Charley Miller, senior consultant with ENTRIX, Inc. was recognized in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza for his part on what was probably the fastest stream restoration project done in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Charley managed Third Creek restoration efforts which highlights include bank stabilization on the creek designed to prevent sediment from filtering into Lake Tahoe, improved aquatic wildlife habitat in the creek with the creation of seasonal wetlands and improved fish passage and an overall beautification of the recreation area with the planting of native riparian vegetation. Tim Abbe provided technical oversight, Brendan Belby was the project geomorphologist, Chad Krofta was lead designer, Tom Taylor was the Senior Aquatics Biologist and Shaun Buckman was the onsite construction inspector. Several innovative techniques were utilized on the project including log V-weir grade controls, vegetated coir logs, activation of a remnant channel, and boulder baffles. “This was truly ... more >>

Our Geomorphology and Sustainable Natural Systems Engineering Group (GSNSEG) is made up of geomorphologists, restoration design engineers, aquatic biologists, riparian and wetland scientists, hydrologists, and hydraulic engineers that routinely collaborate on restoration and water resource projects. Our services, which are often part of larger habitat assessments, watershed studies, management plans, or rehabilitation and restoration activities require the following expertise: - Coastal, estuarine, fluvial geomorphology, and fluvial hydrology- Flood and erosion hazard assessments- Littoral and fluvial sediment and wood debris transport- Hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport models and analysis- Restoration assessment relating to salmon recovery strategies and priorities- Engineered Wood Placements (EWP) and Engineered Log Jams (ELJ)- Native vegetation and bio-engineered soil stabilization- Fish passage and barrier analysis- Salmonids and aquatic ecology and biology- Complex in-stream structures for habitat, bank protection, and sediment retention- Side channel and floodplain reconnection- Surface and groundwater modeling and monitoring- Environmental impact/risk assessment, permitting, and Endangered ... more >>

Under the provisions of the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), and numerous state statutes, natural resource impacts caused by the release of oil or hazardous substances into the environment must be restored and the public must be compensated for any loss of natural resource services. ENTRIX has extensive experience representing and providing strategic support to Responsible Parties under both CERCLA and OPA. Natural resource damage claims can be filed, on behalf of the public, by a federal or state government entity, an American Indian tribe, or another country acting as a public trustee for the natural resources. Those filing the claim are generally referred to as Trustees. Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) involves the quantification of ecological and recreational injuries and the costs (damages) of associated restoration efforts required to make the public whole. The assessment ... more >>

ENTRIX, Inc. expands its advisory offerings in the area of land and natural resource asset management providing further value-added services to owners of large land portfolios. On September 21, 2009, Chris Olson, C.P.G. will join ENTRIX as Senior Consultant for Land Asset Management after a 29-year career with BP Amoco, where, as Manager of Real Estate Reuse, he was responsible for globally managing and developing divestment and risk mitigation strategies for a portfolio of more than 50,000 acres of surplus land assets across the BP Group. Chris will join the team of ENTRIX natural resource economists, scientists, engineers and strategic business solutions staff. With this team, he will provide support to ENTRIX clients by guiding them through the complexities of impaired land asset evaluations and developing value-based repositioning and risk mitigation strategies for corporations and other large landowners looking to unlock trapped asset value from their land asset ... more >>

ENTRIX welcomes John A. Goolsby, CEP to their Riverview, Florida office as Senior Project Scientist. John has over thirty years of experience as an environmental scientist in both private consulting and state government. His duties have primarily included wetlands identification, environmental planning, and coordination with various federal, state and local environmental regulatory agencies on wetland impact permitting, project feasibility studies, environmental constraints analyses and threatened and endangered species assessment and permitting. He has extensive experience in wetland creation and mitigation design. He most recently was the Director of Environmental Services at Heidt and Associates, Inc. in Tampa, where he worked for nearly 25 years. Mr. Goolsby graduated from Florida State University in 1978. He then became a staff biologist at Conservation Consultants, Inc. in Palmetto, Florida, where he specialized in wetland jurisdictional determinations, impact analysis, wetland restoration planning, land use mapping, environmental permit acquisition, and DRI production. In ... more >>

ENTRIX would like to welcome John Jansen, Ph.D. to the Ft. Myers, Florida office. John is a Senior Hydrogeologist with over 25 years of experience in his field; he has a wealth of experience in groundwater resource development, engineering and environmental geophysics, groundwater modeling, and wellhead protection. John has conducted over 200 ground water resource investigations throughout the United States and Mexico. He is the author of numerous publications and presentations on groundwater related topics including the borehole geophysics section in the upcoming third edition of Groundwater and Wells, and holds three patents on well rehabilitation, horizontal drilling, and in-situ radium treatment. Please contact John for assistance on your next project at 239-574-1919.

ENTRIX Senior Economist, Travis Greenwalt of the Missoula Montana office, has co-authored a paper titled, “Protecting the City’s Water: Designing a Payment for Ecosystem Services Program.” The article has been published in the summer 2009 issue of the American Bar Association Journal, Natural Resources and Environment. The paper focuses on designing Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) programs to enhance or preserve water resources. It explores the effectiveness of PES programs that have been implemented by municipalities throughout the United States. Also included in the paper are recommended guidelines for establishing a PES program, including the important role of economic valuation of ecosystem services. To read the article Click Here: