ESA/Aquatic Ecology

The history of Northwest salmon as threatened under ESA has made negotiating environmental regulations all the more challenging.

Parametrix scientists and engineers can guide you through the interpretation of new regulations and policies, while minimizing and mitigating project impacts to ESA species. Water quality scientists, wetland ecologists, fisheries biologists, soil scientists, stormwater engineers, geomorphologists, landscape architects, land use planners - Parametrix offers a multidisciplinary approach.

Restoration Planning

Our Services:

Biological evaluations (BEs) and biological assessments (BAs)
ESA policy development and permit review
Stream inventory assessments
Biological surveys
Watershed, stream, and risk assessments
Watershed management prescriptions
TMDL compliance and water quality/temperature objectives
Habitat conservation planning and implementation
Stream enhancement and restoration plans

Selected projects:

Salmon Early Action Plan for Seattle's Built Environment
Channel Improvements ESA Reconsultation - Lower Columbia River Ports, OR & WA
Risk-Based Approach to Analyzing Temperature on Juvenile Salmon - Weyerhaeuser
McKenzie River FERC Re-Licensing BA - Eugene Water and Electric Board
Normative Flow Studies - King County, WA

Regulatory Compliance

Aquatic Ecology

Endangered Species Act

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