Wetland Restoration?

ruskent

Someone recently told me wetland restoration is a good thing to get into. I have no idea what it is or what is invloved with it. I have no idea if its something i want to get into. I was just wondering what exactly it intails and if any of you guys do it?

rino1494

I haven't done restoration, but a few years back we did a job where we had to construct wetlands. We had a developer that wanted to build a residential development. In order to do so, he had to make more wetlands. There were some there already near a pond. We moved about 10,000 yds of material to meet the same elevation as the breast of the overflow for the pond. We had to buy special wetland seed and seed the bottom. The DEP inspector said that it is the nicest job that he has ever seen.

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POOLMANinCT

there is an international firm that does this work with an hq by you rusk....

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denick

Rusk,

It's the restoring of wetlands?

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PipeGuy

The biggest thing it entails is "getting in" with the government agency that's requiring all the work. Around here it's the county. The "guys" that do most of the contracts have "minority" businesses that get favored contracting status - typically that means having a wife that's a 51% partner.
It's not technically challenging work, though it's typically wet and dirty. From what I've seen a couple pieces of small, low ground pressure excavating equipment, a couple of 3" pumps and a gaggle of laborers will get most of this kind of work done.

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BeetsZ71

From what I have seen is that there is only a set amount of money available and they (government) already know what the unit costs are for everything from cut and fill to laying different sizes of pipe. You have to find a way to make it work. The thing you have to keep in mind is the strict tolerances on the levees and borrow areas/pits.

mdshunk

Maybe also pick up a copy of the International Urban Wildland Interface Code.

Rae

Wetland restoration and stream restoration is our specialty. Most of our contracts are for government agencies. In the past three years the number of wetland restoration projects we bid has declined (at least the $75,000+). As far as making money (that's my job - number cruncher) some have been very profitable, others have been big loosers. If you aren't a "qualified" minority with a government agency and don't have any interest in qualifying, I would think there's lots of private work to be had.