Griff Creek Stream Restoration Project

Client: Placer County Dept. of Public Works

Project Manager: Ken Foster, P.E. President

Date: 1989

Project Description: Our firm was selected by Placer County Department of Public Works to provide all planning and design services to restore a previously destroyed stream environment zone and remedy flooding and erosion problems. Our work included the preliminary project report, grant application, agency processing, topographic surveys, all plans and specifications (including landscape revegetation, erosion control, hydrologic calculations and design of highway improvements), construction surveys, construction review, and the final project report. The visually and environmentally degraded site has been improved dramatically and is now considered a showcase restoration project for Lake Tahoe at a key visitor access location. Large numbers of spawning trout returned to Griff Creek after the project was completed.