The Acacia Group, Inc.
Landscape Architecture - Park and Recreation Planning
  Site Planning - Environmental Assessment - Irrigation Design - Urban Design
Water Conservation Planning - Native Plant Preservation - Desert Revegetation

Revegetation Experience

Resume: Walt Rogers, ASLA, RLA--Project Principal

Education

bulletMBA, Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, 1991
bulletMLA, Master of Landscape Architecture with Honors, emphasis on Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, 1970
bulletBS, Landscape Architecture with Honors, University of Massachusetts, 1968

Registration

bulletArizona Registered Landscape Architect No. 11462

Civic Activity

bulletAmerican Society of Landscape Architects
bulletMember, City of Tucson Storm Water Advisory Committee (1985 to 1986)
bulletMember and Vice Chairman, Pima County Design Review Committee (1985 to 1988)
bulletMember and Chairman, Pima County Technical Review Committee (1993 to 1998)
bulletMember UNE Committee Region 5, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (1984 to 1990)

Professional Experience

bulletMay, 1979 to Present: The Acacia Group, Inc., Principal and President (Formerly: Rogers, Gladwin & Harmony, Inc.)
bulletOctober, 1976 to June, 1982: University of Arizona College of Agriculture, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Landscape Architecture Program, Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor
bulletMay, 1973 to October, 1976: Girl Scouts of the USA, National Headquarters (New York, NY), Council Property Development, Director
bulletJanuary, 1971 to May, 1973: State University of New York (SUNY) at Syracuse, New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture, Assistant Professor
bulletJuly, 1970 to July, 1971: Visiting Lecturer, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham, England

 

Relevant Project Experience

bulletCity of Tucson, Tucson Water Department Open-end Miscellaneous Landscape Architecture and Environmental Services Contract, 1994 to present. 14 projects have been completed under this contract. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletBroadway-Pantano WQARF Project. City of Tucson Native Plant Preservation Ordinance and Watercourse Amenities, Safety and Habitat Ordinance (WASHO) compliance work. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletNortheast "E" Zone Reservoir. Native plant inventory to meet the State of Arizona Native Plant Law and Pima County NPPO requirements. Reconstruction of acres of native desert landscape and a natural wash. Pima County, Arizona.
bulletOld Nogales Highway Native Plant Preservation Ordinance (NPPO). Native plant inventory and report, monitored plant protection, clearing, and excavation. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletIronwood Canyon. Native plant inventory per the requirements of the Arizona Native Plant Law and the town of Oro Valley. The trees were used in revegetation plans and as accent plants at the entry features of the subdivision. Oro Valley, Arizona.
bulletDiamond Shamrock Site, SWC Cortaro Farms and Thornydale Roads. Native tree salvage monitoring. Eleven large trees were salvaged by the side-boxing method and later replanted, Pima County, Arizona.
bulletCAP Water Treatment Plant. Environmental assessment, vegetation and wildlife habitat analysis of the 240-acre Central Arizona Project treatment plant site. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletCAP Northwest, East, and Silverbell Pipelines. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletCAP Clearwell Reservoir, Tucson. Native plant and desert revegetation plans for the dam face of the Clearwell Reservoir, the terminus of the CAP in Tucson, Arizona.
bulletEscalante Reservoir and Pump Site. Landscape, desert revegetation and irrigation plans. Pima County, Arizona.
bulletSilverbell Road at Brawley Wash. Pima County Native Plant Preservation Ordinance requirements and landscape mitigation plans for 1/2-mile bridge and roadway plans. Marana, Arizona.