Portfolio

Client: Skagit Watershed Council  Case Study: Peak staff worked with the Skagit Watershed Council, the Skagit Conservation District, and the Washington State Conservation Commission to evaluate a range of riparian vegetation incentive programs providing agricultural landowners with funding and assistance for riparian buffers. Our team conducted desk research and interviewed a diverse pool of individuals…

Client: Snohomish County Case Study: Peak is providing facilitation and coordination services to support Snohomish County’s Land Conservation Initiative as a subcontractor to Forterra. Our team is leading internal (with Snohomish County) and external stakeholder and tribal engagement. A County Leadership Committee will be identified and stakeholders recruited for six interest-focused groups in addition to…

Client: Whatcom County   Case Study: Peak is partnering with Shew Design to develop and implement a social marketing campaign encouraging boaters to reduce damage to pristine eelgrass beds at Wildcat Cove in Larrabee State Park. Working with the Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC), the team will develop and implement a social marketing campaign to…

Client: Department of Ecology   Case Study: Peak and Shew Design are developing a consistent social marketing messaging campaign to improve voluntary no anchor zone compliance by recreational boaters in the Northwest Straits region. No anchor zones aim to protect eelgrass beds from recreational boater anchors. The project goal is to build a consistent strategy across…

Client: Nooksack Tribe Case Study: Peak facilitated a South Fork Nooksack River Watershed community engagement effort to inform watershed planning and engage citizens on issues, challenges, and desired outcomes affecting their tight-knit community. Challenges included high flows and flooding in the winter, reduced streamflows in the summer, increasing sediment and stream temperatures, and worsening drought conditions…

Client: Mankowski Environmental Case Study: Peak worked with a team of wildlife biologists to produce a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) for landowners to conserve northern spotted owl habitat. Under contract with Mankowski Environmental Peak’s role was to edit, research, and format an SHA to enhance the conservation of the northern spotted owl. This agreement between…