Constructed Habitats with appropriate plant media are low cost and effective techniques to provide niche habitats for species in a stressed landscape. Strategies like this encourage native species survival and create 'anchor points' for new ecologies to develop.
A fallen tree secured into a stream edge or lake bank can provide habitat for aviary and aquatic species. Protective strategies such as this strengthen stressed riparian environments and improve the visual quality of the landscape.
Ecological Remediation

 

We use a variety of riparian buffer management techniques. Each design is site-specific and uses the lowest impact strategy to remediate the situation as quickly as possible. Willow Bundles (fascines), Grass Rolls, and Live Staking as well as many other revegetation techniques are used on their own or as tailored combinations, creating slope stabilization and often increasing fish and wildlife habitat.

When necessary, larger measures are taken where lower impact revegetation techniques are not adequate in preventing erosion. Some of these measures may include Vegetated Cribbing, which can be quite aesthetic, or Brush Layering, which is often in combination with protective techniques such as Root Wadding, stabilizing the toe of the slope. Elevated Walkways can be installed for further protection of an area, and can also serve as a tool allowing educational opportunities in an otherwise sensitive area.