We are loving the good news from Delta, Colorado!! Cary Denison of Trout Unlimited has been busy at the Hartland project post-construction as a ‘go to’ guy, encouraging the oh-so important tasks of 1) monitoring the site to see how project objectives have been met and 2) checking in to identify need for on-going maintenance. …
As the WaveShaper is installed in the Chattahoochee, MWDG Engineers Rick McLaughlin and Jack Goble point out an aspect of the Chattahoochee River design that, once completed, will be evident only in what you don’t see…! They are employing a construction technique that insures structural integrity, recreational performance, and high quality aesthetics while greatly reducing the …
The Hartland Dam reconstruction project has stirred local enthusiasm for additional recreational accommodation along the Gunnison River. The project objective was to provide fish passage, but the project has also remedied what was an extreme safety hazard to boaters: the dam has been the site of several rafting fatalities. The reach now provides a low hazard …
MWDG has designed an improved configuration for the Hartland Dam in Delta, Colorado. The modification objective is to: Provide upstream passage for three native fishes, roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker, and to reestablish population connectivity for these fishes upstream and downstream of the dam. Improve safety of boat passage over the existing dam. …
Painted Sky RC& D has hired Kissner General Contractors, a locally based construction company specializing in river project, to build the Hartland Dam Fish Passage Project. The existing dam will be partially removed and replaced with a sloped rock structure to provide passage for several threatened fish species and boaters, connecting previously segmented reaches of …