Author: Kate Sherman

Back to project page   Background: The Port of Everett needed to build a new rail/barge transfer facility (hereafter the ‘Mount Baker Terminal’) contracted Pentec Environmental to carry out a biological evaluation. Pentec found that the construction of Mount Baker Terminal would require a series of actions to offset the minor, yet unavoidable losses to…

Back to project page   Background: The National Park Service (NPS) is the entity responsible for leasing land within Drakes Estero for aquaculture, which has been ongoing since the 1930s. Recently, NPS decided not to renew the last remaining 1,000 acre lease that was set to expire in 2012. This action by the NPS actualized…

Back to project page     Background: The Pier 300 Expansion Project impacted an estimated 11.65 acres of eelgrass habitat. In Summer 2003, Merkel and Associates led an eelgrass mitigation project spanning 13.98 acres to meet the required mitigation ratio of 1.2:1. In large projects or where sufficient suitable habitat is unavailable for mitigation, habitat…

Back to project page     Background: A restoration fund was developed to mitigate impacts (~ 3.6 acres) to eelgrass related to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project (SFOBB Project). A restoration goal of 10.8 acres was initially established and later updated to reflect the actualized impact which was less than…