C. Nissley Environmental Consultants www.cnec_inc.com
Get a better decision-making product & eliminate litigation by integrating assessment of impacts on cultural communities & practices. How ?
1. start both processes, EAs or EISs and Section 106, early & at the same time; especially if the cultural property is a National Historic Landmark, a significant historical community site, or a tribal area of traditional practice, i.e. plant, mineral, animal gathering areas
2. Is the landscape rural or urban ? Identify the group(s) that give meaning to the landscape.
3. What role does the cultural landscape play in keeping the group's cultural traditions ?
4. Consider writing a Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA)
coming next week: CIAs and relationships of cultural landscapes and values...
About Me
- C. Nissley Environmental Consultants, Inc.
- help in navigation of cultural resource laws and regs; national experience in Section 106 and consideration of cultural property under federal NEPA review
I have known a lot of professionals taking up environmental management training nowadays as they have seen that a lot of clients are now more into "green" products/services nowadays. Those consultants are going to have some competition now.
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