PROJECTS
Janelle Nolan & Associates Environmental Consulting
Brings decades of experience navigating complex environmental and regulatory landscapes across California. From hydroelectric relicensing to multi-agency permitting, our strategic and science-based approach has helped clients move forward with confidence.
Below is a selection of representative projects:
English Meadows Floodplain Enhancement and Restoration Project
The English Meadows Floodplain Enhancement and Restoration Project is located in the headwaters of the Middle Yuba River approximately 35 miles northwest of Truckee, within Sierra and Nevada counties. Shaped by historic dam construction, hydraulic mining, grazing, and...
Big Creek System Hydroelectric Relicensing and License Compliance
JNA Consulting has provided long-term support to Southern California Edison Company for the relicensing of the Big Creek Hydroelectric System—a complex network of seven Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-licensed hydroelectric projects operating in an integrated...
Middle Fork American River Project Relicensing and License Compliance
The Middle Fork American River Project, owned and operated by Placer County Water Agency, includes two major storage reservoirs, five regulating reservoirs and diversion pools, and five powerhouses located primarily on the Tahoe and Eldorado National Forest. In...
Rush Creek Project Relicensing
The Rush Creek Project is owned and operated by Southern California Edison. The Project is located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, mostly on federal lands administered by the Inyo National Forest (a portion within the Ansel Adams Wilderness). The Project...
Sly Park Fuels Reduction Project
JNA Consulting supported the Mule Deer Foundation in the development of environmental compliance documentation for the Sly Park Fuels Reduction Project, located within the Eldorado National Forest , Placerville Ranger District. This project is part of a broader...
Potter Valley Project Surrender Application (Decommissioning) and Non-Project Use of Project Lands Application
JNA Consulting is supporting Stantec in the preparation of regulatory documentation associated with the planned license surrender and decommissioning of the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project in northern California on both private and Mendocino National Forest lands....
Greenhorn Sediment Removal at Rollins Reservoir Environmental Impact Report and Permitting
Rollins Reservoir Dam is part of the Nevada Irrigation District’s Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. Since the construction of the dam in 1965, sediment accumulation—particularly in the Greenhorn Arm—has led to the loss of approximately 10,000 acre-feet (17%) of the...
Upper American River Project Recreation Improvements
In support of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s 50-year FERC license for the Upper American River Project, JNA Consulting provides environmental permitting and regulatory compliance services for a broad suite of recreation improvement projects within the...
American River Water Rights Extension Environmental Impact Report
JNA Consulting is supporting Placer County Water Agency in preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for its American River Water Rights Extension Project. The purpose of Project is to obtain State Water Board approval of (1) additional time to put existing water...
French Meadows Forest Restoration Project
The French Meadows Forest Restoration Project is an innovative landscape-scale fuels reduction and forest health effort encompassing approximately 22,000 acres of National Forest System lands and 6,000 acres of private lands. The Project is located within the Dolly...
Forest Projects Plan (Phase 1)
The Forest Projects Plan (Phase 1) is a 25,529-acre, landscape-scale forest stand and wildlife habitat improvement project located primarily within the upper Mokelumne River watershed on Forest Service lands. The project aims to reduce the risk of high-intensity,...
Teakettle Experimental Forest Prescribed Burn Project
Initiated in 1998, the Teakettle Ecosystem Experiment was designed to study the short- and long-term ecological effects of prescribed fire and forest thinning treatments. Research has focused on a wide range of variables, including forest structure, understory...