Crisis is in the Eye of the BeholderChristopher Miller, PresidentThe Piedmont Environmental CouncilJune 3, 2014

Follow best practices, but keep in mind…

The closer you are to the impact, the more you tend to think something is a crisis

Often in our work, there isn’t a major crisis… but a series of mini-crises

Stormwater Management – During Hot Lane Construction

Waterloo Bridge

Morgan’s Ford Bridge

Spectra Energy—Gas Pipeline Proposal

Spectra Energy— Gas Pipeline Proposal (Zoomed in)

Trans-Allegheny Interstate Transmission Line

The Right of Way Clearing Required for a Transmission Line Corridor

Would be 150-200 ft

What would a 500-kV power line look like in the Northern

Virginia Piedmont?

Beautiful Stone Wall?

With a 500 kV line crossing

We’ve found that people in crisis crave information

Be the group that provides information

Be the group that provides visuals Be the group who can tell a story Be the group who provides a way

to act

What if the crisis hasn’t happened yet?

Case Study: Lifting the ban on uranium mining in Virginia

Historic Leases and Public Water Supplies

Sediment Washed Into the Bay from the hurricane and tropical storms

Questions