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RE-VEGETATING, RESTORING, AND MITIGATING NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST SITES Plutonium production operations at the 560-square-mile Hanford Site created one of the largest and most complex hazardous waste site cleanup projects in the nation. As the site is cleaned up, the Department of Energy is required to restore the land to its native vegetation. Since 2006, the […]
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RESTORING A RIPARIAN ZONE AND IMPROVING HABITAT ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER As Hanford Site buildings and other structures are demolished or removed, as part of the cleanup effort, EAS biologists are called upon to revegetate, restore and mitigate riparian and upland habitats. In 2012, for example, when the Department of Energy removed an outfall structure
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Restore Native Riparian Shrubs And Trees At Central Ferry And Rice Bar Habitat Management Units Along Snake River The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District awarded EAS a contract to assist in creating and enhancing lost wildlife habitat as a result of Lower Snake River Project (Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and
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Mission Support Alliance Cultural and Historic Program Maintain procedures to ensure DOE compliance with National Historic Preservation Act, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Archaeological Resources Protection Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and other applicable cultural resources, laws, regulations, and DOE directives Meet professional standards under regulations developed by the Secretary of the Interior
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Map Aquatic Invasive Plants In The Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project Area-Upper Columbia River Chelan County Public Utility District awarded EAS a contract to map aquatic invasive plants at and near the Rocky Reach hydroelectric project. EAS will conduct field surveys and monitoring in the upper Columbia River to support Chelan PUD compliance with federal, state,
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Grant County PUD Awards Environmental Assessment Services Contract To Assess Benthic Community Impacts As A Result Of Significant Water Level Reductions In The Wanapum Reservoir EAS was awarded a contract to support Grant County Public Utility District to characterize benthic community impacts that may have resulted from a nearly 27-foot water level drawdown on the
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Environmental Monitoring Project at Hanford Site EAS staff members have supported the Environmental Monitoring Project for more than 30 years. We worked with MSA to support to protect Hanford Site natural resources. Specific EAS responsibilities and support functions to the project are to: Characterize and monitor biota to assess their abundance, vigor or condition, and
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Characterizing Aquatic Habitat for Steelhead Spawning at the Washington Closure Hanford The EAS team conducted surveys in the 100 Area, 300 Area, and inter-areas of the Hanford Reach to determine if steelhead spawning habitat existed in these locations, according to accepted habitat suitability criteria, and document any steelhead spawning activity (fish or redds) at these
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Counting Fall Chinook Salmon Redds and Identifying Redds Located in Areas of Potential Contaminated Groundwater Upwelling on the Hanford Site The Hanford Reach supports the largest run of spawning fall Chinook salmon remaining in the Pacific Northwest. The Department of Energy began conducting aerial surveys to identify and count salmon redds in the Hanford
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Assessing migrating fish in the Columbia River Managing fisheries in the Columbia River system requires ongoing data to assist resource managers to evaluate the status of fish stocks, particularly threatened and endangered species. The EAS team works with Normandeau Associates and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify and count adult fish at
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