Logan Simpson

Logan Simpson Working together to guide responsible change. Established in 1990, Logan Simpson practices innovative and sustainable planning and design.

Providing a range of services through our main service lines: Environmental Services, Cultural Resources, Community Planning, and Landscape Architecture, with offices in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada. With a robust in-house staff of professionals including (but not limited to) archaeologists, biologists, environmental planners, visual resource specialists, Clean Water Act permitting speciali

sts, GIS practitioners, community planners, historic preservationists, ethnographers, landscape architects, and designers, we serve public and private clients. Our work includes renewable energy projects; roadways; educational facilities; open space, trails, and recreation; infrastructure; public safety projects; land, resource, and travel management; and more.

In celebration of Pride Month, we’re highlighting historical figure Margaret Mead, a prominent trailblazer in the anthro...
06/17/2026

In celebration of Pride Month, we’re highlighting historical figure Margaret Mead, a prominent trailblazer in the anthropology community.

Mead was born in 1901 and studied anthropology under the guidance of Franz Boas, a key figure in the field, going on to earn her Ph.D. in 1929. Mead conducted fieldwork in 1925 in American Samoa, where she used innovative ethnographic techniques and participant observation to explore cultural norms surrounding adolescence. In 1928, she released her first book “Coming of Age in Samoa” which became widely popular and influential, and explored the powerful effects of societal upbringing on behavior.

Throughout her career, Mead conducted ethnographic fieldwork in various Pacific cultures. She served as a curator at the American Museum of Natural History from 1926 and began teaching anthropology at Columbia University in 1954. Mead was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1979, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her academic and public work.

Mead was a strong advocate for women’s rights and the sexual revolution of the 1960s. She also challenged conventional views on gender and sexuality, with her personal life reflecting a more fluid understanding of relationships. Mead became a role model for many in her time, both in her contributions to anthropology and sexuality and her popularization of the discipline through her engaging writings.

Sources: ebsco.com, history.com
Photo Source: biography.com

Spring cleanup day at the Logan Simpson Fort Collins office 🌱Our team traded desks for gloves, shovels, and rakes as we ...
06/11/2026

Spring cleanup day at the Logan Simpson Fort Collins office 🌱

Our team traded desks for gloves, shovels, and rakes as we refreshed our rooftop patio and planting areas in preparation for the summer season ahead. As part of our Sustainability Program, these small improvements help create a healthier, more welcoming outdoor space for our team and visitors.

From planting and pruning to sweeping and setup, it was a great opportunity to spend time outside together, improve a shared space, and enjoy a little Colorado sunshine along the way.

Happy Pride! Here are four books by q***r environmentalist authors who invite us to see nature, and ourselves, through e...
06/10/2026

Happy Pride! Here are four books by q***r environmentalist authors who invite us to see nature, and ourselves, through expansive and powerful perspectives. These books are wonderful contributions to environmental storytelling and remind us that diversity strengthens every ecosystem. 💫🌈🌱

📚How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
📚Nature Poem by Tommy Pico
📚Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
📚Madder: A Memoir in Weeds by Marco Wilkinson

As climate change and water limitations continue to shape the West, Associate Planners Melissa Ruth and Rhys Wilson rece...
06/08/2026

As climate change and water limitations continue to shape the West, Associate Planners Melissa Ruth and Rhys Wilson recently wrote an article about vertical farming, a method of growing crops in stacked layers or vertically inclined systems. It uses significantly less land and water than traditional farming and enables food production closer to consumers. A lot goes into making this innovative process work. 🌾🥕🍅

Learn more here! (account required): https://planning.org/zoningpractice/2026/may/fertile-zoning-for-vertical-farming/

Happy National Trails Day! We’ve been following the Old Spanish National Historic Trail conducting field inventory and d...
06/06/2026

Happy National Trails Day! We’ve been following the Old Spanish National Historic Trail conducting field inventory and documenting the landscapes, travel corridors, and views that continue to tell the story of one of the West’s most significant historic routes. 🥾

Field days like these are a reminder that preservation starts with understanding the landscape firsthand. From expansive desert valleys to subtle remnants of historic travel, every mile helps inform future stewardship, recreation planning, interpretation, and conservation efforts. ⛰️

At Logan Simpson, we celebrate trails every day. We’re proud to support projects that help protect the character, history, and experience of these iconic public lands for future generations. 🌿

Fresh space. Fresh energy. And a renewed commitment to sustainability.We recently wrapped up renovations at our Fort Col...
06/03/2026

Fresh space. Fresh energy. And a renewed commitment to sustainability.

