The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) posted the following on their web site addressing the issue of coastal storm damage and flooding due to this years El Nino weather pattern. So along with the hoped for rain and easing of the 4 year drought are the counter point issues of flooding, runoff + landslides in fire scared areas. Think all of the politicians, businesses + residents of California are working together to conserve water for the benefit of the State? You are wrong. This investigative story by the New York Times reveals what is going on behind the scene at California's largest and most powerful water district.
ENVIRONS Landscape Architecture, Inc. provides professional landscape architecture and urban design services to public and private clients. Established in 1989 by principal and owner, Martin Schmidt, Environs has worked on a wide variety of project types and scales, including the planning and design of civic and public works projects, parks, and recreational facilities, schools and institutions, industrial parks, mixed-use commercial and corporate sites, estate residential, and select planned communities.
Our Southern California environment is diverse in habitat and reliant on limited imported resources. There is positive change in our collective values as it pertains to the environment, a renewed appreciation for sustainable design, and more intelligent use of the region's most precious resource-water. Regionally appropriate designs become increasingly important in site planning and the art and science of landscape architecture. It is entirely possible to create and implement landscapes that fulfill the desires and vision, developed by the designer and the client, and reflect stewardship of these resources.