Pacific Habitat Services, Inc
Wetland & Endangered Species - Consulting for Brownfield Conversion
Fish Habitat Enhancement - Gravel Extraction Operation
River Bank Stabilization Project
Wetland Permitting and Mitigation
Consulting for Brownfield Conversion
Lake Ewauna, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Rural Development Initiatives
The Modoc Lumber Company Mill site was dismantled in 1995. Adjacent to Lake Ewauna, the site occupies prime real estate in the growing community of Klamath Falls and is being considered for redevelopment.
As part of the Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) conversion project, PHS evaluated the site for wetlands and other natural resource issues that could pose a problem for future development. We conducted a wetland delineation and wetland quality assessment, an endangered species survey, a flood plain investigation and a review of local land-use regulations.
The site is intended for use as multi-family housing, retail and restaurant establishments, and expansion of the waterfront for other recreational uses.
Other RDI sites evaluated by PHS for wetland issues include:
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Peggidy Coffman Yates, Principal
Business Development Concepts
(503) 246-5315
"PHS quantified the wetlands and natural resource issues of the site, reducing regulatory pitfalls for potential buyers."
Patricia Farrell
Gravel Extraction Operation
Applegate River, Josephine County, Oregon
Copeland Sand and Gravel, Inc.
Applegate Watershed Council
Copeland Sand and Gravel needed to extract gravel from a site on the Applegate River, a tributary of the Rogue River in southern Oregon, containing habitat for the threatened Coho salmon. Because habitat is critical to wild salmon runs, the project’s goal was to create and improve fish habitat while providing for gravel extraction.
PHS provided a Biological Assessment for the project, gained state and federal permits and obtained approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Endangered Species Act. Historically, most stream bed gravel extractions impacted salmon habitat. We developed a strategy to help our client extract gravel and, at the same time, create and improve salmon habitat. The extraction pattern matched the backwater channels and alcoves preferred by salmon.
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Bob Copeland, Owner
Copeland Sand and Gravel
(541) 476-4441
"This project is one of very few gravel extraction projects in Coho salmon habitat that the NMFS has approved since the Coho has been listed as a threatened species. Our design provided solutions that met the economic needs of our client as well as the environmental concerns of the site."
John van Staveren
River Bank Stabilization Project
Tualatin County Club
Tualatin, Oregon
In 1996, flooding triggered massive slope failures and threatened further bank losses along the Tualatin River where it flows beside the Tualatin Country Club. The slope failures prompted the Club to restore the river bank and take preventive actions to minimize damage from future floods.
Using bioengineering techniques, PHS provided creative and cost-effective solutions to increase the river bank’s stability. Avoiding the excessive expense and environmental damage of traditional rip rap stabilization, we recontoured the slopes, created terraces, manipulated stormwater drainage patterns on the upper slopes, installed dense plantings of trees and native vegetation and created a management plan to protect the property where it runs along the Tualatin River.
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Randy Shults, Golf Course Superintendent
Tualatin Country Club
(503) 692-1122
"Our bioengineering approach was able to save the Club thousands of dollars over traditional rip rap stabilization. The banks are well-stabilized and have withstood subsequent flooding."
Richard Novitzki
Wetland Permitting and Mitigation
Thorncroft Farms Residential Development
Hillsboro, Oregon
Trammell Crow Residential, Pacific Northwest
PHS provided valuable assistance to Trammell Crow Residential, Pacific Northwest (TCR), for the development of the Thorncroft Farms project in Hillsboro, Oregon. Initially, PHS conducted a wetland delineation and assessment of the development property and used this information to assist the TCR project team with the design of the residential development. Our involvement in the site design ensured prompt review and approval of the project by the regulatory agencies.
PHS designed, constructed, and planted a 12-acre wetland mitigation area to compensate for the on-site wetland impacts. The mitigation area, located on Holcomb Lake in Washington County, created an emergent and scrub shrub dominated wetland from an upland pasture. The wetland provides valuable foraging and nesting habitat for waterfowl. PHS is currently monitoring the site for five years.
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Scott Matthews, Development Partner
Trammell Crow Residential, Pacific Northwest
(503) 241-2989
"Our early involvement identifying natural resource issues ensured prompt approval by the regulatory agencies, saving Trammell Crow time and money."
Dale Shank