Ecological & Natural Resources
MIG provides technical leadership, a collaborative approach, and implementation-oriented strategies in both urban and wildland environments. Our expert staff integrates the diverse and often conflicting needs of water supply, flood management, habitat and species conservation, urban environments and recreation, using innovative and customized tools such as facilitation, structured decision-making processes, stakeholder awareness and public education, state-of-the-art GIS, web-enabled databases and visualization technology.
Featured Projects
MIG is leading this innovative and inclusive General Plan Update that includes a Public Health element funded by the California Endowment and a Climate Change element.
MIG worked with the City of Berkeley to develop an interactive website to increase awareness regarding climate change.
MIG developed an outreach and voter education program to pass a benefit assessment that would provide for flood protection and stream stewardship in Santa Clara County for 10-15 years.
MIG led a strategic planning and communications program that yielded real flood protection solutions, grant funding and a successful Proposition 218 storm drainage fee vote.
MIG crafted a comprehensive trails and bikeways plan for the Presidio, a former Army base in San Francisco.
MIG prepared a master plan and construction documents for Phase I development of the historic Rolling M Ranch improvements within 2,237 acres in the Puente-Chino Hills.
High quality writing and design result in an appealing vision for an agency dedicated to the preservation of public lands.
Resulting in the revitalization of Downtown Napa, this project was an award-winning national model for integrated flood protection and watershed management.
MIG provided process management, facilitation and conflict resolution services to help coordinate multiple agencies in managing the Santa Clara watershed.
MIG designed and implemented a public involvement process, as well as conceptual designs and an interactive project website, for this critical project to provide flood protection for communities along the Truckee River.
This award-winning Master Plan addressed multiple objectives of habitat, open space and flood protection as well as water supply and water quality for over 19 cities in Los Angeles County.
Highly visual brochure educating the community about watersheds and clean oceans.
MIG led the development of a Plan that addresses safety, recreation and natural resource protection for 1,400 acres along five miles of the American River in Sacramento County.