EXH0335021015

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

JAMES C. KELLEY, Ph.D., declares as follows: ] 6 1. I am over 18 years of age, am competent to testify, and have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein. 2. I am a professional ecologist employed by Parametrix, Inc., an engineering and environmental consulting finn. Parametrix Inc. provides environmental planning, engineering design, and environmental permitting services to public and private-sector clients. Many of our projects involve new or expanded transportation infrastructure. The natural resource group at Pararnetrix, Inc. includes fisheries biologists, wildlife ecologists, wetland biologists, and water quality specialists needed for the mulfidiseiplinary analysis oflarge projects. I have been employed at Parametrix for over 13 years. My eAueafional background includes a Doctoral of Science degree (1985) from the Fisheries and Wildlife Department at Michigan State University where my studies DECLARATION OF JAMES C.KELLEY, I'H.D. - I FOSTER PEPPKR _' SHEIrlZLMAN PLLC 1111 Tllmm Av,mu_ Stntlm3400 Sr.A'rn_ W,ssma'ro,98101-3299 206.447-440O AR 021015 focused on aquatic ecology. I have a Master of Science degree from the Department bfBotany and Plant Pathology (1980) at Michigan State University where my studies focused on plant ecology and plant taxonomy. My Bachelor of Science is from the Botany Department (1978) at the University of Vermont. I have completed postdoctoral research at the University ofMinnesota-Duluth (1985- 198T), where I studied weflarid and riparian processc_. 3. In 1997, Iserved on the RivcrineAssessment Team and Depressional Assessment Team to help develop Methods for Assessing Wetland Function Volume ]Riverine andDepressional Wetlands in theLowlands of Western Washington (Ecology Pablication #99-115). I…
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