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Rare Finds in Clark County

Small-Flowered
Trillium
Western Wahoo

Herrera’s own Josh Wozniak, natural resource scientist, made an exciting discovery while performing rare plant surveys for WSDOT. In his own words,

“I was fortunate last week to receive an honor that I thought I would never achieve, to find undocumented locations of rare plants. Only a handful of new records for the state come in each year, and rarely in proximity to developed areas, despite ongoing surveys.

During rare plant surveys for WSDOT’s SW region last week, I found populations of two rare plants, Small-Flowered Trillium and Western Wahoo. I happened to be in the right place, at the right time!”

The plants, which were found in Clark County, will be added to a statewide database which is used to advise the design of future projects, as a research tool, and is part of a monitoring program which tracks the changes in these rare plant populations over time.

Tall Bugbane

An update: On June 21st, Josh added Tall Bugbane to his list of finds!

 

Herrera’s Kirschbaum and Lancaster in June edition of AWRA Newsletter

Can rain gardens solve the problem of overwhelmed combined stormwater/sewer systems in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood? Read what Herrera water resource engineers, Robin Kirschbaum and Alice Lancaster, found out in the June edition of American Water Resources Association Newsletter.

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Herrera’s Rebecca Dugopolski in June Issue of Waterline

Rebecca Dugopolski, an environmental engineer with Herrera, penned this article for Waterline, The Washington State Lake Protection Association newsletter. Click the thumbnails to read the full story on the potential effects of limiting phosphorus fertilizer in Washington.

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Herrera Employees Prove Their Cycling Skills!

As a firm with an environmental focus, Herrera is proud to employ professionals whose lifestyles mirror their professions. During May, three separate Herrera cycling teams competed in the Seattle Group Health Commute Challenge. Sponsored by the Cascade Bicycle Club and Group Health, the event is one of several initiatives driving the City of Seattle’s new Bicycle Master Plan, which has a goal of tripling the use of bicycles for all-purpose trips by 2017.


One third of our Herrera Seattle office employees participated in this year’s challenge. Our cyclists competed all month not just against other teams in the area but with each other to determine who could ride the most, both in terms of total miles and percentage of overall commuting trips. Herrera employees made an impressive 358 commutes to work on their bikes, totaling more than 3,906 miles! While our teams did not place in the overall competition, team Herrera Dos emerged victorious from the intense intra-Herrera competition with an impressive 1,422 miles, closely followed by team Herrera Uno with 1,412 miles, with team Herrera Tres in third with 1,072 miles. Sportsmanship and Herrera’s company spirit of being the best at what we do helped make all three teams push themselves hard during the 4-week competition. Although the city challenge ended in May, Herrera cyclists are continuing their intra-Herrera competition through June.

Herrera Adds to Planning and Engineering Groups

Jan Aarts

Jan Aarts

Herrera Environmental Consultants welcomes Jan Aarts to our natural resources planning group as a senior environmental planner. Mr. Aarts has more than 20 years of experience leading NEPA/SEPA and permitting work for transportation and other public infrastructure projects. Most recently, Mr. Aarts was with Parsons Brinckeroff. Mr. Aarts’ current projects include the Seattle Department of Transportation South Lander Street Grade Separation and King County Regional Trail System Bridge and Trestle Engineering projects.

Tyson Wright

Tyson Wright

Herrera Environmental Consultants is pleased to announce the addition of Tyson Wright, PE, who joins our firm as a civil engineer. Prior to joining Herrera, Mr. Wright worked for CRW Engineering Group in Anchorage, AK. He specializes in infrastructure design for water, sewer, and storm drain systems; roadways; and site design. Currently, Mr. Wright’s projects include the King County Cedar Hills Regional Landfill Area 6 Closure, the Hoh River Boundary Pond Enhancement project for the US Forest Service and two low-impact development projects for private developers.