Consulting
Rain Shadow’s team has 18 years of experience providing tree risk assessments and includes several ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ) arborists. We offer:
- Basic and advanced tree risk assessment, including ground and aerial assessments and resistance drilling
- San Juan County Shoreline Tree Removal Plan Applications
- Tree retention and protection plans for site development
Rain Shadow has extensive experience with a variety of ecological planning and restoration projects throughout the San Juan Islands, including:
- Forest and shoreline restoration design and implementation
- Shoreline tree removal planning and compliance with San Juan County shoreline tree protection zones
- Terrestrial habitat assessments and mitigation plans
Rain Shadow has been helping landowners in San Juan County manage their forests for over 20 years, with a focus on long-term sustainability and resiliency.
- Forest inventory and monitoring
- Forest Stewardship Plans that meet Washington State and San Juan County guidelines for Designated Forest Land and Current Use Timber Land and allow landowners to qualify for a variety of cost-share funding opportunities
- New plans, updates, and plans to support changes in tax designation
- Timber harvest planning and Forest Practices Application preparation
- Timber harvest reporting and Forest Excise Tax assistance
- Wildfire risk assessments and fuel reduction plans, including Firewise USA® community plans
Recent Projects
Community Land Trust of Waldron Island, forest health improvement
Partially funded by USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program, this project entailed managing a 14-acre fuels reduction and forest stand improvement thinning [...]
The Nature Conservancy, conservation planning
Rain Shadow Consulting led a conservation team that developed a comprehensive Conservation Area Plan for the Cowlitz Bay and Bitte [...]
The Nature Conservancy & US Fish and Wildlife, Garry Oak restoration
We co-developed and managed a three year restoration project focused on the restoration of 40-acres of Garry oak habitat in [...]