RP02008823

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

JAMES C. KELLEY, Ph.D., declares as follows: 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 firm. 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 Parametrix, Inc. includes fisheries biologists, wildlife ecologists, wetland biologists, and water quality specialists needed for the multidisciplinary analysis of large projects. I have been employed at Parametrix for over 13 years. My educational 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, PH.D. - 1 FOSTER PEPPER _ SHEFELMAN PLLC 1111 Tnmv AVENUE, SUlTE 3400 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON98101-3299 206-447-4400 ORIGINAL 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 is from the Botany Department (1978) at the University of Vermont. I have completed postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota-Duluth (1985- 1987), where I studied wetland and riparian processes. 3. In 1997, I served on the Riverine Assessment Team and Depressional Assessment Team to help develop Methods for Assessing Wetland Function Volume 1Riverine and Depressional Wetlands in the Lowlands…
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