Wetland Restoration Archives - Soundview Consultants

Women in STEM – Emily – SVC Wetland Scientist

September 8, 2017

Soundview Staff, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Scientist, Women in STEM

One emphasis in today’s educational system is to support and encourage women to enter the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Soundview Consultants has a history of employing successful and highly qualified women – in fact, six of our 17 employees including Staff Scientists, our Senior Environmental Planner, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Wetland Scientist, and GIS Spatial…

Successful Wetland Recovery and Monitoring – Grays Harbor County, Washington

June 1, 2017

Liz Howard

Critical Areas Violation, EPA, Grays Harbor County, Habitat Improvements, USACE, Wetland Restoration

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Soundview Consultants is providing twice-yearly monitoring of Pacific Coast wetlands that are meeting or exceeding EPA performance standards for wetland recovery. Compensatory mitigation actions were required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to resolve violations due to residential shoreline development in Grays Harbor County, Washington. (more…)

Fife Corridor Projects – New Businesses, New Jobs, and New Fish and Wildlife Habitat

May 12, 2017

Liz Howard

Fife, Habitat Improvements, Wetland Fill, Wetland Restoration

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The Fife Corridor projects are bringing new commercial development, expanded industrial infrastructure, new businesses, and new jobs to the City of Fife and the surrounding area. Soundview Consultants LLC was instrumental in assisting the property owners with environmental planning and approvals for wetland mitigation and stream restoration actions necessary to fulfill requirements for Federal, state…

Critical Areas Violation – Wetland Restoration

April 18, 2017

Liz Howard

Critical Areas Violation, Wetland Fill, Wetland Restoration

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Background: After purchasing a “non-wetland” property at a blind auction, the new property owners discovered there was a large wetland on their parcel that had been buried under an unpermitted fill in violation of Pierce County Code. Soundview Consultants LLC assisted the property owners with the restoration of this wetland. (more…)