NEPA Expertise!
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 109_
*March 2021 ~~ NEPA’s Ambiguous Purpose & Need
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 108)
*March 2021 ~~ NEPA and Climate Change: The Long and Winding Road to Clarity on Analysis Requirements
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 107)
*September 2016 -- Cumulative Effects Analysis for NEPA Documents
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 106)
*June 2016 -- Risk Communication and Public Involvement: Planning and Personnel
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 105)
*September, 2015 -- Expediting NEPA Analysis (reprint)
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 104)
* June, 2015 -- NEPA's Site-specificity Requirement
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 103)
* May, 2014 -- Personal Commitment to Successful NEPA Collaboration
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 102)
* March, 2014 -- Program-level NEPA Documents and Effects
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 101)
* February, 2014 -- Team Collaboration in NEPA
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 100)
* October, 2013 -- Efficiently Scoping NEPA Documents: Storyboards!
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 99)
* August, 2013 -- NEPA Efficiencies vs. Austerity Budget Shortcuts
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 98)
* June, 2013 -- Telling Your Story
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 97)
* May, 2013 -- Spot the NEPA Flaws: a Webinar Exercise
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 96)
* April, 2013 -- Using Shipley Group’s Checklist on Document Quality
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 95)
* February, 2013 -- Utah’s DMV Website: Quality Design and Good Writing
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 94)
* January, 2013 -- Myths about Writing Conventions
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 93)
* December, 2012 -- Making Documents Credible
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 92)
* October, 2012 -- Quality Standards: A Missing Ingredient in Document Creation
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 91)
* August, 2012 -- “Trust but Verify” in NEPA Contracting
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 90)
* May, 2012 -- NEPA Efficiencies and EA Length
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 89)
* April, 2012 -- Telling a NEPA Story (reprint)
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 88)
* March, 2012 -- What Are Your Writing Habits?
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 87)
* February, 2012 -- CEQ Guidance on Timely and Efficient NEPA Compliance
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 86)
* January, 2012 -- Managing Information Overload: William Powers' Hamlet's Blackberry
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 85)
* December, 2011 -- Reviewing Documents Efficiently
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 84)
* October, 2011 -- Expediting NEPA Analysis
The Shipley News Article (Vol. 83)
* September, 2011 -- Resource Information and Agency Decisions
The Shipley News (Vol. 82)
* July, 2011-- Shipley Writing Strategies and www.plainlanguage.gov
The Shipley News (Vol. 81)
* June, 2011-- Plain Language and a High-Quality EIS or EA
The Shipley News (Vol. 80)
* May, 2011-- Becoming a Better Writer!
The Shipley News (Vol. 79)
* April, 2011-- Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn: a Bully Read
The Shipley News (Vol. 78)
* January, 2011-- Valid Editorial Suggestions vs. Fussbudgetry
The Shipley News (Vol. 77)
* November, 2010-- Contracting Questions and NEPA Analyses
The Shipley News (Vol. 76)
* October, 2010-- Objectives and NEPA’s Purpose and Need
The Shipley News (Vol. 75)
* September, 2010-- Quality Assurance/Quality Control: Managing Project Documents
The Shipley News (Vol. 74)
* July, 2010-- Risk Questions in NEPA Analysis and Management Actions
The Shipley News (Vol. 73)
* May, 2010-- Leonardo da Vinci and Thinking Techniques for Writers
The Shipley News (Vol. 72)
* April, 2010-- Document Reviews: the Key to Quality
The Shipley News (Vol. 71)
* March, 2010-- Strategies in Writing: Informative Captions for Graphics
The Shipley News (Vol. 70)
* January, 2010-- Managing Complex Projects: Implied Lessons from the Making of Avatar
The Shipley News (Vol. 69)
* November, 2009-- Range of Reasonable Alternatives
The Shipley News (Vol. 68)
* October, 2009-- Discussion: Using the 3 C’s: Cooperation, Coordination, and Collaboration
The Shipley News (Vol. 67)
* August, 2009-- Discussion: Collaboration’s Role in NEPA Compliance
The Shipley News (Vol. 66)
* May, 2009-- Discussion: Review of John Lombard’s Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation Strategy for the 21st Century (Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society, 2006)
The Shipley News (Vol. 65)
* April, 2009-- Discussion: Expediting NEPA Analyses for the Recovery Act
The Shipley News (Vol. 64)
* March, 2009-- NEPA Retrospective
The Shipley News (Vol. 63)
* February, 2009-- Discussion: Fatal NEPA Flaws? Shipley Environmental Onsite Staffing and Support.
