Specifications include, but are not limited to: We are soliciting consultants with experience and expertise in: 1. Surveying and mapping; 2. Construction project management; 3. Civil and hydrological engineering; 4. Habitat restoration design, permitting, construction, and monitoring; with a focus on designing for integrated habitats and multiple benefits; including specific expertise and project experience in specific habitat types and mixes of habitat palettes- marine, estuarine, riparian, upland, and watershed areas 5. Natural and nature-based shoreline protection design; including experimental techniques and work in less common habitat types such as rocky intertidal areas and oyster beds; 6. Wildfire risk reduction and management 7. Landscape architecture; with a focus on native and environmentally oriented designs, 8. Trail planning, design, and engineering; 9. Water quality assessment; 10. Geotechnical and geomorphic assessment; 11. Structural analyses; 12. Pre-project feasibility analyses; 13. Economic analyses; 14. Hazardous or toxic substance investigations; 15. Wetland, creek, watershed, intertidal and subtidal assessments; 16. Archaeological studies; 17. Environmental documentation and assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act and other environmental laws and regulation; 18. Climate change issues such as urban heat island effect, species migrations, seasonal coastal and fluvial flooding, and sea-level rise; 19. Botanical studies; 20. Agricultural studies; 21. Soil analyses; 22. Carbon analyses; 23. Biological investigations; 24. Natural resource permitting; 25. Site and land use planning; 26. Sea-level rise, marsh migration, and coastal erosion modeling; 27. Environmental monitoring; 28. Graphic design for interpretive signs; and 29. Other program-related environmental services, such as appraisals for resource conservation purposes. The Conservancy also seeks to identify individuals, firms, and community groups providing these services: 1. Community engagement planning and implementation 2. Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) training and resources 3. Community engagement evaluation 4. Community-focused media and storytelling 5. Community-based restoration 6. Community-inclusive design planning 7. Local labor development and training 8. Traditional Ecological Knowledge
