 Streams
impacted by land development, until recently,
were mitigated through the creation, restoration
or purchase of wetland credits. With the Presidential
order of no net loss and in-kind mitigation,
stream impacts must now be off-set through
the restoration or purchase of stream credits
to satisfy the basic tenant of the Clean Water
Act. Once off-sets are met project development
may continue to completion. In some instances
potential land speculators or developers invest
in developing stream mitigation banks and
selling the created stream credits to other
developers. While the client’s gains are monetary,
the basic tenant of the law is satisfied and
there is no loss of wetlands or streams.
Services
- Watershed Analysis
- Feasibility Studies, Landscape Ecology
Classification (LEC), and Conceptual Stream
Design
- Stream Channel Baseline Data Collection
- Reference Stream Analysis
- Regional Curve Development
- USGS Gage Station Analysis
- Natural Channel Restoration Design
- Permitting
- Design Construction and Oversight
- Stream Monitoring
- Water And
Riverine Systems
- Natural Channel Design (Rosgen), Restoration,
and Construction
- Dam Removal/Fish Passage
 Qualifications
and Experience
ESI staff has successfully
designed and constructed over 30 natural
channel and buffer restoration projects
totaling 20+ miles in various phases of
completion throughout the Southeast and
mid-Atlantic region. ESI has successfully
obtained Section 404 permits for over 3,000
projects throughout Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
We are recognized by Savannah District Corps
of Engineers, US EPA, and US Fish and Wildlife
Service for the superior quality of our
work.
 Sawmill
Creek - N.
Georgia
Project Type: Natural
channel restoration of a trout stream
Construction was initiated
in November 2000 for 900 feet of natural
channel design of a primary trout stream,
in Rabun County, Georgia. The purpose of
the proposed stream mitigation plan was
to restore, stabilize, and construct approximately
900 feet of a degraded cobble bed stream
channel of Sawmill Creek. ESI provided construction
management including pre-construction stake-out
of the plan form, supervised and directed
excavation and grading, and site clean-up
after construction was completed. The project
included in-stream structure installation,
bankfull benches, streambank stabilization,
and riparian vegetation planting... Read
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