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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

The following are examples of projects performed by WindenWater or in collaboration with Watershed Consulting LLC of Missoula, MT

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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 ADIT

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



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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




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PAST PROJECTS

A newly constructed meander bend on Lower French Creek, MT.

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


Rows of hybrid poplar trees receiving wastewater effluent irrigation for nutrient reduction

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

Microtopographic grading for seed recruitment and water and sediment retention

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

Channel excavation in Oregon Creek, MT

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

Sediment retention basin on Upper California Creek,MT

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

Fabric encapsulated soil lifts on French Gulch, MT

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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