Ecological Restoration
The health of our ecosystems, including water quality, water
quantity, and the plants, fish and wildlife that depend on these
habitats is important to overall quality of life. It is also
a significant driver of today's regulatory framework.
Ecological restoration mitigates unavoidable impacts to natural
habitats from projects and helps owners manage their land to
meet particular habitat goals. Ecological restoration professionals
must understand the context of the landscape, the local ecosystems,
the landowner's goals, the regulatory framework, and former/future
anthropogenic alterations to the landscape for restoration and
enhancement projects to be sustainable.
JMT's integrated team of scientists, landscape architects,
engineers, and planners work together to apply sound science and
interdisciplinary design to create, enhance, and protect
sustainable natural habitats and communities. Our staff has guided
a large number of restoration projects from planning through
design, construction and monitoring to assist clients in developing
restoration and mitigation strategies and programs. Our
collaborative team selects natural process solutions whenever
appropriate but also incorporates more "engineered" solutions when
necessary due to project constraints or goals. We can provide
the following tailored ecological restoration services to achieve
sustainable ecosystems and landscapes:
- Tidal and Non-tidal Wetland Creation & Enhancement
- Stream Restoration, including natural channel design,
stabilization, and floodplain re-attachment
- Watershed Restoration & Implementation Plans
- Floodplain/Riparian Buffer Enhancement
- Living Shoreline Design
- Beaches & Dunes Replenishment
- Forest Conservation and Reforestation Planning
- Habitat Conservation Planning
- River Basin Conservation Planning
- Invasive species Management Planning
- Tax Ditch Enhancement
- Best management practices for water quality
design/implementation
- Nutrient trading and ecosystem services financial incentives -
banking
- Grant assistance for Restoration Project Implementation
- Stormwater Wetlands Design
- Low Impact Development (LID) Design
- Resource Protection Area Planning
- Stream and Wetland Construction Management and
Post-Construction Monitoring
Projects
JMT's coastal engineering staff, as a part of a team, developed
a beach erosion control plan and living shoreline for approximately
800 feet of beachfront.
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JMT staff assessed more than one mile of stream channel and
provided design plans to help restore Indian Creek.
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JMT provided a full range of environmental, drainage and
stormwater management design services to study and restore a stream
corridor to meet NPDES requirements.
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JMT provided design services for the removal of a twenty foot
high failing stormwater management facility dam and the restoration
of the area to a natural channel and riparian floodplain
system.
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