The environmental field is still a relatively new area for most. The need for environmental assessment may come as a notice from the government, or a bank. Some companies want to shift their operations to be more compatible with growing environmental thinking and laws. The focus of our work is not to strike a balance, but rather to strike a high note for our clients.

Where We Work: The Columbia River Basin is the State's food production and food storage and soon data storage headquarters. The strengthening economic climate here is allowing our mainly agricultural focus to shift into high-tech through the obvious benefits of reliable, reasonable cost hydro power. Plus, the Columbia Basin is a playground. Here can be found all the recreational delights that one would expect to find in a world class resort set in the grand  landscape of the inland Pacific Northwest.

In the work of environmental assessment, and all projects, we are sensitive to the flow of the economy and the forces of nature, and we respect both in the process.

The subtle forces of nature do a lot for us every day, in the garden, in the farm field and even in the depths of the lowly septic system.  These forces traditionally provide us with most of what we need to build our communities.  The role of these forces in our economy is not commonly discussed.  A diesel powered farm tractor is an example of how the natural forces of plant biology are re-directed for our use in the production and harvesting of crops. If our government ever decides to secure our national energy supply, we are bound to turn first to nuclear power and then by default to the subtle forces to sustain our economy.

We should have learned by now that over aggressive approaches to environmental management (clear-cutting) and  timid approaches (still no energy policy for the USA that anyone can describe in more than one short sentence ) are running into problems that anyone in the world can see. When the true cost of our official blind eye approach to energy (environmental) planning comes due, we may not be able to afford to both feed ourselves and prepare for change, let alone clean anything up. The questions being raised in our recent official decision to feed corn to cars in at best a break-even energy deal reminds me of two teenage boys deciding to hook a motor to a generator for some free energy. It seems clear that depending on our elected leaders to provide direction in this could send us to Katrina.

In spite of every attempted petty theft of our unalienable rights by our so called leaders, individuals still run and rule this country in the end. We must make up our own minds based on true facts from trusted sources. This is the role ECO-NOMIC plays in the managing of environmental risks. In spite of having some great corporate clients, most of our customers are individuals and family businesses, sometimes facing once-in-a-lifetime events like a cleanup or a sensitive construction project. Our role is to guide you through and to go to bat if required.