Restoration

Cardno has a rich history of providing solutions to address client needs. Our full-service restoration based approach is complete from native seed to ecological solutions addressing natural resources, cultural resources management, and environmental permitting and compliance.

Our teams of engineers, scientists, archaeologists, and business professionals help navigate complex environmental challenges.

Cardno’s restoration work centers on the in-depth industry experience, technical excellence, and strategic insight we offer our clients. Our highly trained professionals deliver effective project management and planning and design for projects focused on natural resources management, permitting and compliance, water resources, and liability management.

Ohop Valley Creek restoration planting and observation

Aerial view of Ohop Creek Restoration Project

We also operate our own Native Plant Nursery, which offers an extensive selection of native plant and seed species, along with bioengineering materials needed for successful restoration, mitigation, and native landscape projects.

Native Plant Nursery

Explore the prairies, fields, wetlands and greenhouses where we grow diverse native plants for your native landscapes.

Restoration Services

Engineering

Cardno’s engineering and restoration services’ approach features the most current, leading-edge technology to support holistic and sustainable solutions for a variety of natural systems.

From conception through completion, our restoration engineers foster a collaborative and strategic planning approach to natural systems restoration, including river, stream and estuary restoration, wildlife habitat, water quality, dam removal, and fisheries projects. Our projects include fish habitat and passage improvements, along with river bank stabilization projects using a variety of approaches including revegetation and bio-engineering. Cardno staff understand the cause and effect relationships of natural systems and infrastructure development and seek the right balance to meet project goals.

Geomorphology

Cardno’s support of restoration projects include detailed studies and assessments of hydrology, fluvial processes, and geomorphology. Our geomorphologists use both field-based methods in concert with both 1-D and 2-D hydraulic modeling to develop their understanding of riverine systems to create restoration designs that are substantially self-maintaining. Cardno’s strategic and integrated restoration work includes applying geomorphic principles across projects ranging in size, scope, and complexity.

Habitat

Cardno manages a variety of habitat and ecosystem restoration projects, including landscape analysis, construction supervision, and plant establishment.

Employees planting new vegetation for shoreline restoration

From vegetation cover and supplemental planning to improving conditions for wildlife, our teams have the experience necessary to choose the right approach for habitat projects. Our restoration experts understand environmental conditions, liability and exposures and use that knowledge to support habitat creation, restoration, and enhancement projects across the country.

Data Acquisition

Cardno’s global Data Acquisition program offers end-to-end innovative data acquisition and analytics capabilities, enabling clients to increase efficiency, promote cost savings and establish policies and frameworks for safe aviation practices.

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Recreation Facility Implementation and Rehabilitation

Cardno’s Recreation Planning & Design Team has been consistently recognized as the premier team for planning, design, and construction of outdoor recreational facilities.

Our unique combination of depth of technical expertise, strategic insights, and decades of on-ground practical experience provides the foundation for the successful implementation of our client’s projects.

Our team’s capabilities provide the full range of services needed to develop collaborative engineering and environmental solutions for the planning, engineering, permitting, and construction of outdoor recreation facilities.

From agency consultation, through engineering design, and including digital data visualization tools to help planning projects come to life graphically, the Cardno team can deliver a project in a manner best suited to our clients’ needs.

Native Plant Nursery

Cardno’s Native Plant Nursery is one of the largest in the Midwest, offering native plants and seeds, and bioengineering materials needed for successful restoration, mitigation, and native landscape projects.

Our 130-acre nursery provides a local team of experts who can deliver customized solutions for restoration projects of any size. Located in Walkerton, Indiana, the nursery’s materials fulfill a range of project needs from wetland and prairie seed mixes to the deep-rooted native plants critical for shoreline stabilization and erosion control.

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