HABITAT RESTORATION

GeoSystems Analysis, Inc. provides a full range of habitat restoration support services. Clients seek our expertise to enhance restoration success and promote long-term resilience by integrating soil science, vegetation ecology, and hydrology into restoration programs. We characterize site conditions, develop restoration plans, write grants and develop project funding strategies, manage and oversee project implementation, and perform effectiveness and validation monitoring to support both programmatic and project level adaptive management planning. We also implement applied research projects to advance the practice of ecological restoration.

+ Project Examples

• Willow Wetland Monitoring and Applied Research, Middle Rio Grande, Albuquerque Reach, New Mexico, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque Area Office
• Assessment of Riparian Restoration Potential on the Lower Gila River, Lower Gila River, Arizona, The Nature Conservancy
• Soil Moisture and Inundation Monitoring at Grade Control Structures in Ephemeral Streams, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona, Sky Island Alliance
• Laguna Grande Restoration Design and Monitoring, Colorado River Delta, Baja California, Mexico, Sonoran Institute, Upper Gulf Legacy Program
• Habitat Mitigation Planning and Implementation, Santa Ana River, California, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District
• Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction Studies, Lower San Pedro River Preserve, Arizona, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Chapter
• Payments for Ecosystem Services, Ruidoso Watershed, Ruidoso, New Mexico, South-Central Resource Conservation and Development Council Collaborative Forest Restoration Program
• Rio Chama Flow Optimization Study, Rio Chama, New Mexico, Rio Grande Restoration (NGO)
• Soil Moisture and Irrigation Monitoring, Palo Verde Ecological Reserve, Blythe, California, Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Regional Office
• Habitat Restoration Site Prioritization and Design, Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
• Middle Rio Grande Habitat Restoration, New Mexico, Albuquerque District Corps of Engineers
• Long-Term Riparian Restoration Vegetation Monitoring, Lower Colorado River Arizona and California, Parametrix, Inc. (Prime), US Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado, Regional Office (Ultimate Client)
• Groundwater and Soil Salinity Monitoring Network for Long-term Irrigation and Salt Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado River, Arizona and California, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada
• Laguna Grande Restoration Design and Monitoring, Colorado River Delta, Baja California, Mexico, Sonoran Institute, Upper Gulf Legacy Program
• Environmental Monitoring in the Lower Colorado River, Lower Colorado Region, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada
• Riparian Revegetation Feasibility Studies, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge and Tucson Arizona, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office
• Buckman Diversion Habitat Mitigation, Sante Fe National Forest, City of Santa Fe, Water Resources Division
• Soil Amendment Analysis for Riparian Revegetation, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Needles, California, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office
• Arlington Wildlife Area Site Assessment, Arlington Arizona, Arizona Game and Fish Department