Julia King is a senior botanist and wetland scientist with 25 years of professional experience in biological consulting, specializing in field investigations to determine the presence of wetlands and special-status plants and animals.  She has expertise in the flora and fauna of Northern California, including terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, and estuarine environments.  

 

Ms. King has experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey Bay area, Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada foothills, and San Joaquin Valley, and has led special-status species investigations in a broad range of soil types and habitats including serpentine, dune, vernal pool, alkali sink, chaparral, valley and foothill grassland, and riparian.  

 

She is a highly trained and experienced wetland scientist and her expertise includes the delineation of wetlands; Clean Water Act Section 404 and Section 401 permitting; mitigation planning; and the creation, restoration, and monitoring of wetland and riparian habitats.  She has performed wetland delineations on sites up to 15,000 acres and prepared both Nationwide and Individual Permits for development and infrastructure projects.