RECREATIONAL - GOLF COURSES Wintonbury Hills Golf Course - Bloomfield, CT Mason & Associates obtained federal, state and local wetland permits for this 18-hole municipal golf course. Water supply and water quality impacts to wetlands and public recreational waters were important elements in the development of project alternatives. Five alternative sites and 10 alternative golf course layouts were evaluated in compliance with federal Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) guidelines. Field studies conducted by Mason & Associates included habitat mapping, wetland functional assessment, and a Survey for Pedicularis lanceolata, the swamp lousewort, a rare plant species protected by state law. A comprehensive wetland mitigation program was developed, including wetland creation, enhancement and preservation. Mason & Associates has continued with permit compliance activities including construction inspection and wetland mitigation area monitoring. Valley Country Club - Warwick, RI Mason & Associates prepared regulatory permit applications for proposed maintenance dredging of the Valley Country Club golf course irrigation water storage ponds. As a part of this project, Mason & Associates completed an alternatives analysis for the country club evaluating various options to achieve their goal of increased water storage capacity within the ponds. Mason & Associates also performed an analysis of pond bathymetry to provide the federal and state regulatory agencies with existing and proposed cross-sections of each pond. An environmental analysis was completed by Mason & Associates to address agency concerns regarding water quality issues, involving watershed delineation/mapping, an assessment of wetland impacts, and an investigation into potential sediment contaminants from surrounding urban development and golf course pesticides. The latter entailed researching the chemical fate of golf course pesticides in use by the Valley Country Club and determining their likelihood of contributing to pond sediment contamination. Mason & Associates also provided follow-on permitting services including the procurement of a RIDEM wetland permit for the installation of a new golf course irrigation system. Preliminary water budget analysis and a water supply alternatives analysis were also prepared for the Country Club.