Willow Creek, Little Turkey Creek and Ben Lilly Restoration and Habitat Improvement Projects – NMDGF
NCDE designed three projects for NMDGF on Willow Creek from the Ben Lilly Campground downstream to the confluence with Gilita Creek, 11,200 feet of channel, with the goal of improving Gila Trout...
Pecos River at Cowles Fish Habitat Improvement Project
The purpose of this project is to improve stream stability and aquatic habitat by restoring channel dimensions and installing habitat structures on approximately 1,000 linear feet of the Pecos River...
Harrenburg Wash Enhancement
Coconino County Parks and Recreation received a grant in 2020 from Arizona Water Protection Fund to improve the stability, productivity, and habitat quality of Harrenburg Wash just upstream from its...
Pinaleno Sacred Springs
In 2022, NCDE was contacted by the Taproot Collaborative to help with spring restoration work in the Pinaleno Mountains (Mt. Graham) of Southern Arizona. The Pinaleno’s are a sky island typical of...
Oak Creek Social Trails and Erosion
Since 2020, NCDE has worked with Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), the U.S.F.S. Coconino- Red Rocks, National Forests Foundations (NFF), Arizona Department of Transportation...
Cottonwood Spring Geochemical and Biological Investigation
NCDE worked with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on understanding the geochemical and biological variability of spring discharge and spring pond habitat for the endangered...
Long Valley Wet Meadow Restoration
The Arizona Elk Society, in cooperation with the United States Forest Service (USFS), has asked Natural Channel Design Engineering (NCDE) to create a plan that addresses headward erosion and...
Arizona Game & Fish
Barriers preventing the upstream movement of nonnative salmonids are a keystone practice in the conservation of southwestern native trout. Arizona Game and Fish Department manage dozens of barriers...
Schultz Emergency Watershed Protection
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...
Canyon Creek 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...
East Verde River Enhancement Design
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...
Picture Canyon Meander Restoration Project
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...
Wenima Wildlife Area
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...