CURRENT AND COMPLETED PROJECTS
Restoration services with an environmental response background.
You name it, we can do it.
Upcoming Projects:
Agate Bay Stormwater Restoration (2025)
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Client: Lake County SWCD
Task: Installation of a biochar remediation system to filter chemicals before entry into Lake Superior.
Ike Creek Restoration (2025)
Bloomington, Minnesota
Client: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Task: 950 linear feet of unique log/boulder habitat structures.
Oconto River Dam Removal (Completed)
Oconto, Wisconsin
Client: WI Trout Unlimited
Task: Removal of crumbling dam and restoration of immediate stream.
Before removal, Fall of 2024.
Immediately after removal (pre-seed/erosion control), Fall of 2024.
Hedman Stream Stabilization (Completed)
Bruno, MN
Client: Pine County SWCD
Task: Remove two culverts and replace riprap stream crossing, including upstream and downstream crossvanes.
Before restoration, Spring of 2024.
After restoration, Spring of 2024.
Cottonwood Creek Restoration (Phase 1 of 2 Completed)
LBJ Grassland, Texas
Client: National Forest Foundation
Task: Stabilizing five reaches of degrading channel, using boulder to create
controlled drop structures and solidify the streambed and banks.
Before restoration, Winter of 2024.
Excavation and beginning of rock backfill.
Completed backfill and bank shaping.
After restoration, Winter of 2024.
Hockamin Creek ATV Trail Crossing (Completed)
Finland, MN
Client: Lake County SWCD
Task: Removal and replace a degraded culvert crossing with a new ATV bridge and stabilized stream reach.
Steel train-car culverts creating large trash racks and ATV trail damage.
Culverts out, timber bridge in.
“Middle Creek Restoration”
Lakeville, Minnesota
Client: City of Lakeville
Design: Moore Engineering
Project Status: COMPLETE
GMR graded over 2,000 linear feet of degraded banks and added numerous instream and stream bank structures to stabilize the channel. One unique attribute to this project is the application of coir logs, brush, and grading patterns to re-build point bars and maintain pool scour within the channel.
“Miller Creek Stream Restoration Project”
Duluth, Minnesota
Client: City of Duluth
Design: South St. Louis County Soil & Water Conservation District
Project Status: COMPLETE
Partners: Environmental Troubleshooters, Duluth Dirt, Stantec, Prairie Restoration, and Outback Nursery
“Chub Creek Restoration”
Northfield, Minnesota
Client: Dakota County
Design: Stantec Engineering
Project Status: COMPLETE
We stabilized 200’ of stream bank & reshaped the dimensions of the riffle & pool to more native characteristics. This project will aid in energy dissipation during flashy spring flows from farm field and draintile runoff.
“West Leaf Lake Dam Modification”
Ottertail, Minnesota
Client/Design: Ottertail Soil & Water Conservation District
Project Status: COMPLETE
GMR has been contracted to perform the construction end of removing and replacing a concrete/steel dam. By doing so it will improve fish passage, the lake’s outlet aesthetics, and return its functional state to a more natural system.
“Bass Creek Restoration”
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Client: City of Brooklyn Park
Design: Stantec Engineering
Project Status: COMPLETE
GMR was excited to restore just under 2,000 linear feet of Bass Creek using harvested, natural materials available onsite, and riprap brought in from a local Minnesota quarry. GMR also manipulated the stream bed to draw out fine, harmful chemicals that have been impacting the stream system. It will be a noticeable improvement to an intercity park!
“Little Creek Farm”
Eagleville, Missouri
Client: The Nature Conservancy
Design: Shive-Hattery Engineering
Project Status: COMPLETE
We re-established fish passage through two 300’ reaches upstream to upper watershed spawning and holding waters for an endangered species. Along with the streambed stabilization, we be grading the east and west banks back to a 3:1 slope, eliminating a large amount of sediment discharge. All downed trees were reused within the streambed to supply slackwater habitat and energy dissipation as the watershed experiences high flows.
Little Creek East Culvert - 3/31/22 - Stream post riparian clearing & grubbing.
Little Creek East Culvert - 4/29/22 - Instream work complete, next comes bank stabilization!
Little Creek East Culvert - 4/9/22 - Bank slopes graded, instream boulder & rootwads to be placed next.
Little Creek East Culvert - 5/18/22 - Soil lift and hydromulch applied.
Little Creek East Culvert - 6/1/22 - Trees planted.
Little Creek East Culvert - 12/6/22 - Six months after project completion (currently in drought conditions).
“North Fork Zumbro River”
Mazeppa, Minnesota
Client: Town of Mazeppa
Design: WSB Engieering
Project Status: COMPLETE
Bank grading, channel reshaping, newly constructed riffles, and a toewood bend has been completed by the team of GMR and Environmental Troubleshooters Inc, along with moving over 31,000 CY of high bank sediment! While doing this our team also removed old remnants of the Mazeppa concrete dam and transformed the stream bed into a newly shaped riffle allowing for more stable flows and improved fish passage.
“Knife River - Reach 4”
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Client: Lake Superior Steelhead Association
Design: Environmental Troubleshooters
Project Status: COMPLETE
Reach 4 has been a staple project for Geomorphic Restoration’s team. This project consisted of ~7,000 linear feet of restoration efforts ranging from high bank stabilization to facet specific sub-grade structures built by experts that have been trained as far as stream restoration training goes. With years of experience in this watershed each structure was designed & built for maximum stabilization & fisheries benefits.
One section we are proud of was rehabilitating an incised class B channel with no habitat benefits to a similar class B channel, but with increased sinuosity, facet breaks, deep water habitat, gravel lens accumulation, & a higher water table. More photos of our restoration of “Reach 4” are below!
“Knife River - Valentine”
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Client: Lake Superior Steelhead Association
Design: Environmental Troubleshooters
Project Status: COMPLETE
Our company president’s favorite toewood bend, but why is that? Brice (GMR’s President) poured his blood, sweat, & a pair of Oakley sunglasses into this bend. This was a unique section as Brice worked directly with the owner of the surrounding property, as he was hoping to get a nice area to bring his kids to swim.
This bend which was originally a shallow riffle, with unstable characteristics, was transformed by using natural channel design into a beautiful stable 6 foot deep, 75 foot long pool with grade control structures and a newly constructed riffle downstream. To boot wildflowers were utilized as erosion control, adding astonishing color to the banks during seasonal bloom.
See the photos below for what was a collapsing clay bank, transformed into a beautiful, stable, toewood bend. Paired with photos of one of the highest flood events in the last 4 years!
