AT&T On-call Environmental Support within the State of Nevada

JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. (JBR) provided assistance to AT&T for fiber optic linear projects related to environmental baseline surveys, permitting, and construction monitoring in conjunction with local, state, and federal agencies throughout Nevada. Projects required the preparation of Environmental Assessments (EAs), performing sensitive plant and wildlife surveys, desert tortoise surveys, wetland delineations, and environmental monitoring related to construction activities. JBR has also prepared numerous EAs analyzing the construction of Nevada Bell fiber optic cables and associated facilities across private and public (Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service) lands within Nevada. EAs and other projects completed by JBR include:

• Cherry Creek Fiber Optic Cable EA and Construction Monitoring
• Ely Toll Lead (Eureka to Ely) Fiber Optic Cable EA/Construction Monitoring
• Hadley to Austin, Nevada Fiber Optic Cable EA
• Sunnyside to Willow Creek (Ely) Project Categorical Exclusion
• Tonopah to Specter Mountain Fiber Optic Cable  EA
• Fish Creek - Pinto Creek Rip 5 Fiber Optic Cable EA
• Amargosa Valley Fiber Optic Cable Categorical Exclusion
• Diamond Valley Fiber Optic Cable EA
• Crescent Valley Fiber Optic Cable EA
• Beatty, Nevada Desert Tortoise Survey
• Springdale to Amargosa Narrows Fiber Optic Cable Sensitive Species Review
• Fernley to Silver Springs Project Fiber Optic Cable Waters of the U.S. Delineation
• Wadsworth (Interstate 80 alignment) Waters of the U.S. Delineation
• Hualapai Project Waters of the U.S. Delineation/Construction Monitoring
• Washoe Valley Fiber Optic Cable Waters of the U.S. Delineation
• Pahrump to  Sandy Valley Fiber Optic Cable EA