Portfolio Category: Wildlife & Habitat

Regional General Permit

Regional General Permit
ELS was contracted by the Port of Chehalis to develop a programmatic wetland mitigation plan for future industrial development as a component of the Programmatic Mitigation Plan Agreement between the Port of Chehalis and the Washington Department of Ecology. The project evolved into a Corps regional general permit (RGP) in early 2009. ELS has been…
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Pleasant Valley Mitigation Site: Sterns Creek Riparian Restoration

Pleasant Valley Mitigation Site: Sterns Creek Riparian Restoration
The Pleasant Valley Wetland Mitigation Site was developed to provide high-quality wetlands to mitigate for impacted wetlands located at the 250 acre Chehalis Industrial Park. ELS designed, permitted, and implemented the construction of the mitigation site, which was completed in two phases. Phase I site work involved grading of 80,000 cubic yards of onsite material…
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NW 38th Avenue Extension: Phases 1-3

NW 38th Avenue Extension: Phases 1-3
Phase 1 of this project consisted of extending NW 38th Avenue, spanning Fisher Creek, a seasonal fish-bearing stream, and impacted just under a half-acre of Fisher Swale, a Category IV wetland associated with Fisher Creek. Phases 2 and 3 included impacting 2.18 acres of wetland and a jurisdictional ditch.  The project had to meet design…
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Long Beach Mitigation Bank (LBMB)

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

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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