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ERA
<br />Representative Projects Liz Payson
<br />Wetland Permitting and Delineation
<br />Federal Highways Administration, Denver, CO.
<br />Delineated wetlands along 11 miles of Arizona
<br />Highway 43, near Eager, Arizona. Mapped wet-
<br />lands with a Global Positioning System.
<br />Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, CO.
<br />Delineated wetlands along approximately 17
<br />miles of Interstate 25 and Interstate 225 in the
<br />southeastern Dem~er metropolitan area. Mapped
<br />wetlands with a Global Positioning S}'stem.
<br />Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO.
<br />Delineated wetlands for lift realignment to avoid
<br />wetland impacts.
<br />Revegetation and Weiland
<br />Mitigation / C o n s t ru tt i o n
<br />Federal Highway Administration, Denver, CO.
<br />Designed xevegetation test plots on the Beartooth
<br />Plateau neu Yellowstone Park, Wyonung.
<br />Designed a conceptual wetland mitigation plan as
<br />part of the Draft EIS for potential impacts associ-
<br />ated with highway improvements. Currently
<br />designing native plant revegetation plans For alpine
<br />and subaipine portions of the Beartooth Highwa}'•
<br />Siate of Montana Abandoned Mine Program, Helena MT.
<br />Designed soil amendments, native seed mixes,
<br />and planting plans, for reclaiming hvo aban-
<br />doned hardrock nunes in the mountains of
<br />Montana. also, conducted plant inventories and
<br />classified wetlands at numerous abandoned
<br />hardrock mines in Montana.
<br />Vegetation/Rare Plant Surveys
<br />Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Nez Perce National
<br />Forests, Idaho and Montana.
<br />Performed stream evaluations including riparian
<br />and wetland plan[ identification, soil classification,
<br />stream type and stability assessment. Performed
<br />sensidve,threatened and endangered plantsur-
<br />veys, and stream habitat assessments for the
<br />endangered Chinook Salmon, and conducted
<br />range production and cattle utilization surveys for
<br />livestock allotments.
<br />Little Missouri Grasslands, Medoro, ND.
<br />Conducted surveys for 35 threatened, endan-
<br />gered, sensitive and water plant species along Z
<br />1/2 miles of proposed pipeline through [he Little
<br />Missouri Grasslands.
<br />Publications and Research
<br />Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Derner, CO.
<br />Designed plans and specifications for native
<br />plant restoration for wetland, upland and riparian
<br />areas for several projects in the Denver
<br />Metropohtan area.
<br />Colorado Department of Transportation, Region 2,
<br />Pueblo, CO.
<br />Project manager Eor wetland delineation using
<br />color infrared aerial photography, and developing
<br />a conceptual wetland mitigation design Eor
<br />impacts of up to 30 acres tha[ may result from
<br />improvements to 35 miles of SH-24 east of
<br />Colorado Springs.
<br />Holcim Mines, Inc. Portland, CO.
<br />Project manager for wetland mitigation plan For
<br />over 10 acres of potential wetland impacts associ-
<br />ated with a proposed limestone mine.
<br />Coordination with EPA and U.S. Army Corps of
<br />F:nginecrs during permitting process.
<br />Hoifsma, T, and L. Pyyson. 1998.
<br />Integration of Bank Failure Mechanisms, Shear
<br />Stresses, and Attributes of Both herbaceous and
<br />\~ood}' Plants to Bioengineered Streazn Bank
<br />Revegetation American Society of Cn'il Engineers.
<br />\~'etlands Engineering & River Restoration
<br />Conference. Denver, CO.
<br />Payson, Liz. 2004.
<br />High Altitude Revegetation Experiments on the
<br />Beartooth Plateau, Park County, Montana and
<br />Park County, \t~}'oming. Federal Highway
<br />Administration. (Poster Paper) High Altimde
<br />Revegetation Workshop. Fort Collins, CO.
<br />Payson, L., 1. Plaggemeyer, J. Hartz-Rubin and T.
<br />Weaver. 2004.
<br />\~'ced Invasion of Grasslands. Invasive Species
<br />Symposium, Montana Academy of the Sciences.
<br />April 16, 2004. Billings, M'1'.
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