PROJECT SUMMARIES

1. Big Mountain Wetland Delineation
2. Teton River Restoration and Irrigation Diversion Retrofit
3. Ashley Creek Watershed/Riparian Assessment
4. Lower Swift Creek Restoration
5. Flathead River Erosion Control Demonstration Project
6. Watershed Assessment, Whitepine Creek - MT
7. Forest and Environmental Management Plan - MT
8. Monitoring Endangered Species Act (ESA) Fish Species During Road Construction / Reconstruction Implementation-ID
9. Flathead River Erosion Control Demonstration Project - MT
10. The Petrig Land Stewardship and Watershed Restoration Project.

    Client: David Petrig, Private Landowner

    The Petrig Land Stewardship and Restoration Project, though encompassing only 250 acres, defines genuine watershed scale restoration. Three elements make this project an on-going success.

    Landowner Attitude: Mr. Petrig is a true steward of the land. He purchased an extremely degraded piece of property with the intent of ecological restoration. Through his thoughtful guidance and desire to restore ecologic integrity we have made tremendous strides in that direction.

    A Variety Of Solutions: Mr. Petrig's land displays almost every sort of degradation possible. The steep, dry, south facing slopes have been heavily roaded, logged twice, grazed, and riparian areas completely destroyed. Restoration activities employed so far include: road obliteration; stream channel construction; riparian vegetation restoration; in-stream bioengineering structure placement; reforestation; thinning for tree vigor, species composition and fire hazard reduction; weed control and prescribed burning for wildlife forage.

    Persistence: We use a long-term approach to accomplish tasks on an annual basis, and meet our objectives using a relatively small amount of funds. This approach has been very rewarding, as we are witness to the results. Watershed Consulting encourages this approach for several reasons:

    • A long-term approach is both aesthetically, ecologically and economically less offensive.
    • Multiple visits give us the opportunity to learn the complexities of the forests, riparian areas, wetlands, ponds and streams. Best management is often based in familiarity.
    • As the years go by, we can refine restoration techniques by identifying and monitoring successes and failures.
    • Restoration activities can be modified if goals and ideas for the land change through time.

    Personnel Involved:
    Mark Vander Meer, Forester/ Restoration Ecologist/ Soil Scientist

    Contact: David Petrig; (425) 879-8416

11. Stream Stability Fluvio-Geomorphic Assessment and Restoration, Clear Creek and Big Creek - MT
12. Stream Channel Rehabilitation - Dunham Creek, MT
13. Channel Dynamics and Stream Stability Assessment and Rehabilitation; Elk Creek(Noxon) - MT
14. Wetland Construction Feasibility Study - Olson Coulee, MT
15. Channel Dynamics Evaluation, and Streambank and County Road Reconstruction Design - St. Regis River, MT
16. Watershed Assessments - ID
17. Fluvio-Geomorphic Fish Habitat Variables Assessment; Rock Creek near Noxon, MT
18. Channel Dynamics and Streambank Stability Evaluation - Yellowstone River and Clark Fork River, MT
19. Geomorphic and Aquatic Habitat Survey on 48 Pristine Reaches
20. Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Population and Habitat Evaluation - Nevada
21. Yellowstone Pipeline Proposed Emergency Repair Evaluation - MT
22. Riparian Vegetation Restoration, Clear Creek - MT
23. Biological Evaluations, Clearwater River Drainage - ID
24. Stream Habitat Inventories for Selected Blackfoot Tributaries - MT
25. Streamflow Measurements, NW Montana
26. Assistance to Montana Conservation Districts
27. Monitoring Plan Development and Implementation: St. Clair Creek, Sapphire Mountains, MT
28. Channel Design for Bridge Reconstruction - O'Brien Creek, MT
29. Channel Trends Analysis and Channel Rehabilitation Design - Therriault Creek, MT
30. Self-Cleaning Flat-Plate Fish Screen Design, Manufacture and Installation
31. Design of Channel Fish Bypass Ladders for Irrigation Dams, Douglas Creek, Big Blackfoot River Drainage - MT
32. Alternative Irrigation Diversion Structure and Fish Screen Design and Installation, Salmon Creek, Big Blackfoot River Drainage - MT
33. Large Irrigation Diversion Structure Evaluation and Design, Sun River near Fort Shaw - MT
34. Infiltration Gallery Diversion Design and Installation, Mol Heron Creek near Corwin Springs - MT
35. Evaluation and Geomorphic Stability Analysis of Six Diversion Structures, Teton River upstream of Choteau - MT
36. Evaluation of Czech Republic Geomorphic Stream Classification System - Czech Republic
37. Mineral Property Evaluations - Sierra Madre, Chihuahua and Sinaloa States, Mexico
38. Property Evaluation- Bolivian Altiplano, South America
39. R1/R4 Fisheries Habitat Assessment
40. Development and Implementation of Water Quality Montioring Plan
41. Moose Fire Rehabilition Fisheries Biologist and EA, EIS Preparation
42. Proposed Goat/Squeezer Timber Sale -Fisheries Biologist Preparation of EIS
43. Feasibility Assessment and Design of Spawning Habitat for Rainbow Trout