Amy Basehoar

Today, Project Manager, Elyse Maurer, presented at the annual conference hosted by the Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association. Her presentation was titled, “From Salmonid to Survival: a look at EAS’ projects in the Columbia River and Willamette River Basins”.  She spoke on EAS’ engagement in projects centered around life on the Columbia River and beyond, including Desert Survival, …

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EAS is conducting an Environmental Assessment (EA) for projects at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.  The Air Force is proposing to complete multiple civil engineering construction/demolition/renovation projects in support of installation development planning on the base. EAS is conducting an environmental impact analysis for proposed actions to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act …

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EAS has been assisting Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) with a conservation project for the Hanford Site.  Townsend’s ground squirrels (Urocitellus townsendii) are a small burrowing rodent found in colonies in native grasslands and shrub-steppe habitat west of the Columbia River in Benton, Yakima, Klickitat, and Kittitas counties.  These small squirrels are only active for …

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EAS staff have been working on conducting eDNA surveys.  Staff collect water samples using a peristaltic pump.  A filter attached to the pump collects whatever is in the water and can be analyzed for the presence of certain species.  Short for environmental DNA, eDNA is nuclear or mitochondrial DNA released from an organism into the …

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EAS is completing a reforestation project of approximately 41 acres at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia as part of our NAVFAC contract.  Project tasks include root raking  and spot piling, chopping, harrowing, purchase, care, and transport of longleaf pine seedlings, and planting seedlings by machine and by hand in certain places.

In 2020, EAS completed research looking at the short-term effects of petroleum exposure on northern leopard frogs.  That research, funded by the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, was used as a source to develop their new protocols for oiled amphibians.  These protocols will help guide spill response professionals when they encounter oiled amphibians.

An Environmental Assessment (EA) is being completed by EAS for Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.  This EA is looking at the Base’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program. In addition to the completion of the EA, EAS will complete a preliminary mitigation plan, archaeological survey, and wetland delineation.  BASH programs utilized by …

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EAS is working on rotary screw trapping services to provide information on the numbers collected, trap efficiency estimates, migration timing, size, and condition of naturally- produced juvenile salmonids exiting in the reservoirs of multiple Corps facilities in the Willamette River basin. USACE has modified operations at multiple Corps facilities to improve downstream fish passage and …

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