Puyallup River Basin System Analysis
Like many river systems running through developed land, the Puyallup River in Pierce County, Washington, sometimes floods. When it does, the water can impact public infrastructure, private property and engineered flood control structures. The Pierce County Surface Water Management Division contracted with GeoEngineers to analyze the river system and determine the effectiveness and specifics of […]
Lower Red River Meadow Stream and Floodplain Enhancement Design
Salmon is a vital resource for the Nez Perce Tribe (NPT), and has been for hundreds of years. The tribe has an overarching vision for the restoration and enhancement of the Lower Red River and floodplain in northern Idaho. The NPT wanted to reconfigure a reach of the Red River, making it more natural, and […]
John Day Watershed Restoration Strategy
The John Day River Basin is critical to the overall health of fisheries in the Columbia River Basin. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (tribes), along with landowners and environmental funding agencies, needed a comprehensive watershed restoration plan for the region. These stakeholders wanted a long-term road map to direct restoration […]
Granite Creek Restoration Design
Granite Creek, located about 1.5 miles northwest of Granite, Oregon, is an important area of habitat for salmon and the people who have relied on them for thousands of years. The ecosystem has been impacted by human activity since the mid-19th century, when trappers, mineral prospectors and the timber industry began to operate in the […]
Birch Creek Geomorphic Assessment
Steelhead trout are a vital part of the economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest, but like many species they are threatened by human activity. The species is regulated under the Endangered Species Act, and state and local stakeholders are working to protect steelhead in Oregon watersheds. The Umatilla Basin in northern Oregon, and particularly […]
Revitalizing Riverfront Park
Historic Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, has been the heart of the city for almost 50 years. It’s situated along the Spokane River and includes scenic Spokane Falls, but the area wasn’t always a public park. The riverfront was primarily used for industrial activity during the first half of the 20th century, including hydroelectric power […]
Gates Foundation Headquarters, Environmental Services
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a private family foundation that funds education, health and development programs around the world. The family envisioned building a new world headquarters for the foundation on urban land in Seattle, Washington. GeoEngineers was fortunate to be involved from the very beginning—long before a site was selected—and remained on […]
US Peace Arch Port of Entry Redevelopment
GeoEngineers was part of the design team that undertook an ambitious, complex redesign of the US/Canada border crossing at Peace Arch Port of Entry in Blaine, Washington. The US General Services Administration (GSA) undertook the expansion project to accommodate more traffic at the Port of Entry and to improve the Interstate 5/Blaine interchange at this […]
Centennial Trail Extension
The Centennial Trail stretches more than 25 miles from the City of Snohomish to the Skagit County border in Snohomish County, Washington. The trail lies on what was once the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway constructed in the early 1900s, which has since been abandoned. The County purchased the alignment and began redevelopment in […]
Creating Chambers Bay Championship Golf Course
Chambers Bay golf course, site of the 2015 US Open Championship, is the anchor of Pierce County’s 930-acre reclamation and economic development plan for Chambers Creek Regional Park, a historic waterfront location with a long history of industrial use as a gravel mine. The nationally recognized redevelopment plan balanced the county’s multiple needs at the […]