Attorneys, planners, real estate and environmental professionals, tribal and governmental officials working on or affected by mitigation and restoration projects
Mitigation banking is an increasingly important component of the preservation of wetland habitats. This workshop will cover the entire range of issues associated with wetland restoration and mitigation in Washington, including implementation of the new mitigation rules, the effect of the National Marine Fisheries Biological Opinion on development in areas subject to the FEMA flood plain mapping project, regulatory issues and strategies for success. Panels will discuss cutting-edge developments in the emerging markets for environmental credits for ecosystem services in Washington, the nation and the world.
We have brought together a group of distinguished and expert speakers from regulatory agencies - including the newly created USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets - and the regulated community as well as leading scientists and attorneys to give you an insider's view into current opportunities and challenges in this area.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from experts in this field in an informal and interactive setting.
~ Theda Braddock, Esq. and Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chairs
Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Natural Resources Restoration LLC / Steilacoom, WA
Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chair, Partner
Windward Environmental LLC / Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Partnership's In-Lieu-Fee Mitigation program
Chris Townsend, Special Assistant to the Executive Director
Puget Sound Partnership / Olympia, WA
Nearshore restoration in Puget Sound: Special issues for mitigation in urban estuaries; current goals; success and areas in need of further work
Curtis Tanner, Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Olympia, WA
An introduction to ecosystem services and ecosystem service markets; update on market creation efforts in the Northwest; barriers and opportunities
Kevin Halsey, Regulatory Specialist
Parametrix, Inc. / Portland, OR
Carl F. Lucero, Esq., Acting Deputy Director
USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets / Ellicot City, MD
Scott Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Specialist
World Business Council for Sustainable Development / Vancouver, BC CANADA
Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Natural Resources Restoration LLC / Steilacoom, WA
Wetland mitigation banking: Matching projects to impacts
Victor Woodward, Managing Partner
Habitat Banc NW / Woodinville, WA
Endangered species conservation banking
Sky Miller, P.E., Pacific Northwest Regional Manager
Wildlands Inc. of Washington / Marysville, WA
Matching impacts to restoration sites in Clark County
Rick Anderson, Environmental Business Practice Manager
Cayzen Technologies / Lacey, WA
State perspective
Lauren Driscoll, Manager Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
Local government perspective
Konrad J. Liegel, Esq.
K&L Gates / Seattle, WA
Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Natural Resources Restoration LLC / Steilacoom, WA
Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chair
Windward Environmental LLC / Seattle, WA
New requirements in the federal mitigation rule, including the watershed approach now required
Gail Terzi, Senior Scientist, Mitigation Program Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Seattle District Regulatory Branch / Seattle, WA
Planning, permitting, and implementing a compensatory mitigation project in Washington state: Regulatory requirements; what the process involves; considerations for restoration design; implementation phase of wetland and stream restoration
Kathleen Hurley, Environmental Scientist
Windward Environmental LLC / Seattle, WA
The fisheries biological opinion and its effect on critical areas; agency perspectives on how it will impact development in flood plains
DeeAnn Kirkpatrick, Fishery Biologist
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service / Seattle, WA
John Graves, Senior NFIP Program Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency / Seattle, WA
Regular tuition for this program is $895 with a group rate of $745 each for two or more registrants from the same firm. For government employees, we offer a special rate of $595. For students and people in their job for less than a year, our rate is $447.50. All rates include admission to all seminar sessions, food and beverages at breaks, and all course materials. Make checks payable to Law Seminars International.
You may substitute another person at any time. We will refund tuition, less a $50 cancellation fee, if we receive your cancellation by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2009. After that time, we will credit your tuition toward attendance at another program or the purchase of a Homestudy. There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders.
This program qualifies for 10 WA CLE credits. WA Real Estate and AICP credits are pending. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.
The conference will be held at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel at 515 Madison St. in Seattle, WA 98104. Call the hotel directly at (206) 583-0300 for reservations at the special negotiated rate of $209 and mention that you are attending a Law Seminars International conference. Rooms are on a first come, first served basis.
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Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $905. The written course materials binder or searchable CD is available for $100. We will ship your Homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or from the date we receive payment.
