REPRESENTATIVE WETLAND AND WATER QUALITY PROJECTS
Monitored success of 17 created and two restored wetlands near Buffalo, Wyoming using line transects and quadrats to quantify vegetative composition, density, and vigor and by documenting wildlife use of created wetlands.
Monitored water quality, substrate composition, and aquatic invertebrates using standard monitoring procedures and EPA's rapid bioassessment methods on North Fork of Shoshone River, Park County, Wyoming.
Conducted aquatic bioassessment using EPA rapid bioassessment method on Little Goose Creek in Sheridan, Wyoming to assess effects of an oil spill on the stream.
Delineated wetlands along North Platte River, selected wetland mitigation sites, and prepared conceptual wetland mitigation designs for two closed refinery remediation projects in Casper, Wyoming.
Delineated wetlands for numerous highway construction projects encompassing an estimated 350 miles of road in Wyoming and Montana.
Selected mitigation sites and assisted with design of mitigation plans to mitigate 17 acres of wetland and 60 acres of riparian area impacts associated with the High Savory Dam in Carbon County, Wyoming.
Designed reclamation of 28 ponds on abandoned bentonite mines in Wyoming to improve waterfowl habitat value, and prepared U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 Permit applications for reclamation of the ponds.
Delineated 900 acres of wetlands in Carbon County, Wyoming for inclusion in the Wyoming Wetland Bank. These wetlands were the first accepted for the bank in the state of Wyoming.
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WEST has conducted numerous wetland delineations to determine status pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. WEST is also experienced in developing wetland mitigation plans and monitoring the success of created wetlands. 
