Today, I sat down to write a thank you note to a recent customer. But all of my rough drafts thank you notes kept reading as like marketing brochures. I wrote things like: “I really appreciate your purchase of a Cubit Planning report.” Uggggh! Frustrated with my inability to speak like a human, I went [...]
Archive | September, 2009
Why Planners Should Use Twitter
Recently, the Social Media and the Administrative Record discussion on Re:NEPA suggested that if a planner sets up a social media site/service for a project, then the comments from the social media site must be included in the Administrative Record (AR). Including comments from social media sites in the AR could be a time-consuming, thankless [...]
Sea Lions and Dolphins to protect US Naval Base
The US Navy has submitted a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its proposed Swimmer Interdiction Security System (SISS) for the Washington state Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. According to the FEIS, the SISS would find, identify and intercept waterborne intruders (swimmers or divers) for engagement by harbor security forces. The Navy’s preferred alternative, the Marine Mammal [...]
FEIS Land Swap Halted Over Alternative Analysis Failure
9th Circuit Court halted a land swap between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Asarco, a mining company, this Monday. The BLM prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for this project in 1999. The FEIS examined 2 land exchange alternatives and 1 No Action Alternative. The FEIS assumed that even if the land [...]
Interactive Maps Are Live
New Mapping Tools Interactive Maps are now available to help you pull data for your NEPA document FASTER! Draw a line on a map, and get cut-and-paste ready data about your project area. Check out Interactive Maps here. With Interactive Maps, Cubit users also get a Preview Map with their Socio-Ec Report. The Preview Map [...]
