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JAMES C. KELLEY, PH.D.- i 1111TnmDAVENIJE, SVlTE3400 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON98101-3299 ORIGINAL Table of Contents Professional Qualifications ....................................................................................................................... 1 Familiarity with Project ............................................................................................................................ 1 Outline ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Conditions Prior to the Port's MPU Project ............................................................................................. 2 Wetland Delineation and Classification .................................................................................................... 4 Assessing Wetland Impacts and Functions ............................................................................................... 7 Assessment of Direct Wetland Impacts .................................................................................................... 9 Assessment of Indirect Wetland Impacts .................................................................................................. 9 Hydrologic Impacts ................................................................................................................................. 10 Avoidance and Mitigation of Wetland Impacts ...................................................................................... 12 Mitigation Summary ............................................................................................................................... 13 Mitigation and Aircraft Safety ................................................................................................................ 15 Off-Site Mitigation in Aubum ................................................................................................................ 16 In-Basin Mitigation will Replace Lost Wetland Functions .................................................................... 16 Functions for Resident/Anadromous Fish .............................................................................................. 18 Functions for Passerine Birds ................................................................................................................. 20 Functions as Waterfowl Habitat .............................................................................................................. 20 Functions for Amphibian Habitat ........................................................................................................... 20 Habitat Functions for Small Mammals ................................................................................................... 21 Organic Matter Export Functions ........................................................................................................... 22 Ground Water Exchange Functions ........................................................................................................ 24 Flood Storage .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Nutrient/Sediment Trapping Functions ................................................................................................... 25 Summary....................................................................................AR 016442 ....................28 PRE-FILED DIRECT TESTIMONY OF FOSTER PEPPER _d SHEFELMAN PLLC JAMESC.KELLEY,PH.D.-ii 1111 THIRDAVENUE,SUITE3400 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3299 206-447-4400 50310833 02 1. Professional Qualifications. I am a professional ecologist employed by Parametrix, Inc., an engineering and environmental consulting firm. My educational background includes a Doctoral of Science degree (1985) from the Fisheries and Wildlife Department at Michigan State University where my studies focused on aquatic ecology. I have a Master of Science degree from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology (1980) at Michigan State University where my studies focused on plant ecology and plant taxonomy. My Bachelor of Science…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]