Blossom Consulting and Engineering, Inc. (BCE) documented erosion and channel degradation along a stream channel and that the client was interested in creating a stream restoration plan suitable for submittal as a component of a Nutrient Reduction Implementation Plan (NRIP) requesting certification of Cold Springs as a nutrient credit generating facility. The channel had vertically incised and eroded laterally in select locations, lacked meander pattern and habitat structure.

BCE noted the following project objectives :

• Provide engineering, design and construction documents for up to 5,000 feet of stream channel restoration for the purposes of a stream to nutrient bank.
• Provide self-mitigating, natural channel design coordinated with hydraulic analysis, including integrated off channel wetlands for enhanced nutrient reduction
• Request and obtain design and permit approval on biddable plans.