Our Work

See how thoughtful engagement has helped communities, agencies, and stakeholders navigate complex challenges.

Every engagement begins with a unique challenge, a diverse group of stakeholders, and a decision that can’t be made by one voice alone. Kearns & West designs collaborative processes that bring people together, build trust, and help clients navigate complex issues with clarity, transparency, and confidence.

The projects below represent decades of work across energy, water, transportation, public lands, tribal partnerships, and other sectors. While every engagement is different, each reflects the same commitment to impartial facilitation, meaningful public participation, and durable outcomes that can stand the test of time.

Our Sectors

Our work spans the sectors shaping communities, infrastructure, and the environment, where collaboration is essential to lasting outcomes.

Water

Facilitating decision-making about water quality, supply, and allocation at scales from a single community water system to a multi-state river basin.

Technology & Innovation

Bringing together companies, governments, regulators, communities, and other interests to develop practical solutions and create durable pathways from innovation to implementation.

Marine Resources

Facilitating difficult marine policy conversations, from offshore renewable energy and fisheries management to marine spatial planning and coastal resiliency.

Natural Resources

Helping develop shared management plans, resource recovery strategies, and restoration projects that achieve durable outcomes benefiting both people and ecosystems.

Government Solutions

Partnering with public agencies to build trust, engage communities, and navigate complex decisions.

Energy

Facilitating complex, multi-party processes that align energy development with environmental protection, economic opportunity, and community values.

Community and Regional Planning

Helping residents shape their community’s future through authentic engagement processes that reflect diverse priorities and equitable development.

Transportation

Linking people to one another, to places, and to resources by bringing together public agencies, transportation providers, and communities.

NOAA Fisheries

Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishery Stakeholder Engagement

The Challenge A single fishery-management question sat at the intersection of many interests, and no one group could answer it alone. Consultation and permitting under the ESA, MMPA, and NEPA raise the bar for coordination and defensible process. When jurisdictions overlap and interests compete, agencies and primes bring in a neutral firm to structure the…

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Sector
Service
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Residential Market Advisory Group

  • Energy
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles

LA100 Study and LA100 Plan for 100% Clean Energy

  • Energy
City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and LA Sanitation and Environment

Pure Water Los Angeles Community Engagement

  • Water
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, California Department of Water Resources, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

  • Water

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