Blog & News
Our Summer Interns
Balance had the wonderful opportunity to bring on four interns for Summer 2022. This was the first time we brought on more than one intern at a time, so [...]
Employee Highlight – Emma Goodwin
Emma Goodwin, a Balance hydrologist, graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 2018. Shortly after, she started her work at Balance. She has now been with [...]
Employee Highlight – David Shaw
David Shaw, Balance’s president and CEO, received his bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Vermont in 1997. After his graduation, he worked in field research and mapping [...]
A Partnership with Nature: Beaver Dam Analogs
Balance recognizes that one of the most dynamic forces of change in meadow systems is beavers. While we push forward with restoration design strategies to raise the water table [...]
Pond inundation and timing model: Pond-IT!
Pond-IT Goes Open-Source! In Mediterranean and arid climates, seasonal ponds play important roles for native species, who's life cycles coincide with pond inundation duration and timing, or “hydroperiod.” In California, [...]
2019 Holiday Card Competition
Here at Balance, we have an annual company-wide photo contest. Employees are given minimal guidelines: 1) The photo must be related to Balance, preferably a project. 2) Staff can enter [...]
2019 Compensatory Mitigation Webinar Series Webinar 7: An Ecological Framework for Compensatory Mitigation: Anticipating the Unexpected
Our very own Shawn Chartrand will be presenting at this year's Compensatory Mitigation Webinar - June 27, 2019 2:00 - 4:30 PM Eastern. His abstract is as follows: Wetland [...]
Friends from the Field
A common passion for Balance staff and many of our clients is a love for the natural world and the joy of seeing wildlife in their natural habitat, especially [...]
Happy Anniversary Ed Ballman!
Today marks Ed Ballman’s 21st year with Balance – Happy Anniversary Ed! He leads the technical direction of Balance’s 1D and 2D hydrologic and hydraulics modeling efforts for fluvial [...]
2019 Balance Conferences & Sponsorships
International Conference Wood in World Rivers | January 7-11, 2019 | Valdivia, Chile Presenting: Anne Senter "Wood export prediction at the watershed scale" Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Conference | [...]
Thankful
Here at Balance Hydrologics we are thankful for so many things, our clients who have allowed us to work on interesting and challenging projects, our colleagues and the comradery [...]
Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management
Balance Hydrologics in partnership with Carmel River watershed stakeholders is pleased to announce a dedicated session entitled Carmel River Watershed: Managing and Restoring for Sea-to-Summit Resiliency at the upcoming [...]
Dogs of Balance
June 22nd is Bring your Dog to Work day! Not all Balance offices have the privilege of having our dogs at work, but we're sure happy to go home [...]
Smith River Alliance 2018 Fish Count
Balance Hydrologics staff regularly participate in the Smith River Alliance annual Fish Count, this year's count is happening August 10-12. We encourage river lovers to participate in this event. Volunteers [...]
Proposition 68: The Clean Water and Safe Parks Act
Proposition 68: The Clean Water and Safe Parks Act is good news for California, great news for our project partners, and phenomenal news for the critters. The statewide measure authorizes $4.1 billion [...]
Ride Anne Ride!
Balance is cheering on our colleague Anne Senter who's on Day 4 of the AIDS/Livecycle ride! She'll travel 545 miles through 58 towns, across 8 counties, from San Francisco to Los Angeles! [...]
With Heavy Hearts we say Farewell
On April 19, 2018, we lost a dear friend, a colleague, and part of Balance's core when Leslie Mack Kizzee was taken by cancer. For 20 years in her roles as Administrative Assistant, Office [...]
Dam Inundation and Emergency Action Plans
Balance engineers develop dam inundation maps for a variety of client needs, of late these efforts have been focused on SB 92, signed into law on June 27, 2017 [...]
Water Year 18 (WY18) Rain-on-Snow Event
The Balance Truckee office likes to remind Berkeley and Santa Cruz staff that monitoring in the Sierra's isn't as glamorous as it's made out to be. Balance Truckee staff [...]
Climate Change Symposium: Projecting the Effects of Climate Change on Local Surface Water and Groundwater Supplies
In 2017 Dr. Kealie Pretlav presented this poster at the Climate Change Symposium, this approach for water resources planning has become an integral part of both Balance's water resources [...]
March Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary Dana & Leslie! Leslie Mack Kizzee has been with Balance since 1998, 20 years! Leslie’s career at Balance illustrates the opportunity for growth here at Balance. With [...]
February Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary Gustavo, Jonathan, Montana, Rachel & Scott! Gustavo Porras celebrates his 20th year with Balance, he’s a veteran field geologist with a focus on groundwater, site-scale instrumentation, and [...]
January Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary to Zan, Brian, and Eric! Zan Rubin worked with Balance from 2005-2007 and again since 2015, 2018 marks his fifth year working with Balance. Zan spent his