Mr. Gorman established the firm of Wetland Systems, LLC for the purpose creating the Foster Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank located in Clackamas County, Oregon. He managed and conducted all aspects of the planning, site selection, hydrologic analysis, grading design, permitting, erosion control, construction oversight, monitoring, and maintenance of the bank and the bank site. Mr. Gorman completed a detailed analysis of the relationship between precipitation, shallow groundwater, and wetland hydrology throughout the site and was able to determine the unique hydrologic response signature of the hydric soils. He conducted all negotiations with the Mitigation Bank Review Team (MBRT), which included the Portland District US Army Corps of Engineers, Oregon Department of State Lands, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. The Foster Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank has restored 60 acres of nearly extinct Willamette Valley wet prairie and 12 acres of Oregon Ash forested wetland. Wet prairie is nearly extinct in the Willamette Valley, making the restoration of wet prairie habitat exceptionally ecologically valuable to the region. Restoration efforts have included the establishment of several rare and threatened plant species, including a self sustaining population of Sidalcea nelsoniana (Nelsons Checkermallow). The Foster Creek Mitigation Bank provides mitigation credits for wetland impacts in the Clackamas River and Johnson Creek drainage basins.
Wetland Systems – Clackamas County, Oregon
