Watershed Restoration
Williams Creek recognizes watershed planning and management is a community-based activity utilizing strong outreach and consensus building, in addition to objective data collection and analysis.
Williams Creek utilizes its proven ecological engineering principles and techniques on a marco scale for Watershed Restoration, but also relies on people to solve water quality and land use issues at the watershed level.
Significant lake and stream water quality data is available in every state. The synthesis of the data and interpretation of its meaning are critical steps in watershed planning. Williams Creek works to incorporate the data into public outreach exercises through relationships with state professionals and local volunteers to better understand their observations and past experiences with various streams and tributaries. All interested stakeholders’ work to agree on an approach to solve the issues with an active steering committee and regular strategic planning sessions.
A Winning Watershed Team Includes:
- Plan Commissions
- Drainage Boards
- Lake Associations
- Volunteer Monitors
- Area Developers
- USDA Personnel
- Health Departments
- Water Utilities
- University Resources
- State Resource Regulators
- State/Federal Representatives
- Ecological Consultants
- Chamber of Commerce Staff/Businesses
Williams Creek works throughout the watershed planning process to position local groups for various grants, offer grant writing assistance, and initiate important marketing and fundraising connections within the community. When a clear management path is decided, Williams Creek engineers are skilled at natural system design and ecological restoration to help insure successful implementation projects. The interdisciplinary nature of the Williams Creek staff ensures that proposed on-the-ground solutions are practical, creatively adapted to the landscape, easy-to-implement, and, if desired, educational.
Williams Creek helps watershed groups meet their water quality and land use objectives by:
- Partner on local and state restoration activities
- Coordinate natural resource mitigation efforts with local watershed needs
- Provide leading-edge urban Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices (BMPs)
- Maintain focus and leadership within groups and during meetings
