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1 Practice: Aesthetic Initiative Measurement System (AIMS)
Categories: Aesthetics
Corridor Preservation
Project Development
Public Involvement
State: Minnesota
Organization: Minnesota Department of Transportation
Contact: David Larson
Title: Senior Landscape Architect
Email: david.larson@dot.state.mn.us
Phone: 651-284-3774
Description: In 2001, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) finalized a tool that transportation project managers and engineers can use to determine what drivers prefer for roadside visual quality an ...[click for more]
Last Updated: September 3, 2009
2 Practice: "Hear Every Voice" Public Involvement Process
Category: Public Involvement
State: Minnesota
Organization: Federal Highway Administration MN Division
Contact: Cheryl Martin
Title: Environmental Engineer
Email: Cheryl.Martin@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 651-291-6120
Description: In 1999, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) finalized a new public involvement process called "Hear Every Voice." The process guides Mn/DOT staff on how to involve the public, includ ...[click for more]
Related Documentation: PDFs/md_hev.pdf
Last Updated: September 3, 2009
3 Practice: Strategies and Approaches for Effectively Moving Complex Environmental Documents through the EIS Process: A Peer Exchange Report
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Environmental (NEPA) Documentation
Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: Maryland
Organization: Maryland State Highway Administration
Contact: Wesley Mitchell
Title: Deputy District Engineer-Prince George's County
Email: wmitchell@sha.state.md.us
Phone: 301-513-7311
Description: In September of 2008, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and FHWA Florida Division Office organized a peer exchange to share strategies and approaches for effectively moving complex and/o ...[click for more]
Last Updated: February 24, 2009
4 Practice: Strategies and Approaches for Effectively Moving Complex Environmental Documents through the EIS Process: A Peer Exchange Report
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Environmental (NEPA) Documentation
Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: Florida
Organization: Federal Highway Administration, Florida Division
Contact: Karen Brunelle
Title: Director, Office of Planning and Environment
Email: Karen.Brunelle@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: (850) 942-9650 x3021
Description: In September of 2008, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and FHWA Florida Division Office organized a peer exchange to share strategies and approaches for effectively moving complex and/o ...[click for more]
Last Updated: February 24, 2009
5 Practice: Strategies and Approaches for Effectively Moving Complex Environmental Documents through the EIS Process: A Peer Exchange Report
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Environmental (NEPA) Documentation
Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: Utah
Organization: Utah Department of Transportation
Contact: Teri Anne Newell
Title: Project Manager
Email: tnewell@utah.gov
Phone: (801) 685-2917
Description: In September of 2008, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and FHWA Florida Division Office organized a peer exchange to share strategies and approaches for effectively moving complex and/o ...[click for more]
Last Updated: February 24, 2009
6 Practice: Maryland SHA's Innovative Approach to Wetland Mitigation and Environmental Stewardship
Categories: GIS and Spatial Data
Habitat/Ecosystem Connectivity & Conservation
Land Use Planning & Smart Growth
Public Involvement
Stormwater, The Clean Water Act, & Section 404
Watersheds & Wetlands
State: Maryland
Organization: Maryland State Highway Administration
Contact: Sonal Sanghavi
Title: Director, Office of Environmental Design
Email: ssanghavi@sha.state.md.us
Phone: 410-545-8640
Description: The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has made a commitment to mitigate for unavoidable and historical impacts to wetlands from transportation projects. The SHA is working with local jurisdi ...[click for more]
Last Updated: February 23, 2009
7 Practice: Strategies and Approaches for Effectively Moving Complex Environmental Documents through the EIS Process: A Peer Exchange Report
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Environmental (NEPA) Documentation
Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: Maryland
Organization: Federal Highway Administration DELMAR Division
Contact: Dan Johnson
Title: Environmental Program Manager
Email: DanW.Johnson@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 410-779-7154
Description: In September of 2008, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and FHWA Florida Division Office organized a peer exchange to share strategies and approaches for effectively moving complex and/o ...[click for more]
Last Updated: February 23, 2009
8 Practice: Follansbee-Weirton WV2 Upgrade: archeology, Consultation, and Outreach at the East Steubenville Site
Categories: Historic
Mitigation
Public Involvement
State: West Virginia
Organization: West Virginia Department of Transportation
Contact: Ben Hark
Email: bhark@dot.state.wv.us
Phone: 304-558-2885
Description: Recognized for 50 years as one of the most important archeological sites in the eastern United States, the East Steubenville Site near Weirton provided the first opportunity in five decades to study a ...[click for more]
