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<br /> Selected Project Dutch Slough Restoration, 2003 — 2006 and 2009 - present. For the California
<br /> Experience State Coastal Conservancy and Califomia Department of Water Resources, Project
<br /> (continued) Manager. Prepared the Conceptual Plan and Feasibility Study and are currently
<br /> completing engineering design. The project proposes tidal marsh restoration of
<br /> approximately 1,200 acres used for cattle grazing and dairy operations in the City of
<br /> Oakley. The restoration will enhance habitat to benefit native species, create
<br /> opportunities for public access, and increase scientific understanding of restoration
<br /> ecology in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
<br /> Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), 2009 - present. For a coalition of water
<br /> users, under contract to SAIC. Project Director and tidal wetland restoration
<br /> technical lead. The BDCP proposes to restore 65,000 acres of tidal wetland
<br /> habitats, 5,000 acres of riparian habitat, and 10,000 acres of new tloodplain. PWA
<br /> is providing design approach assumptions, cost estimates, and long -term habitat
<br /> evolution estimates for tidal wetland and riparian restoration.
<br /> Bair Island Tidal Wetland Restoration Plan and EIR/EIS, 2000 -2006. For H.T.
<br /> Harvey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ( "Service "). Project Manager. PWA
<br /> worked with HT Harvey, the Service, and a technical review team to develop the
<br /> Restoration and Management Plan, EIR/EIS, and Monitoring Plan for restoration of
<br /> 1400 acres of former salt production ponds in south San Francisco Bay. PWA led
<br /> the flood management, engineering, cost estimation, dredged material placement
<br /> and physical habitat restoration project components. During feasibility assessment,
<br /> PWA identified potentially significant impacts to an adjacent shipping channel. PWA
<br /> developed a creative solution, using cost- effective and targeted technical analyses.
<br /> PWA's analyses and presentations have helped the Service build regulatory
<br /> agency, scientific, and public support for non - traditional elements of the proposed
<br /> project. PWA conducted field data collection, hydrodynamic and sediment transport
<br /> modeling, creek flood assessment, dredged material re -use analyses, cost
<br /> estimation, and other design analyses.
<br /> Tidal Wetland Restoration Handbook, San Francisco Bay, 2002 — 2004. For the
<br /> Califomia State Coastal Conservancy and The Bay Institute. Technical Advisor. The
<br /> product is a technical handbook to assist professionals in designing tidal wetland
<br /> restoration projects.
<br /> US Army Corps of Engineers Independent External Peer Review. 2009 and
<br /> 2010. For the USACE, under contract to Battelle. Provided independent extemal
<br /> peer review for (1) the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (Western C-
<br /> 111 Spreader Canal Ecological Benefit Evaluation Methodology) and (2) the
<br /> Louisiana Coastal Area Plan (Medium Diversion at White Ditch).
<br /> Selected Crooks, S., Findsen, J., Igusky, K., Orr, M.K., and Brew., D. (2009).Greenhouse
<br /> Publications Gas Mitigation Typology Issues Paper: Tidal Wetlands Restoration. Report by
<br /> PWA and SAIC to the California Climate Action Registry.
<br /> Orr, M.K., S. Crooks, and P.B. Williams. Issues in San Francisco Estuary Tidal
<br /> Wetlands Restoration: Will restored tidal wetlands be sustainable? San
<br /> - Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. First Issue, expected September
<br /> 2003.
<br /> Williams, P.B. and M.K. Orr. 2002. Physical evolution of restored breached levee
<br /> salt marshes in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Restoration Ecology 10:527-
<br /> 542.
<br /> Williams, P.B., M.K. Orr, and N.J. Garrity. 2002. Hydraulic geometry: a geomorphic
<br /> design tool for tidal marsh channel evolution in wetland restoration projects.
<br /> Restoration Ecology 10:577 -590.
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