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Mt. Baker Highway Sr 542-East Church Mountain Road Realignment, Tristan Bull, Kristen Werner, Will Olsen, Titilayo Ala, Katherine Rohrer
Mt. Baker Highway Sr 542-East Church Mountain Road Realignment, Tristan Bull, Kristen Werner, Will Olsen, Titilayo Ala, Katherine Rohrer
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) proposes to realign State Route 542 away from the North Fork Nooksack River in order to reduce environmental impacts from repetitive roadway maintenance, and to improve fish passage at Chain-up Creek. Work includes: realigning approximately 1,600 linear feet of roadway up to 80 feet away from the North Fork Nooksack River, replacing a 5-foot diameter, 80-foot long culvert with a 30-foot long, 40-foot wide bridge over Chain-up Creek, and installing 5 porous weirs and 2 anchored large woody debris structures in the restored stream channel.
Environmental Impact Assessment U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Levee Vegetation Policy, Danielle Gross, Iisak Lussenden, Cailan Murray, Michael Rall, Anthony Vendetti, Anna Wilmot
Environmental Impact Assessment U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Levee Vegetation Policy, Danielle Gross, Iisak Lussenden, Cailan Murray, Michael Rall, Anthony Vendetti, Anna Wilmot
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requires that any action that may have a significant adverse impact on the environment undergo an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Chapter 197-11 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) indicates these requirements. Under the no action alternative, the Seattle variance allows such that vegetation less than four inches in diameter, not weakening or causing damage within fifteen feet of the toe of the levee, may remain. The proposed action returns the Seattle District to a standard regulation across the United States, not allowing the Seattle variance. This would result in the removal of vegetation greater …