About Skills Sectors FACILITATION As a neutral party, we help diverse parties resolve tough issues. Whether training staff, creating new policy, developing a new strategic plan, or mediating contentious decisions, group and process facilitation requires an expert communicator with the ability to keep groups focused and negotiate resolutions. Workshops, advisory groups, partnering, and public meetings can all benefit from a professional, knowledgeable, and creative EnviroIssues facilitator. A multimodal solution to a multimodal problem creative studiofacilitationpublic involvementtransportation Seattle’s Westlake community is a unique gem, home to a wide range of marine-based businesses, including float planes, cruise boats, electric boat rentals and even luxury superyacht facilities. There … more The biggest little tunneling machine in Fremont creative studiofacilitationpublic involvementwater Sewer pipes have a long shelf life, but even sturdy cast iron pipes need updating. In Fremont, the two original siphons that carried sewer and stormwater from a 100 square mile area – sometimes as … more What goes into opening the world's longest floating bridge to the public? creative studiofacilitationpublic involvementtransportation On the first weekend of April 2016, EnviroIssues staff joined WSDOT in holding a celebration on the new SR 520 floating bridge, with more than 45,000 people in attendance. Food trucks? Check. Ribbon … more Five million acres. One plan. Go! facilitationnatural resources Despite the beautiful vistas and mountain air, revising national forest plans is no walk in the park. And the forest plan revision process for the Blue Mountains National Forests was no exception & … more Because rivers, they flood facilitationwater Rivers don’t always respect property lines. When their waters reach their banks, they flood, and that flooding doesn’t discriminate between houses, businesses, roads, or rails – … more Seeing the forest for the trees facilitationnatural resources “Planned wilderness” seems like an oxymoron, but keeping wild spaces wild isn’t as easy as it might seem. That was the case with the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests … more Super waterway, Superfund site, super-complex project creative studiocleanupfacilitationpublic involvement Take one part urban waterway with a long history of heavy industry. Add several parts diverse residential neighborhoods, business owners, commercial fishing, and community members who look to the … more During the (over)flow of conversation… creative studiofacilitationwater Sewer systems are the sort of thing we all take for granted…until we can’t. And boy, can they force you to pay attention! The Broadview neighborhood in Seattle has had more than their … more West Seattle’s new one-million-gallon neighbor facilitationoutreachpublic involvementwater Sewer systems fall in that category of “things people don’t want to talk about.” We want them to work, but don’t necessarily want to learn all the inside details. So, when King County began thinking … more Collaboration on a “Great” scale creative studiofacilitationnatural resources In recent years, the US Department of the Interior began forming new collaborative organizations which look at environmental conservation with a much broader perspective. There are now 22 Landscape … more A Tale of a Trashy City facilitationland use It was the best of times, it was the worst of times to be a transfer station. The fact is, Seattleites generate about 800,000 tons of municipal solid waste each year. And all that waste has to go … more Gorgeous…unreinforced, but gorgeous facilitationland use Anyone who saw news coverage of the 2001 Nisqually earthquake saw that Seattle has gorgeous old buildings made with unreinforced masonry (URM) – and that they weren’t built to withstand a … more It’s electric! creative studioenergyfacilitationpublic involvement Siting a new transmission line is a challenge, no two ways about it. But when Idaho Power proposed the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project (B2H) - a new transmission line designed to … more 1 ABOUT about us jobs people clients contract vehicles envirolytical participate.online contact us SKILLS communications public involvement outreach facilitation research & surveys creative studio SECTORS transportation cleanup natural resources energy land use water