Conservation Strategies, Inc. (CSI) has about 25 years experience in providing professional planning services to federal and state agencies, Indian tribes, and non-profit organizations. The firm's principal consultant, Joe LaTourrette, has a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Some of the most significant and successful planning projects completed by CSI and principal consultant, Joe LaTourrette include:

• Management and primary authorship of the Washington Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS), completed in September, 2005 for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. At 784 pages, including appendices, this is the most comprehensive and detailed plan ever completed for the conservation of Washington's wildlife species and habitat. It was submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife Service in September, 2005, along with similar documents from 55 other state and territorial wildlife agencies, and approved in October, 2005. The Washington CWCS, renamed Wildlife Action Plan, may be accessed HERE .

• Development of coordinated migratory bird implementation plans for the eleven Western states within the boundaries of the Intermountain West Joint Venture. Worked with state steering committees to pull together and synthesize information from existing migratory bird plans into statewide planning documents that identify and prioritize bird species, habitat types and habitat conservation areas most critical for waterfowl, shorebirds, neotropical migratory birds and other wildlife. These plans can be seen HERE .

• Preparation of a comprehensive study in 2001 for Defenders of Wildlife and the Charlotte Martin Foundation to determine the technical and political feasibility of a statewide public-private conservation effort similar to the successful Oregon Biodiversity Project. The feasibility report was co-authored with Dr. Wayne Luscombe of Portland, Oregon. Legislation was passed by the Washington Legislature in 2002 to implement the recommendations of the feasibility study.

• Preparation of a comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Wildlife Habitat Needs Assessment, which documented the case to acquire lands for future wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation needs. This report led to establishment of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, which, since 1989, has provided more than $400 million of appropriated state funds to state and local agencies for acquisition and development of outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat lands.

• Writing of the Washington Wetlands Study Report in 1988 for the Washington Department of Ecology and Governor Booth Gardner. This report, prepared with the assistance of the Governor's Wetlands Advisory Committee, led to the development of new policies and legislation for wetlands protection in Washington.

• Development and publication of Strategies for Washington's Wildlife, the state's first Comprehensive Fish and Wildlife Management Plan, in 1982 (updated in 1987). The plan, which took almost two years to complete then update, organized the existing programs and functions of the Washington Department of Wildlife into output-based programs with discrete goals and objectives for wildlife species and fisheries harvest areas. This plan included design of a modern, agency-wide program planning and budgeting system for fish and wildlife.