We recently wrapped up renovations at our Fort Collins office, creating a space that better reflects who we are and how we work: collaborative, creative, and grounded in community.

Located above the historic Linden Hotel in the heart of Old Town, our office is part of an adaptive reuse building that blends Fort Collins’ history with its future. The renovation not only refreshed our workspace with updated meeting areas and brighter shared spaces, but also improved the building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability.

By investing in an existing downtown building, we're helping preserve local character while creating a healthier, more efficient place for our team to work, collaborate, and serve our clients.
This refresh gives our team room to think big, connect often, and keep doing work that shapes the places we care about.

If you're ever in Fort Collins, stop by and say hello 👋

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Logan Simpson is proud to announce the Second Annual Michael Bryk Memorial Grant.Established in memory of our beloved fr...
06/02/2026

Logan Simpson is proud to announce the Second Annual Michael Bryk Memorial Grant.

Established in memory of our beloved friend and colleague Michael Bryk, this grant honors his passion for archaeology, artifact analysis, and supporting the next generation of professionals in the field.

This year, the grant will provide $3,000 in funding to a student pursuing a degree in anthropology, archaeology, or museum studies to support research project expenses and help further their academic and professional goals.

Click the link below for more information and application details.
🔗 https://bold.org/scholarships/michael-bryk-memorial-grant/

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 To kick things off, we’re highlighting the incredible Pride celebrations, community events, and ...
06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 To kick things off, we’re highlighting the incredible Pride celebrations, community events, and festivities taking place this month in the states where we work.

📅 Pride Flag Campaign
📅 Pride Night
📅 Fort Collins Pride
📅 Downtown Tempe's Annual Pride Party
📅 Utah Pride Festival
📅 Love Out Loud
📅 Pride Festival
📅 Q***r Summer Market
📅 Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo
📅 Pride Prom
📅 Denver Pridefest
📅 Pride in the Pines

Stay tuned and join us in celebrating love and inclusion all month long. 🌈


With National Preservation Month coming to a close, we want to highlight that historic preservation isn’t about freezing...
05/29/2026

With National Preservation Month coming to a close, we want to highlight that historic preservation isn’t about freezing the past in place, but is rather one of the most forward-looking tools a community has in its toolbox.

It started in 1860, when the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association saved George Washington's estate — long before any preservation law existed. The field has grown enormously since. Today, preserving and reusing old buildings drives four things nearly every community wants:

SUSTAINABILITY — "the greenest building is the one already built" (architect Carl Elefante); new energy-efficient buildings can take decades to offset climate change impacts created during construction

AFFORDABILITY — historic buildings are often modest, sitting empty, and ready to become housing that boosts supply and revitalizes neighborhoods

PLACEMAKING — authenticity can’t be manufactured; historic places anchor a community’s identity

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — old can stand proudly beside new, and time and again, it does so profitably. (Just look at Tempe's 1873 Hayden House beside the modern One Hundred Mill tower, near our headquarters!)

Honoring where communities have been while planning where they’re headed is what we do.

Thanks for following along this Preservation Month! Tell us, what historic place anchors your community?

As we conclude our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month celebration, we want to...
05/29/2026

As we conclude our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month celebration, we want to feature horticulturist Lue Gim Gong, also known as the Citrus Wizard. 💫🍊

Lue Gim Gong was born in Canton, China, in the 1860s to farmers. He travelled to the United States in his teenage years and got a job at a shoe factory in Massachusetts where he met Fannie Burlingame, a volunteer teacher who took him under her wing and encouraged his agricultural talents.

Gong spent a lot of time working in Burlingame’s garden and greenhouse. His mother had taught him how to crosspollinate and graft stock. He eventually went to Florida to live with the Burlingame family on orange groves. He was familiar with oranges because he had worked with them in China. In the winter of 1894-1895, Florida experienced horrible freezes that affected the crops. This inspired Gong to create a frost-resistant strain of orange. He successfully created a hardy orange which was named the Lue Gim Gong Orange. For this work, the American Pomological Society awarded him the Silver Wilder Medal in 1911, the first time this award was given for citrus.

He also developed new varieties of apples, tomatoes, peaches, and grapefruit. He lived by the proverb, “No one should live in this world for himself alone, but to do good for those who come after him.” His ground-breaking work and desire to do good for future generations changed the future of agriculture forever. Lue Gim Gong died in 1925 and is buried in DeLand, Florida.

Sources: usda.gov, blogs.rollins.edu

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