Stream Bank Restoration

What This Service Involves

Eroding stream banks degrade water quality, threaten infrastructure, and harm salmon-bearing habitat protected under state and federal rules. Our crews install bioengineered stabilization such as live stakes, coir logs, and native plantings, along with rock where hydraulics demand it. Work is coordinated with the permits these projects require, including Hydraulic Project Approval from WDFW. Restored banks are documented for mitigation monitoring and grant reporting.

Benefits

Bioengineered stabilization that supports habitat recovery; reduced sediment loading to receiving waters; coordination with Hydraulic Project Approval and other required permits; protection of adjacent infrastructure from further erosion; documentation suited to mitigation and grant reporting

Our Process

1) Assess bank erosion, hydraulics, and permit requirements; 2) Install bioengineered stabilization and any needed rock protection; 3) Revegetate with native species appropriate to the reach; 4) Document the work for monitoring and reporting

What Affects the Cost

Length and severity of bank erosion; bioengineering materials and rock quantities; permit coordination and in-water work windows; native plant materials; site access for equipment and materials

Best Time of Year

In-water and bank work is confined to the WDFW fish window, typically summer, when flows are low and salmon impacts are minimized.