Zentner Planning and Ecology was hired to complete due diligence biological work on a potential solar site located south of the Napa Airport in Napa County. This was a complex site with horse pastures, seasonal wetlands, and other sensitive habitat. Our preliminary delineation work determined that the site contained a portion of a tidal marsh and a number of seasonal wetlands. As well, we determined that sensitive species could be an issue depending upon project design and layout. However, we were able to show that a good portion of the site was likely upland and, therefore, could be developed with little to no impacts to wetlands or other jurisdictional areas, while keeping potential species issues to a minimum.
Prompt Wetland Delineation Approvals
Wetland Delineation Approvals for the Queen of Heaven Project site
The Queen of Heaven site is an existing cemetery in unincorporated Contra Costa County near the City of Pleasant Hill. The Catholic Church’s final design for the expansion of the existing cemetery was slowed by other issues yet the Church needed to process its applications rapidly for a project that would impact wetlands. Because Zentner Planning and Ecology has completed so many delineations, especially complicated ones, we have developed methodologies to get smaller delineation through the process relatively quickly, using comprehensive field analyses, GPS and CAD. The Corps subsequently approved the delineation as submitted without a site visit