Extensive mapping, characterization and modeling have served as templates for restoration and landscape design.  We design landscapes that work.

• Restoration plan, Convict Creek bypass reach, Mono County, California.  1995.  Prepared a plan to restore a 765 foot reach of Convict Creek that was impacted by diversions.  Conducted for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Bishop, CA.

• Wetland mitigation plan, Kanaka, Empire and Boulder hydroelectric project areas, Idaho.  1992.  Prepared mitigation plans to compensate for about 30 acres of wetland.  Conducted for Don Chapman Consultants, Boise, ID

• Wetland mitigation design, Salt Lake City Airport expansion project.  1991.  Designed 250 acres of wetland as mitigation for expansion impacts.  Wetland types included standing water, marsh, saline wet meadow and playa.  Wetlands will be constructed near the east shore of the Great Salt Lake.  Conducted for the Salt Lake City Airport Authority.

• Restoration plan, Anderson Ranch Borrow Site, Idaho.  1991.  Prepared a reclamation plan to enhance habitat values of a 500 acre gravel pit in southern Idaho.  HEC modeling was used to predict runoff yield and areas of potential wetland habitat for several alternative designs.  Reclamation achieved creation of wetland habitat and enhanced water quality discharge to the Boise River.   Conducted for Mountain Home Ranger District, Boise National Forest.

• Wetlands mitigation plan, Auger Falls hydroelectric project, Snake River Canyon, Idaho.  1991.  Prepared a design plan for creating 28 acres of wetlands, including deciduous forest, shrub, marsh and emergent habitats.  Conducted for Cogeneration Inc.; Salt Lake City, UT.

• Evaluation of stream/riparian restoration in the Southwest. 1990. Evaluated 25 sites in AZ and NM where the Forest Service has applied restoration practices.  Assisted in preparation of a report documenting the approach and results of the evaluation.  Conducted for Biosystems Analysis Inc.; Tiburon, CA.

• Mitigation through stream/riparian restoration.  1987.  Synthe­sized information useful for evaluating proposals to restore stream/riparian ecosystems in the Intermountain Region. Conducted for EPA; Portland, OR.

• Creation of fish and riparian habitats, Birch Creek  Hydroelectric Facility, Clark County, Idaho.  1987.  Designed and supervised construction of riparian habitat along about 9,000 feet of chan­nel; planted vegetation; monitoring is continuing.  Conducted for Sorenson Engineering; Idaho Falls, ID.

• Establishment of wetland habitat in Cedar Draw, Twin Falls County, Idaho.  1987.  Designed and constructed a wetland as mitigation for that disturbed by construction of a hydro-power facility near the Snake River.  Conducted for Ecosystems Research Institute; Logan, UT

• Reclamation plan for the Kemmerer Coal Mine, Wyoming.  1984.  Designed landforms to maximize water yield from snow-pack to a lacustrine subsystem while maintaining acceptable levels of stabi­lity and productivity in the terrestrial subsystem.   Conducted for Ecosystems Research Institute; Logan, UT.

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