The Shipley News (Vol. 62)
* January, 2009-- Discussion: Are Private Contractors Making Major Governmental Decisions?
The Shipley News (Vol. 61)
* November, 2008-- Discussion: A NEPA Storyboard Example
The Shipley News (Vol. 60)
* October. 2008-- Discussion: Making Decisions Transparent
The Shipley News (Vol. 59)
* Making On-site Training Count
The Shipley News (Vol. 58)
* August. 2008-- Discussion: Washington State DOT “Tool Kit” and Its Helpful Hints for NEPA Writers
The Shipley News (Vol. 57)
* February. 2008-- Discussion on Power Point: Communication Tool vs. Decision Making Process
The Shipley News (Vol. 56)
* July. 2007-- "Storyboards, Once Again", "Seven Sneaky Sins that Compromise Management Effectiveness "
The Shipley News (Vol. 55)
* June. 2007-- "NEPA Analysis and the “Best Science”
The Shipley News (Vol. 54)
* Jan. 2007-- "Telling a NEPA Story"
The Shipley News (Vol. 53)
* Oct.-Nov. 2006-- "Readability and Comprehensibility as NEPA Minimums"
The Shipley News (Vol. 52)
* August 2006-- "Prevention of NEPA Documentation Disasters "
The Shipley News (Vol. 51)
* June 2006-- "NEPA's Ambiguous Purpose and Need "
The Shipley News (Vol. 50)
* April 2006-- "Internal and External Costs of NEPA Contracting: The key to being cost effective"
The Shipley News (Vol. 49)
* February 2006-- "Review: The Key to Quality Documents"
The Shipley News (Vol. 48)
* January 2006-- "Recording NEPA Meetings"
The Shipley News (Vol. 47)
* December 2005-- "Who Rewrites Your Draft Text?"
The Shipley News (Vol. 46)
* October 2005-- "Test Your NEPA Expertise!"
The Shipley News (Vol. 45)
* August 2005-- "NEPA Project Management: Herding NEPA Cats"
The Shipley News (Vol. 44)
* July 2005-- "Reviewing the Latest CEQ Guidance on Cumulative Impacts"
The Shipley News (Vol. 43)
* June 2005-- "Would You Take A Look At This"
The Shipley News (Vol. 42)
* May 2005-- Recent Trends in Cumulative Impact Case Law
The Shipley News (Vol. 41)
* April 2005-- School Myths and Good Business and Technical Writing
The Shipley News (Vol. 40)
* March 2005-- Writing Workshops from the Shipley Group Perspective
The Shipley News (Vol. 39)
* February 2005-- A Recent Publication on Graphics and Some Application to Graphics in NEPA
The Shipley News (Vol. 38)
* January 2005-- Some Assembly Required
The Shipley News (Vol. 37)
* December 2004 -- Numerical Values and Agency Decision Making
The Shipley News (Vol. 36)
* November 2004 -- NEPA Indicators as an Agency's Scorecard
The Shipley News (Vol. 35)
* October 2004 -- Preparing Usable EISs and EAs
The Shipley News (Vol. 34)
* July 2004 -- Making Sound Decisions and NEPA
The Shipley News (Vol. 33)
* June 2004 -- NEPA Decisions—Previous and Future
The Shipley News (Vol. 32)
* April 2004 -- Fully Disclosing Impacts in NEPA Documentation