The multi-disciplinary staff of
Hey.and.Associates,.Inc. has participated in numerous ecosystem restoration projects, with
special emphasis on wetlands, lakes and streams. We have developed and
implemented plans to create new natural resources, to preserve existing ones
with significant value, to restore degraded resources, and to mitigate for
those which unavoidably must be impacted.
Our design solutions combine habitat
restoration with flood control, stormwater management, and water quality
protection (including nonpoint source pollution)—the same combination of
functions usually found in wetlands and stream systems. Services also include
planning, design and technical specifications for erosion control measures.
Our
mitigation planning experience is considerable. We have completed over 200
mitigation projects ranging in scale from less than 5 acres to more than a
1,000 acres. We have worked with residential land owners to develop their
private resources, and also with federal agencies and conservation groups to
preserve major wildlife areas of the upper Mississippi River watershed and
strategic wetlands within the Great Lakes Basin.