Bellevue Urban Wildlife Habitat Literature Review

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• Client: City of Bellevue
• Location: Bellevue, WA
• Dates: 2008-2009
• Services: Literature review

Description

The Watershed Company was hired for its expertise in wildlife-habitat interactions to complete a comprehensive review of the literature and ongoing research in the field of urban wildlife habitat assessment and management. Our wildlife biologist reviewed all recent pertinent literature and met with local experts from the University of Washington and Puget Sound Bird Observatory and documented findings clearly and thoroughly. The final report defined terms related to the field, presented results of recent and keystone studies, put forth habitat management recommendations for property within the City, analyzed potential impacts of actions in a developing landscape, and used the knowledge accumulated to develop mitigation measures.

Following this Literature Review, our biologists also developed a Functional Assessment Model for urban wildlife habitat the City.