Habitat restoration is essential for creating sustainable environments. Whatever your goals, your revitalized natural resource will deliver multiple benefits. Restoring native vegetation, re-establishing wetlands and streams, and revitalizing urban green spaces can provide critical habitat for wildlife while enhancing the quality of life for the surrounding community.

RES can help integrate restoration efforts into the planning phase of your projects at any scale. Through our restoration efforts, we can create habitats that act as natural buffers against flooding. These buffers can significantly reduce the economic burden on cities, counties, and municipalities.

Habitat restoration offers long-term benefits such as increased property values, enhanced public health, and lower maintenance costs compared to engineered solutions.

Dam removal represents a new frontier in responsible river management. While it can be politically contentious, RES helps navigate these challenges by identifying practical solutions for removal and ecological restoration.

Fish passage and water quality problems are common. When older dams were built, impacts to ecosystems or natural resources were not scrutinized as they are today. These issues are compounded when the costs of maintenance and relicensing are considered.

We employ a “remove and restore” approach for smaller dams, utilizing straightforward, ecologically sound deconstruction and river restoration techniques. For large dams, we collaborate with engineering firms to manage project complexities. These highly coordinated operations are supported by RES bonding and long-term stewardship plans.

Our expertise in salmonids and other anadromous fish species enables us to go beyond dam removal by tackling smaller-scale fish barriers, improving water flow, and restoring access to critical spawning habitats. Our success in this area includes projects like the Klamath Dam Removal in California and Oregon—the world’s largest dam removal and river restoration project.

We collaborate with farmers, ranchers, government agencies, universities, NGOs, and private companies to improve soil health. Our experts emulate healthy ecosystems, such as those found in natural areas.

Our scientists view land and soil as an integrated, seamless system, always striving to naturally enhance land, water, and biodiversity. On lands with significant soil degradation, we restore native ecosystems such as prairies, wetlands, savannas, and woodlands that historically thrived in these regions.

There are many benefits of engaging in soil and ecosystem restoration projects:

• Restored lands are often more valuable due to improved functionality and sustainability
• Enhanced habitats attract pollinators and wildlife, which support agricultural and ecological processes
• Native vegetation aids in water retention, enhances water quality, and addresses stormwater challenges naturally
• Healthier soils lead to better crop yields

Investing in your soil can enhance your land while aligning with broader environmental and social goals.