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Theda Braddock, Program Co-Chair, Natural Resources Restoration LLC, focuses her practice on natural resource damage restoration projects. She wrote the Washington Environmental Law Handbook, Wetlands Regulation: Case Law, Interpretation & Commentary and Wetlands: An Introduction to Ecology, the Law, and Permitting. She also writes the wetland law update for the California Bar Environmental Law Section and the Washington State Bar Environmental and Land Use Section law newsletters.
Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chair and Partner at Windward Environmental LLC, is a project manager, lead scientist and technical advisor for environmental assessments and evaluations. She is experienced in managing complex projects related to ecological risk assessment, sediment investigations and natural resource damage assessments.
Rick Anderson, Environmental Business Practice Manager of Cayzen Technologies, designs software solutions to help decision makers achieve multiple and sustainable outcomes. Previously, he was Senior Project Manager at HDR, Inc. where he helped to develop web-based applications to improve permitting and mitigation processes.
Lauren Driscoll, Manager for the Wetland, Watershed and Flood section in the Washington State Department of Ecology's Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, is the policy lead for the wetland mitigation bank pilot rule project and alternative mitigation policy. She is working on the Director of Ecology's Mitigation That Works Initiative.
John Graves, Senior NFIP Program Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ensures that communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) enact and enforce floodplain management ordinances and provide enrollment assistance to communities applying to the NFIP. He is also lead advisor to communities subject to the recent National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion on the NFIP.
Kevin Halsey, Regulatory Specialist at Parametrix, Inc., leads the ecosystem marketplace team to develop policies and tools to support ecosystem markets. He is also an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law where he teaches environmental risk management in business transactions.
Scott Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Specialist and Liaison Delegate at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, supports the Chairman of BC Hydro, Mossadiq S. Umedaly, Co-Chair at the Ecosystems Focus Area of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development which consists of more than 200 of the world's largest companies and focuses on sustainable solutions for businesses
Kathleen Hurley, Environmental Scientist at Windward Environmental LLC, is a natural resources scientist specializing in marine and estuarine ecology and marine invertebrates. She manages wetlands and ecological studies involving habitat valuation, permit coordination and the preparation of biological assessments and mitigation plans
DeeAnn Kirkpatrick, Fishery Biologist for NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, is the stormwater lead for the Washington State Habitat Office and wrote the fisheries biological opinion provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency per the judicial order in NWF v. FEMA (2004).
Konrad J. Liegel, partner at K&L Gates LLP, practices real estate, land use, conservation, environmental, and non-profit law for public and private clients, where he focuses on the law of natural resources and environmentally sensitive areas. He has advised on several groundbreaking wetland mitigation bank projects, including Hobson Yard (Nebraska) and Narbeck and Snohomish Basin (Washington State). Before law school, he administered an ecosystem restoration program for wetland, prairie and savannah ecosystems at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin.
Carl F. Lucero, Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, leads the USDA effort on market-based conservation where he developed the USDA Policy on Market Based Approaches and drafted a new element on environmental services and markets for the 2008 Farm Bill. He is also National Leader for Clean Water at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Office and guides the agency on water quality issues.
Sky Miller, P.E., is the Pacific Northwest Regional Manager for Wildlands Inc. of Washington. He manages the development and implementation of large wetland and habitat restoration projects constructed to provide mitigation for development impacts.
Curtis Tanner, Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is currently on assignment to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife where is serves as the Local Project Manger for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project General Investigative study, a partnership between federal, state, local and tribal governments and non-governmental and academic organizations.
Gail Terzi, Senior Scientist and Mitigation Program Manager in the Regulatory Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District is Co-Chair of the Mitigation Bank Review Team. Her duties include assessment of project impacts for work in wetlands, streams and other water bodies, field investigations, and mentoring on all aspects of compensatory mitigation for the Seattle District project managers and the regulated public.
Chris Townsend, Special Assistant to the Executive Director of Puget Sound Partnership, leads the agency effort to address high-level environmental policy issues, including implementation and enforcement of environmental regulations, improving the performance of compensatory mitigation and nearshore restoration issues.
Victor Woodward, Managing Partner of Habitat Banc NW, works on researching, permitting and developing wetland mitigation banks in Washington. His Snohomish Basin Mitigation Bank was the first to be permitted through the State's pilot banking program.
