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New Home and Development Groundwater Mitigation Program; Skagit County, WA. AMP worked with WWT and Ecology to design a groundwater mitigation program in Skagit County to provide mitigation for new homes and development. Assessed supply and forecast demand for mitigation credits across 43 sub -basins in the 2,700 -square -mile Skagit River Basin. Worked closely with Ecology to evaluate alternative mitigation options. LAI staff Erik Borgen (prior to LAI) and AMP staff. Nisqually Watershed Water Bank Feasibility Study, Pierce, Thurston and Lewis Counties, WA. AMP researched and prepared feasibility study for a water bank in the Nisqually Basin for the Nisqually Tribe. LAI staff Erik Borgen (prior to LAI) and AMP staff. Walla Walla Water Exchange; Walla Walla County, WA. AMI' prepared design for the Walla Walla Water Exchange and the Water Management Partnership Water Bank authorized in WA HB 1580 and worked with the WWT for Walla Walla County under a grant from Ecology. AMP staff. Water Bank Feasibility Assessment for the Hood River Watershed; Hood River County, OR. AMP prepared feasibility assessment for water bank to restore instream flow and provide supplemental water supply to fruit tree growers for the Hood River Watershed Group with funding from the Oregon Water Resources Department and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. AMP staff. Groundwater Mitigation Program In the Verde River Basin; Yavapal County, AZ. AMP provided research, modeling, program design, and implementation support for development of a groundwater mitigation program for Friends of the Verde River, Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy with funding from the Walton Family Foundation. AMP staff. 5. Kittitas County's Water Banking Program The project Team has extensive experience and understanding of the County's water banking program, as well as the private banks serving the County. Team members know the history of the Upper Kittitas groundwater rule, the resulting development of private and public water banks, and the County's 2014 settlement with Ecology. This combination of knowledge and experience places the project Team in a unique position to offer both strategic and technical advice that supports new, implementable options for policy planning and development within the County's water banking program. Kittitas County Water Banking Experience Kittitas County Water Bank Management; Kittitas County, WA. Project Manager Erik Borgen actively administered one of the County's original water rights mitigation banks on behalf of a client. This bank directly competed with the County's publicly owned bank In the Yakima mainstem area. As a result, Erik became very familiar with the County's water banking program. He managed and tracked 27 underlying Senior water rights in the state Trust Water Rights Program that provided mitigation for several unique suitability areas in the Upper Yakima Basin. Erik developed good -faith estimates for mitigation inquiries covering these areas including the Yakima mainstem, Teanaway River, Tillman Creek, Swauk Creek, and Big Creek. He executed groundwater mitigation agreements, permit applications, permit assignments, requests for determination of water budget neutrality, declarations of covenant, and groundwater mitigation certificates. Through executing mitigation transactions in the Tillman Creek drainage, Erik has developed experience with creative mitigation options. With every mitigation transaction Erik worked closely with Ecology staff at the Central Regional Office. LAI staff Erik Borgen (prior to LAI). Yakima Basin Water Transfer Market Assessment; Kittitas County, WA. In addition to administering a private water bank in the County, Erik fed an effort to research and analyze water transactions in the Kittitas County 8 Water Banking Program Support