Geomorphology and Sustainable Natural Systems Engineering Group
Our Geomorphology and Sustainable Natural Systems Engineering Group (GSNSEG) is made up of geomorphologists, restoration design engineers, aquatic biologists, riparian and wetland scientists, hydrologists, and hydraulic engineers that routinely collaborate on restoration and water resource projects. Our services, which are often part of larger habitat assessments, watershed studies, management plans, or rehabilitation and restoration activities require the following expertise:
- Coastal, estuarine, fluvial geomorphology, and fluvial hydrology
- Flood and erosion hazard assessments
- Littoral and fluvial sediment and wood debris transport
- Hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport models and analysis
- Restoration assessment relating to salmon recovery strategies and priorities
- Engineered Wood Placements (EWP) and Engineered Log Jams (ELJ)
- Native vegetation and bio-engineered soil stabilization
- Fish passage and barrier analysis
- Salmonids and aquatic ecology and biology
- Complex in-stream structures for habitat, bank protection, and sediment retention
- Side channel and floodplain reconnection
- Surface and groundwater modeling and monitoring
- Environmental impact/risk assessment, permitting, and Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation
- Restoration design and engineering, from concept to bid document and construction oversight