Our People and Services:
We are planners and scientists, generalists and specialists, managers and heavy-lifters, and in a good way, nerds devoted to what we do. The firm’s success is measured by the success of our clients and our employees. We believe in the importance of giving back to our communities. With offices in Berkeley, Irvine, Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, and San Diego, we offer a diverse a
nd devoted environmental. natural resources, planning, and urban design team of in-house professionals, along with other, on-call support personnel. In the 13 years since the firm was established, we have added technical and support staff, and we now number over 120 professionals. Ascent offers environmental planning and compliance, natural resources, climate change/greenhouse gas, air quality and noise, urban design, sustainability planning, and recreation planning services as our core endeavors. California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency environmental review are central to many of our projects. Technical and scientific services including wildlife biology, botany, wetland ecology, air quality and noise analysis, and greenhouse gas analysis and reduction strategies, Our planning services focus on climate action planning, climate resilience planning, state and regional park planning, trails planning, natural resources management, and urban design. We support a wide range of regulatory compliance requirements, including those related to endangered species, wetlands, streambed alteration, and water quality.
