CURRENT WORK
Lake Shoreland Best Management Practices - Orleans County Conservation District & Private Landowner
Site assessment, topographic survey, bioengineering designs and environmental permitting for a lake shoreland stabilization project. Fabric encapsulated soil lifts and a restored woody buffer will prevent further property
RECENT PROJECTS
Elkhorn Mine & Mill Site Characterization Study - Big Hole Watershed Committee & US Forest Service
Site characterization studies and remediation and restoration planning for an abandoned underground hard rock mine.
- Grant writing
- Site assessments
- Routine water quality monitoring
- Continuous flow monitoring
- Model trace metal loading
- Total Maximum Daily Load analysis
- GIS mapping
- Hydrologic analyses
- Historica
Flow Study - Highgate Falls Hydroelectric Project
WindenWater led the hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic assessment components of a flow study to determine fish habitat suitability in the bypass channel of a large hydroelectric project for FERC relicensing efforts. Working with Just Water Consulting, FluidState Consulting, and Cramer Fish Sciences, our team performed:
- Channel cross-sections and t
PAST PROJECTS
Lower French Creek Restoration Project - Big Hole Watershed Committee
Over 4,000 linear feet of stream & floodplain reconstruction in a historic beaver complex.
- Project management
- Construction oversight
- Restoration construction
- As-built RTK GNSS surveys
Hybrid Poplar Wastewater Diversion Project - City of Missoula, MT
Plant, manage, harvest and study 140 acres of hybrid Populus trees to mitigate municipal wastewater at a rate of 1M gallons per day.
- Nutrient removal modeling
- Biomass production modeling
- Silviculture operations & management
- Wastewater application
- Populus & Salix cultivation
Smelter Hills Uplands Restoration - MT Natural Resource Damage Program
Design, construct, and monitor steep slope stabilization and revegetation efforts across 3,000 acres of degraded uplands.
- Steep slope stabilization BMP design
- Large-scale aerial fertilizer & seed application
- Sediment & erosion control
- Revegetation
- Habitat enhancement
Oregon Creek Placer Mine Restoration Project - Big Hole Watershed Committee
Restore an abandoned placer mine using a Stage 0 stream restoration approach to increase functional habitat and floodplain connectivity.
- Channel reconstruction
- Floodplain connectivity
- Hydrologic assessments
Mt Haggin Wildlife Management Area - MT Natural Resource Damage Program
Design and construct beaver mimicry structures to capture sediment, increase natural water storage, and enhance riparian habitat.
- Sediment basin design & construction
- Beaver dam analogue/mimicry structures
- Floodplain restoration
French Gulch-Moose Creek Placer Mine Restoration Project - Big Hole Watershed Committee
Restore 7,000 linear feet of stream channel and adjacent floodplain wetlands in an abandoned placer mine.
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