erosion control service Articles
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Project - Hydroseeding Shapes Highway Construction
Hydroseeding limits soil erosion and increases habitat for endangered species in Canada highway construction Road building poses unique challenges for construction companies due to environmental concerns, remote locations, weather and minimal vegetation growth in winter months, the nature of the earthmoving work itself, the sheer size of major highway construction, and the deadlines required to ...
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Creek Headwaters Restoration - Case study
ERC was hired by the Village of Madison, Ohio to repair and restore a portion of Arcola Creek. The project consisted of grading and sloping, installing rock structures and features, installing log structures and root wads. Another large component of this project was to replace an existing culvert pipe with a new concrete precast box culvert. Once the project was completed ERC furnished and ...
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Hydroseeding for Transportation Projects
Hydroseeding has connections with most forms of transportation, including revegetation around highways, airports, and mass transit projects. It is even a part of water-related travel, if one considers work done on the grounds at marinas, shipping channels, and ports. Working on the Railroad One recent transportation-related hydroseeding project was for BNSF. That acronym might not be familiar ...
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Keep it Fresh or Salty - An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon programs and projects
Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century. A diverse portfolio of financing sources has been used for supporting such activities including philanthropy, multi- and bilateral aid, in-country governmental funding, tourismrelated and other usage fees, as well as fees and levies associated with wetlands-centric extractive industries (e.g. peat ...
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Bioremediation Efforts Mushroom in the Aftermath of California’s North Bay Fires
Fifty miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, California's Sonoma County is famous for its wine-country image — a patchwork of picturesque rolling hills and vineyards graced with moderate temperatures all year round. Beyond the grapes and quaint roadside tasting rooms, oak woodlands rich with black oak, Douglas fir, madrone, and California laurel provide habitat for abundant wildlife and ...
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Articulated Concrete Blocks for Shoreline Protection
Shoreline erosion is a process that occurs naturally along the coast and on lakes, rivers and even streams. Shoreline erosion can occur slowly due to the constant bombardment of waves against the shore, the flow of water, runoff due to rain and the freezing and thawing of ice. It can also occur quickly due to storms, flooding and other more extreme weather conditions. Shoreline erosion is a ...
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Challenges at MSW Landfill Sites
Covering the day’s trash at the landfill Today’s municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are much more than places to dump household trash. They’re engineered facilities that are designed to hold and isolate the trash from the environment and are governed by both federal and state regulations. Landfill designers and operators face two main challenges to the integrity of ...
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