Last Updated: January 24, 2008
9 Practice: MOU with Native American Tribes
Categories: Interagency Agreements: MOAs, MOUs, and Programmatic Agreements
Process/NEPA
Public Involvement
Tribal
Tribal Consultation & Issues
State: Iowa
Organization: Federal Highway Administration IA Division
Contact: Mike  LaPietra
Title: Environment and Realty Manager
Email: Mike.LaPietra@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 515-233-7302
Description: In 2002, the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) formalized its first programmatic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to Native American Tribal concerns. The MOU is between IDOT and ...[click for more]
Last Updated: November 7, 2007
10 Practice: Can-Do Environmental Streamlining Process
Categories: Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: Iowa
Organization: Federal Highway Administration IA Division
Contact: Mike  LaPietra
Title: Environment and Realty Manager
Email: Mike.LaPietra@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 515-233-7302
Description: In 1998 and 1999, a joint Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) team developed and began implementing the Iowa DOT's streamlined project development pr ...[click for more]
Last Updated: November 7, 2007
11 Practice: The Southeast Arkansas I-69 Project: Integrating GIS with Inter-Agency and Public Involvement
Categories: Farmland
GIS and Spatial Data
Historical & Archeological Preservation
Public Involvement
Tribal Consultation & Issues
Watersheds & Wetlands
State: Arkansas
Organization: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
Contact: Lynn  Marbrough
Title: Divison Head, Environmental
Email: Lynn.Malbrough@arkansashighways.com
Phone: 501-569-2281
Description: The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) combined innovative Geographic Information System (GIS) technology with early, proactive coordination with state and Federal resource ag ...[click for more]
Last Updated: November 2, 2007
12 Practice: California Interagency Collaborative Problem Solving Workshop for Transportation Projects
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
State: California
Organization: Federal Highway Administration CA Division
Contact: David Tedrick
Title: Environmental Program Manager
Email: David.Tedrick@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 916-498-5024
Description: A two-day workshop was held in Sacramento with representatives from the California Division of FHWA, the California offices of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Caltrans. Thirty-seven participan ...[click for more]
Last Updated: July 18, 2007
13 Practice: Caltrans Big Slough Watershed Partnership
Categories: Mitigation
Public Involvement
State: California
Organization: California Department of Transportation
Contact: Gary Winters
Title: Chief, Division of Environmental Analysis
Email: gary.winters@dot.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 653-7136
Description: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 5 has developed a partnership with the Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF) to cooperatively protect and improve the environment of the Elkh ...[click for more]
Last Updated: July 18, 2007
14 Practice: Environmental Survey
Category: Public Involvement
State: Illinois
Organization: Federal Highway Administration IL Division
Contact: Matt  Fuller
Title: Envrionmental Program Engineer
Email: matt.fuller@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: (217) 492-4625
Description: The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) tracks its project through the environmental survey process using the Project Monitoring Application (PMA) database. For a copy of the Processing of En ...[click for more]
Related Documentation: pmaildot.asp
Last Updated: May 23, 2007
15 Practice: Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Outreach
Categories: Historic
Mitigation
Public Involvement
Training & Certification
State: Pennsylvania
Organization: Pennslyvania Department of Transportation
Contact: Joe  Baker
Email: josebaker@state.pa.us
Phone: 717-705-1482
Description: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Cultural Resources Section supports a broad outreach effort for its work that includes a web presence a publication series for both technical ...[click for more]
Last Updated: April 23, 2007
16 Practice: Pennsylvania Cultural Resources GIS
Categories: GIS and Spatial Data
Historical & Archeological Preservation
Public Involvement
State: Pennsylvania
Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Contact: Ira Beckerman
Email: ibeckerman@dot.state.pa.us
Phone: 717-772-0830
Description: The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT's) Planning & Research Bureau and Design Bureau launched a Cultural Resources Geograp ...[click for more]
Last Updated: April 23, 2007
17 Practice: Public Involvement Plan, Nice Bridge Improvement Project
Categories: Public Involvement
SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions
State: Maryland
Organization: Federal Highway Administration DELMAR Division
Contact: Dan Johnson
Title: Environmental Program Manager
Email: DanW.Johnson@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 410-779-7154
Description: The Nice Bridge Improvement Project will improve the condition of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, which connects Charles County, Maryland and King George County, Virginia. The Public Invo ...[click for more]
