Dr. Raedeke is a former Associate Professor at the University of Washington, College of Forest Resources. With over thirty years of field experience, laboratory work and statistical analysis, Ken has published over 100 articles and reports on wildlife conservation and management and related land-use practices.

Rick has over 25 years of field and research experience in plant and animal community analysis, including quantitative vegetation composition and structural analysis, vertebrate inventories, and ecological impact assessment for SEPA and NEPA documents.

Dale Herter has over 26 years of professional experience as a consulting wildlife biologist both in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Currently Dale manages Raedeke Associates, Inc.’s projects dealing with threatened and endangered wildlife species in Washington.

Chris is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Certified Wetland Delineator and has over 25 years of experience conducting plant community analysis, including vegetation composition and structure, evaluation of habitat functions, and impact assessment.

Emmett has extensive experience assessing wetlands in the Pacific Northwest. He has delineated and received agency concurrence for more than 200 wetlands. His expertise in wetland regulations has resulted in the successful permitting of wetland impacts throughout the region.

Kolten has over 8 year’s professional experience with wetland and stream studies throughout the Pacific Northwest. His responsibilities at RAI include wetland and stream ordinary high water mark delineations, wetland monitoring, expertise with the WDOE 2014 wetland rating system, and erosion and sediment control (CESCL) oversight.

Bill has 35 years professional experience as an aquatic sciences consultant, covering field monitoring and scientific analysis in fisheries, water quality and hydrology in the Pacific Northwest. He has collaborated with numerous state and local agencies and tribes for habitat and water quality mitigation planning and regulatory compliance.

Andrew is a Wildlife Biologist with a background in conservation biology. He joined Raedeke in 2016 and has been involved in a variety of different projects ranging from Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet surveys to wetland mitigation compliance monitoring and hydraulic projects such as beaver dam removal and stream quality sampling.

Annamaria graduated from the University of Washington in 2011 and spent one year in the Washington Conservation Corps restoring riparian habitat in Snohomish County. Annamaria completed the UW Professional Wetland Certification program in 2015 and is a certified Wetland Professional-in-Training.

As a professional wetland scientist (PWS), his responsibilities at Raedeke Associates, Inc. include project management, wetland delineations, project permitting, mitigation and monitoring, field surveys, data analysis, and report writing. Given his diversity of experience, he supports staff with field and office work across Raedeke’s wildlife, aquatics, and landscape architecture disciplines and is also capable of providing grant and loan application writing services.

Will is a transplant from Connecticut who moved west with a background in environmental science and education. He spent over two years in western Washington restoring riparian and forest ecosystems, building trails, and leading volunteer events to engage local communities in restoration.

Erik is an environmental scientist with more than 15 years of work experience in natural sciences. Erik is a certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead (CESCL) and works as an onsite environmental compliance manager to maintain compliance with environmental permits including Corps 404 permits, 402 NPDES permits, and local jurisdiction permit. 

Monette Hodges comes to Raedeke Associates with 24 years of bookkeeping/accounting/office management experience. Monette’s bookkeeping experience includes industries such as wholesale/retail, graphic/web design, non-profit, property management, gaming industry, nightclubs, etc.

Hanna is an environmental scientist with a broad base of regulatory and field knowledge. She has experience working with construction stormwater, industrial stormwater, onsite sewage systems, soil sciences, solid waste management, water systems and wastewater systems.

Shraddha is a Landscape Designer with more than 5 years of multi-disciplinary experience in design and delivery of a variety of project types. Her work includes Park and trail design, master planning, urban streetscape, and mixed-use development.

Clint A. Smith is recognized as a subject matter expert in Construction Stormwater Environmental Compliance. He has represented many government agencies and private firms throughout the Pacific Northwest and Western United States.

Courtney is a wetland scientist and wildlife biologist with experience working on wetlands, aquatic ecology, and protected species. She also has experience conducting marine mammal and marbled murrelet monitoring, mitigation vegetation monitoring, and sediment sampling.