Working Our Values: Meet the Team

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In 2020, Strategic Earth’s team of core staff members doubled in size. What compelled us to expand now, in spite of the many hardships COVID-19 has brought to small businesses across the country? In short, our values.  Strategic Earth is a woman-owned small business based in Los Angeles, whose vision is to utilize inclusive dialogue […]

Working Our Values: Reconnecting With Our Why, Part 1

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The start of 2020 marks the tenth year that Strategic Earth Consulting has circled around the sun. And inherent to these types of celebratory milestones is a natural opportunity to pause, reflect, and begin charting our course for the next decade to come.  As a woman-owned, small (micro!) business enterprise with a remote team, it […]

Inside the Project: Enhanced Status Reports

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As we tie up the many loose ends that dangle before the holidays, we also find ourselves us winding down our support of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in their creation of roughly 30 Enhanced Status Reports (ESRs) for state-managed fisheries. Spanning two contracting phases and nearly two years (which included two […]

What We’re Up To: Summer Edition

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The dog days of summer are here and the time is ripe for a Strategic Earth team check-in. Sound off! Kelly So far this summer, I’ve been to Idyllwild, Portland, and Toronto, and I’m heading to Barcelona/Monte Carlo/Malta in August. For the rest of the summer, I’m planning to make certain s’mores are consumed. This […]

Getting To Know Us Better: Sara Shen

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It’s Employee Appreciation Day, and what better way to appreciate our Strategic Earth team than by getting to know us better? Here’s what you may not have known about Sara Shen, our greatly valued Associate, momma-to-be, lover of the ocean, and forever a Spice Girls fan. What’s your favorite movie? This is a hard one, […]

Getting To Know Us Better: Rachelle Fisher

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It’s Employee Appreciation Day, and what better way to appreciate our Strategic Earth team than by getting to know us better? Here’s what you may not have known about Rachelle Fisher, our greatly valued Senior Associate, mom of two, and lover of chocolate chip cookies. What are you passionate about? Chocolate chip cookies. There is […]

Dungeness Crab: Flexibility in the Face of Adversity



Since 2012, Strategic Earth has made an annual pilgrimage in October to Ukiah, California to facilitate the annual Dungeness Crab Task Force (DCTF) meeting. This year, things looked different as fires raged throughout most of the Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa Counties devastating homes, businesses, and lives. Core to Strategic Earth’s philosophy is the importance of […]

The Subtleties of Spring

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In Southern California, the transition between seasons is elusive, at best. As a native Canadian, experiencing seasons in Los Angeles seems to always be summer, summer, and more summer! It took some time before I stopped anticipating the type of distinct seasonal transitions I was used to, and started to notice – and be curious […]

Looking Ahead: South Coast State of the Region

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For several months, the Strategic Earth team has been working with California Ocean Science Trust (OST) to facilitate the development of the State of California South Coast State of the Region Report. This State of the Region report details everything you need to know about the diverse ecosystems off the southern coast of California! The […]