Rio Hondo near Arroyo Seco, NM – Valdez Ranch
Riparian zone grazing has led to unstable river banks and an over-wide channel bottom. Fish habitat potential was very limited. The landowner had already stopped grazing the riparian area, but …
Pecos River near Pecos, NM – Kooi
Historic degradation and widening of the river had created shallow flow conditions and limited aquatic habitat for salmonids. Riverbend’s geomorphic analysis documented relatively recent channel bed lowering and straightening of …
Pecos River near Pecos, NM – Casdagli
This project restored a section of the river, which was severely damaged by flooding in September, 2013. The project included full replacement of an existing irrigation diversion dam and headbox, …
Mill Creek near Pagosa Springs, CO – Levine
Channel degradation and bank erosion from over-grazing and poor management of irrigation water had led to poor water quality conditions and a lack of riparian vegetation. Riverbend Engineering’s design provided …
La Canada Dam near Angelfire, NM
Riverbend prepared an assessment report for the current condition of this dam. Riverbend’s work included: a limited topographic mapping effort to measure the size and shape of the embankment; inspection …
Hidden Lake near Chama, NM
Riverbend Engineering completed a bathymetric survey of this high elevation lake. A Stage-Volume relationship was developed for the lake. Riverbend analyzed the hydrologic response of the watershed and calculated peak …
East Fork San Juan River near Pagosa Springs, CO – East Fork Ranch
Wholesale removal of riparian vegetation by mechanical means in the 1930s left this 3.5 mile stretch of the upper San Juan River in an unstable condition. Decades later, the river …