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Delineations
Fast and accurate wetland delineations that will clearly mark the wetland boundary on your property. Our delineations will satisfy permitting requirements, while keeping your investment safe.
EnviroVector identifies and delineates wetlands based on the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual and the 1997 Department of Ecology Wetland Identification and Delineation Manual. Wetlands are delineated to satisfy the requirements of the reviewing agencies. |

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JD Reports
EnviroVector skillfully prepares accurate wetland and Jurisdictional Determination (JD) reports that get results. Our reports are prepared as part of your permit package. Wetlands and buffers will be illustrated on AutoCAD drawings to scale. If federal jurisdiction is in question, EnviroVector will clearly label jurisdictional wetlands, based on the Federal definition. |
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Wetland Mitigation
EnviroVector optimizes buildable area by applying innovative solutions to mitigation challenges. Wetland fill or buffer reducion may be unavoidable in order to achieve land use goals. Wetland and buffer impacts will require mitigatation to restore wetland and buffer functions. By applying innovative solutions to challenges posed by mitigation, we can optimize usable area on a property. Thereby, providing valuable usable land for buildings, roads, septic, processing, resource harvest, utility lines, substations, and other proposed land uses.
Our mitigation plans are prepared to satisfy Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements while protecting and enhancing the resource. |

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Feasibility
Avoid Purchasing Worthless Property.
We will provide valuable land use consultation to maximize your land use investment. EnviroVector can help you in your property purchase and land use plans. We can help you avoid the purchase of a worthless land investment. We will evaluate wetlands, streams, wildlife, and other regulatory considerintions that could hinder your land use plans. |

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Washouts
Winter floods washout roads and property causing a disruption to daily life. Taking matters into your own hands could result in a violation of Federal, State, and local regulations, leading to fines and penalties. EnviroVector will guide you in the right direction, providing consultation to repair the damage quickly and legally. We will classify the stream, assess property damage, potential property damage from successive storms, evaluate stream impacts, and design measures to repair your property, prevent future damage, and to protect and enhance the resource. |

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Hydrology
If wetland hydrology is not obvious or in question, groundwater monitoring data should be supplemented with an evaluation of the soil profile. Winter water studies are required by some permitting agencies as part of a septic permit or stormwater pond requirements. EnviroVector provides a full spectrum of hydrology services. Hydrology studies also are important in evaluating groundwater hazard areas and stormwater pond placement. For more information click here.
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Permitting
Curtis Wambach, M.S. Principal & Senior Biologist has nearly 15 years experience in permitting projects like yours. Our services include:
- Corps Permits (Section 404)
- Endangered Species Act (Section 7)
- Water Quality Certification (Section 401)
- Environmental Assessments (EAs)
- NEPA, SEPA, & CEQA
- Critical Areas Permits
- Shorelines Substantial Development
- JARPA, Master Applications
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EnviroVector
360-790-1559
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Wetland
Products & Services |
- Educational
- Delineations
- Wetland Reports
- Jurisdictional Determinations (JDs)
- Mitigation Plans
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- Feasibility Studies
- Permit Washout Repairs
- Hydrology & Groundwater Studies
- Wetland Permitting
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Feasibility Study
Call us during your feasibility period or before you close on your land purchase to avoid the embarrassing disappointment of owning worthless property. Even if no wetlands or streams occur on your property, buffers from off-site sensitive areas could hinder your land use plans. |

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Wetland Delineation
Fast and accurate wetland delineations that will clearly mark the wetland boundary on your property. Our delineations will satisfy permitting requirements, while keeping your investment safe. |

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Wetland & JD Reports
EnviroVector skillfully prepares accurate wetland and JD reports that get results. Our reports are prepared as part of your permit package. Wetlands and buffers will be illustrated on AutoCAD drawings to scale. If federal jurisdiction if in question, EnviroVector will clearly label jurisdictional wetlands, based on the Federal definition. |
What is a Wetland?
Wetlands are those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that
under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands
generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. |

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Hydrology
Generally speaking, areas which are seasonally inundated and/or saturated to the surface for more than 12.5 percent of the growing season are wetlands. Areas saturated to the surface between 5 percent and 12.5 percent of the growing season are sometimes wetlands and sometimes uplands. Areas saturated to the surface for less than 5 percent of the growing season are non-wetlands. The percent of growing season translates to a number of days, depending on the length of the growing season in any particular area (e.g., 12.5% of a 170 day growing season is 21 consecutive days). |

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Vegetation
The COE (Environmental Laboratory, 1987) and DOE (DOE, 1997) manuals definition of hydrophytic vegetation is “the sum total of macrophytic plant life growing in water or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content [hydrophytes]. Hydrophytes are any macrophyte (vascular plant) that grows in water or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content; plants typically found in wet habitats. |

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Soils
A hydric soil is a soil that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. Anaerobic conditions cause redoximorphic features to develop, which can be evidenced through the observation of mottling or gleying in the soil. |
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EnviroVector
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