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| Vol. 23, No. 3 |
May 18, 2015 |
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In This Issue:
WSSI Opens Roanoke Office
It's Pogonia Season!
Harperella Surveys Help Avoid Costly Project Delays
WSSI Sponsors 4th Annual Wetland Boot Camp for Educators
Deicing Road Salt Clogs Bioretention Facilities
Stricter Battlefield Protection Demands Rigorous Studies
DDOE Green Area Ratio
WSSI Staff and Affiliates Earn Tree Preservation Awards
WSSI Opens Roanoke Office |
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Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI) is pleased to announce the opening of our Roanoke, Virginia office. Our new location will support us as we continue to serve Central, Western, Southwestern, and Southside Virginia, including our existing contracts in Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Danville, Staunton, and Waynesboro.
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| It's Pogonia Season! |
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Summer is on its way and Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI) is gearing up for another season of small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) surveys. If you are planning to develop property in Northern Virginia that has mature hardwood forest with an open understory, your site may need a survey for the small whorled pogonia. The field survey "window" for the small whorled pogonia is narrow and can only be conducted between June 1 and July 20, so schedule now and avoid critical delays in obtaining your wetlands permit.
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Harperella Surveys Help Avoid Costly Project Delays |
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WSSI is preparing for another season of harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum) surveys. This small, endangered perennial member of the carrot family lives along larger rocky creeks in Virginia and Maryland. The field survey "window" for harperella is open from July 1 to September 30. Schedule now and avoid critical delays in obtaining your wetlands permit or other federal actions that require Endangered Species Act compliance.
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WSSI Sponsors 4th Annual Wetland Boot Camp for Educators |
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WSSI will sponsor local teachers to attend up to four individual sessions of a "Wetland Boot Camp" at our Gainesville, Virginia, office, July 13-16, 2015. These day-long workshops will be presented by Environmental Concern, Inc., and provide K-12 teachers, environmental educators, and program directors with the knowledge and necessary planning tools to facilitate environmental education programs within our local school systems.
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Deicing Road Salt Clogs Bioretention Facilities |
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WSSI investigations showed deicing salt can significantly reduce soil permeability, causing bioretention facilities to clog. We recommend – and provide in our lab – soil testing to confirm your soil blend will achieve its permeability standard, even when subjected to deicing salt.
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Stricter Battlefield Protection Demands Rigorous Studies |
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Historic preservation agencies are increasingly concerned with protecting Virginia’s Civil War battlefields from encroaching development and are demanding more rigorous cultural resource work for any project in review for a federal action, therefore any project needing a wetlands permit. WSSI’s Thunderbird Archeology division can work with you to locate these mapped battlefield sites and bring your project’s cultural resource work up to the current level of detailed study required in the permit process.
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| DDOE Green Area Ratio |
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The Green Area Ratio (GAR) environmental sustainability zoning regulation in DC is a relatively new hurdle for permit seekers. Developers and builders now must engage a Certified Landscape Expert to prepare and certify a site landscape plan and landscape maintenance plan which complies with the GAR requirements as a part of the preliminary permitting process. The GAR regulations set standards for landscape and site design with the goals of reducing stormwater runoff, improving air quality, and incorporating sustainable program elements early in the design development process. Under the new regulations, developers and builders are required to engage a Certified Landscape Expert (WSSI has 22 such experts!) to prepare and certify a site landscape plan and landscape maintenance plan.
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| WSSI Staff and Affiliates Earn Tree Preservation Awards |
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WSSI staff served as Tree Preservation Consultants for two projects that won Tree Preservation Awards from Fairfax County on January 23. The 2014 Land Conservation and Tree Preservation Awards honor those whose projects best demonstrate superior commitment to tree preservation and replacement or erosion and sediment control design and implementation in Fairfax County. The awards are sponsored by The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services in cooperation with the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District and the Fairfax Tree Commission.
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About Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI):WSSI is the leading provider of natural and cultural resource consulting services in Northern Virginia. The firm has worked on a total of over 5,000 projects, comprising 200,000 acres, and has created hundreds of acres of wetlands and restored miles of streams. Our team of 90+ engineers, scientists, archeologists, ecosystem technicians, GIS/survey/compliance and technology/training specialists, and administrative staff yield a unique combination of disciplines focused on wetlands and water resources and provide creative solutions for integrating the constraints of economics and land plan requirements with local, state, and federal environmental regulations. For more information about WSSI, visit our Web site at www.wetlandstudies.com. |
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