Portfolio Category: Wetlands & Streams

Juneau Wetland Management Plan Update

Juneau Wetland Management Plan Update
ELS biologists, teamed with Bosworth Botanical Consulting (BBC) and Dr. Paul Adamus, performing the Juneau Wetland’s Management Plan Update. This wetland mapping and inventory used the WESPAK-SE to rapidly assess and characterize priority wetlands for the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), as well as some privately owned lands within CBJ. ELS was responsible for…
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Gold Street Wetland Delineation

Gold Street Wetland Delineation
ELS was contracted by the City of Centralia to delineate a 14 acre forested floodplain wetland. ELS conducted field work mapping wetlands and streams. Wetland delineation was performed using the Routine Determination Method according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and wetlands were categorized according to the Washington State Wetlands Rating System for Western…
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Ensign Lane Road Expansion

Ensign Lane Road Expansion
The Ensign Lane Road Expansion project, located in the North Coast Business Park, in Warrenton, Oregon involved delineating wetlands within the 150-foot right-of-way of the proposed road alignment.  ELS coordinated with Clatsop County surveyors to have the corridor flagged and partially brushed to make field work more efficient.  We were able to apply knowledge gained…
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Coweeman Mitigation Bank

Coweeman Mitigation Bank
The Coweeman Mitigation Bank (Bank) is the first mitigation bank in Washington to offer compensatory mitigation credits for both wetland and fish habitat impacts.  The Bank encompasses approximately 300 acres, including 174 acres of old growth forest, adjoining the Coweeman River in Kelso, Washington. The general goals of the Bank project are to restore wetland…
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Clark Creek Water Main Relocation

Clark Creek Water Main Relocation
The project consisted of replacing and relocating 350 feet of a 10-inch water main that was damaged by a land slide on Clark Creek Road in Cowlitz County. The replacement water main used approximately 280 linear feet of existing pipe, which was unaffected by the landslide.  The eastern portion was re-routed approximately 50 feet to…
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