by natchandesign | Feb 14, 2023 | Alluvial Fan restoration, Civil Engineering and Design, Stream Channel Restoration, Watershed Design
The June 2010 Schultz fire on the Coconino National Forest burned approximately 15,000 acres of ponderosa pine forest on the eastern flanks of the San Francisco Peaks approximately four miles northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. Increased runoff from the burned area has...
by natchandesign | Feb 14, 2023 | Fish Habitat, Stream Channel Restoration
Arizona Game and Fish Department hired NCDE to perform a geomorphic assessment of Canyon Creek, develop a plan that prioritized areas with the greatest potential for improvement and design structures for those areas. Structures were designed to improve stream channel...
by natchandesign | Feb 14, 2023 | Fish Habitat, Stream Channel Restoration
Arizona Game and Fish and the Payson Flycasters Chapter of Trout Unlimited wished to ensure appropriate habitat is available to support trout in the East Verde River at popular day use areas. The objective of this project for NCDE was to provide designs that improves...
by natchandesign | Feb 13, 2023 | Fish Habitat, Stream Channel Restoration
The Rio de Flag is the primary watercourse winding through Flagstaff, Arizona. Picture Canyon is a perennial reach fed by high quality effluent from an upstream water treatment plant. Noxious weeds invaded the site due to the soil disturbance from the past disturbance...
by natchandesign | Feb 13, 2023 | Bank Sloping, Civil Engineering and Design, Log Bank Buildout
Winema Reach is located along the Little Colorado River near Springerville, AZ. The property is owned by the AZ Game and Fish Department and designated as a Wildlife Area. The prior land manager farmed and raised cattle and had mechanically straightened the stream and...
