In 2018, we began a comprehensive assessment of forest roads in the watersheds affected by the Copper, Sayre, and Ranch Fires. On behalf of the U.S. Forest Service through the NFWF ANF Copper, Sayre and Ranch Fires Restoration Grant Program, we identified erosion and road issues that are impacting downstream resources or jeopardizing road integrity. […]

Funded by the Caltrans Adaptation Planning Grant and working with the Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office, we are assessing potential vulnerabilities from climate change to sites and resources of significance to the Chumash people, as well as impacts to transportation infrastructure that is needed to access them. Through research and community outreach with various bands […]

Through the Southern California Tribal Monitoring Network, the Pala Band of Mission Indians is initiating a collaborative community-scaled air quality monitoring project. Air quality monitors measuring concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), and particulate matter (PM) 2.5 and 10 will be deployed on the reservation, and real-time air quality data will be displayed on […]

This project focuses on identifying and evaluating air pollutants impacting the community of Lost Hills using a network of sensors that can continuously detect levels of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (2.5 and 10), methane, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The Lost Hills community is located adjacent to the Lost Hills Oilfield, a major source […]

On behalf of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), we are conducting a comprehensive inventory of stream condition in the San Francisquito Creek Watersheds. For this project, we are assessing impacts from the Copper Fire to water resources and aquatic habitat, providing baseline information prior to construction […]

On behalf of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), we are conducting a comprehensive inventory of stream condition in the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez River Watersheds. For this project, we are assessing impacts from the Zaca Fire to water resources and aquatic habitat, providing baseline information […]

On behalf of the Santa Ynez band of Chumash Mission Indians, we are performing a stream condition assessment of the lower Zanja de Cota Creek on the Santa Ynez Chumash Reservation, a historic steelhead stream and tributary to the lower Santa Ynez River. The Southern California Steelhead is a federally listed endangered species and historically […]

In February 2015, CFROG filed an appeal with the County of Ventura for a project consisting of 19 new oil wells on existing well pads adjacent to the Santa Paula Creek in Ventura County. CFROG hired us to assess potential environmental impacts from these wells, and to better understand the potential environmental risks from the […]

In 2017, we began a comprehensive assessment of forest roads in the watersheds affected by the Zaca and Jesusita Fires. On behalf of the U.S. Forest Service through the NFWF LPNF Wildfires Restoration Grant Program, we identified erosion and road issues that are impacting downstream resources or jeopardizing road integrity. To achieve this objective, over […]

On behalf of the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, Blue Tomorrow partnered with Dr. Arturo Keller from the University of California, Santa Barbara to perform a watershed assessment and environmental sampling of five coastal watersheds in northern Ventura County. The goal of this study was to identify impacts of hydraulic fracturing and oil […]