Portfolio

Client: Skagit Watershed Council  Case Study: Peak evaluated a range of riparian vegetation incentive programs used in Skagit County. These programs aim to provide agricultural landowners with funding and assistance for installing riparian buffers along waterways. Our team conducted research and interviewed a diverse pool of individuals working in the conservation field to assess the…

Client: Snohomish County Case Study: Peak is providing facilitation and coordination services to support Snohomish County’s Land Conservation Strategy 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 Marine Resources Committee  Case Study: Peak developed a Wildcat Cove eelgrass protection social marketing campaign aimed at reducing harmful boat launching activities. We worked with Shew Design – a strategic communications company – to develop messaging that encourages boaters to engage in behaviors that protect eelgrass beds when they are launching their boats….

Client: Washington Department of Ecology   Case Study: Peak and Shew Design developed a social marketing 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 was to build a consistent strategy across all partners to…

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…