Portfolio Category: Wetlands & Streams

Mint Farm Wetlands Monitoring

ELS is under contract with the City of Longview to conduct the annual monitoring, maintenance and reporting as required under the USACE and Ecology permit for the remaining year, of the required ten-year monitoring period. Monitoring of the site consists of recording vegetation and hydrology data across 38 established monitoring plot locations to track the…
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Long Beach Mitigation Bank (LBMB)

ELS, as the environmental consultant for LBMB, proposed the first wetland mitigation bank comprised mostly of preservation credits of high quality wetlands and habitat in Washington at risk from future residential development, logging, and cranberry bogs conversion in 2007. LBMB is located in Long Beach, Washington and consists of 80 acres of wetlands, old growth…
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Lewis & Clark Discovery Trail

The project consisted of construction of the 6.75-mile paved, commemorative trail on the Long Beach Peninsula.  ELS managed permitting and environmental analyses for the obtaining of permit approvals from four local jurisdictions as well as from the state, and the Corps of Engineers.  Project work included delineating critical areas, developing and implementing a mitigation plan,…
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Lake Sacajawea Flushing Facilities Upgrade

ELS worked on behalf of the City of Longview Public Works to complete environmental permitting for the Lake Sacajawea Flushing Facilities Upgrade project, which consisted of modifying the existing water-intake structure located on the Cowlitz River for use as a pump station to supply raw river water to the lake.  Annual lake flushing with Cowlitz…
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Klineline Bridge Replacement Project

ELS was contracted by Ostrander Rock and Construction Company to facilitate the dewatering and fish removal and rescue for the Klineline Bridge Replacement Project.  The Klineline Bridge over Salmon Creek near Vancouver, Washington was to be removed after being damaged and reconstructed in 2008.  ELS worked closely with Clark County biologists and the lead contractor…
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