Last Updated: March 20, 2007
18 Practice: Capturing the Historic Spirit of the Original Marsh Arch – Rainbow Arch Bridge
Categories: Collaborative Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Public Involvement
State: North Dakota
Organization: North Dakota Department of Transportation
Contact: Sheri  Lares
Title: Environmental Section Leader
Email: slares@state.nd.us
Description: The Rainbow Arch Bridge in Valley City, North Dakota was built in 1925. Over the years, the bridge developed structural problems and was rated “functionally obsolete,” the bridge’s deck geometry was r ...[click for more]
Last Updated: May 11, 2006
19 Practice: Tribal Section 106 Agreements
Categories: Interagency Agreements: MOAs, MOUs, and Programmatic Agreements
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Process/NEPA
Public Involvement
Tribal Consultation & Issues
State: Minnesota
Organization: Federal Highway Administration MN Division
Contact: Cheryl Martin
Title: Environmental Engineer
Email: Cheryl.Martin@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 651-291-6120
Description: The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration Minnesota Division Office are currently consulting with the eleven Federally-recognized Native American tribes located ...[click for more]
Related Documentation: PDFs/PA_FondDuLac_FHWA.pdf , PDFs/PA_GrandPortage_FHWA.pdf
Last Updated: May 5, 2006
20 Practice: Dissemination and Retrieval of Information from Consulting Parties and Tribes
Categories: Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
Tribal Consultation & Issues
State: Pennsylvania
Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Contact: Ira Beckerman
Email: ibeckerman@dot.state.pa.us
Phone: 717-772-0830
Description: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Pennsylvania Division and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) have two instruments in place to aide in the dissemination and retrieval of ...[click for more]
Last Updated: May 5, 2006
21 Practice: Tribal Negotiation MOU
Categories: Public Involvement
Tribal Consultation & Issues
State: Arkansas
Organization: Federal Highway Administration AR Division
Contact: Randal Looney
Title: Environmental Coordinator
Email: randal.looney@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 501-324-6430
Description: The FHWA Arkansas Division and the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) are negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two Native American Tribes that will outline coordinat ...[click for more]
Last Updated: July 26, 2005
22 Practice: Roadside Interpretation Program
Categories: Historic
Historical & Archeological Preservation
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Mitigation
Public Involvement
Wildlife and Threatened & Endangered Species
State: Colorado
Organization: Colorado Historical Society
Contact: Modupe  Labode
Email: Modupe.Labode@chs.state.co.us
Phone: 303-866-5784
Description: In December 2002, the Colorado Historical Society’s Roadside Interpretation Program (RIP) – with assistance from the Colorado State Historical Fund, the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Fede ...[click for more]
Last Updated: July 26, 2005
23 Practice: Mississippi DOT Partnership to Preserve Bottomland Hardwood Forest Ecosystem in the Pascagoula River Watershed
Categories: Habitat/Ecosystem Connectivity & Conservation
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Mitigation
Public Involvement
Section 6(f) Properties
Watersheds & Wetlands
Wildlife and Threatened & Endangered Species
State: Mississippi
Organization: Mississippi Department of Transportation
Contact: Claiborne Barnwell
Title: Environmental Div. Engineer
Email: cbarnwell@mdot.state.ms.us
Phone: 601-359-7920
Description: The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently invested $8.7 million in a partnership effort to conserve one of the finest remaining natural areas in Mississippi, a very large contiguous ...[click for more]
Last Updated: July 26, 2005
24 Practice: Joint Public Hearings Memorandum of Agreement
Categories: Interagency Agreements: MOAs, MOUs, and Programmatic Agreements
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Public Involvement
Watersheds & Wetlands
Wetland Banking
State: New Hampshire
Organization: New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Contact: William Hauser
Title: Administrator, Bureau of Environment
Email: bhauser@dot.state.nh.us
Phone: 603-271-3226
Description: The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) have a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishing a joint hearing process for ...[click for more]
Related Documentation: http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/strmlng/jphmoa.asp
Last Updated: July 25, 2005
25 Practice: I-93 corridor pilot project
Category: Public Involvement
State: New Hampshire
Organization: Federal Highway Administration NH Division
Contact: Bill O'Donnell
Title: Environmental Coordinator
Email: O'Donnell.William@fhwa.dot.gov
Phone: 603-225-1608
Description: Congress has directed the USDOT to designate the Interstate 93 (I-93) Corridor Project in New Hampshire as a pilot demonstration for how environmental streamlining goals can be met. The environmental ...[click for more]
Related Documentation: PDFs/nh_es.pdf
Last Updated: July 25, 2005
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