The Regional Transportation Authority partnered with the Arizona DOT to construct two wildlife crossing structures (one overpass and one underpass) with adjacent wildlife-funnel fencing on Oracle Road to help wildlife move between protected habitat areas. The two wildlife crossing structures were constructed at the best available location to accommodate both large mammals and small animals.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) in Alpine, Texas, collaborated with local landowners to prioritize areas for pronghorn-friendly fence modifications. The team removed old, unused fences and accompanying fence posts, and adjusted the height and bottom strand of existing restrictive fences to allow pronghorn passage.

To restore the endangered Silvery Minnow, the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Save Our Bosque Task Force worked closely with a local landownerto restore approximately 0.8 river miles of critical habitat along the Rio Grande River. The project involved mechanical bank lowering and the creation of side channels and embayments.

This project restores river flow to 11.25 miles of secondary channel habitats in the lower Mississippi River through the construction of 11 notches in 8 dikes, 1 chevron, and 2 roundpoints. This project, located outside of Memphis, TN, greatly improves recreational opportunities and increases habitat availability for 3 federally listed species. 

The Bolsa Chica wetland restoration was the largest coastal wetland restorations ever undertaken in Southern California (Amigos, 2008). The project restored full and muted tidal wetlands function to almost 600 acres of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands that were degraded by agricultural and urban development.

The Sonoma Baylands project recreated tidal wetlands that were diked and drained around 1900 and later separated by two major transportation corridors. The project used 2.0 million cubic meters of dredged material to create an intertidal template that accelerated tidal marsh restoration.

As sea level rises, wetlands and marshes must move inland, or drown. Conservation groups in the San Francisco Bay region sought to preserve the shoreline of the 1000-acre tidal marsh. They designed a modelling tool to visualize changes in tidal marshes and bird population under various sea levels and sediment supply scenarios.

To restore the rare riparian wetlands at the Rio Yaqui Basin, USFWS purchased conservation easements to protect water resources and increase connectivity of riparian and upland habitats. USFWS built trust with a local coalition of ranchers who support private land conservation. Two conservation easements were purchased: the 7,000-acre 99-Bar Ranch and the 13,713-acre Bar Boot Ranch.

The Ten Mile River restoration project restores diadromous fish migration to the lower part of the Ten Mile River in East Providence, RI. This project’s main goal is to provide fish passage over the first three downstream dams on the river: Omega Pond Dam, Hunts Mill Dam and Turner Reservoir Dam.

In 1999, work began on 19 km of the Provo River in the Heber Valley to clean-up, and otherwise restore, the habitat and ecological functions of the middle Provo River, which significantly impacted by the construction of the two dams that define its boundaries. The project focused on the restoration of natural fluvial processes.

In an effort to restore eleven species of sea-run fish while resuming energy production levels, state and federal agencies, businesses and non-profits bonded together to restore the Penobscot River watershed. Two dam removals and the construction of one fish by-pass, and one modernized fish ladder resulted in over 2,000 km of connected migratory fish passage.

Levees and dams within California’s Central Valley have diminished crucial fish habitat, causing a decrease in native salmonid populations. The Big Notch Project reconnected the floodplain habitat and improved the fish passage by cutting “notch” into the Fremont Weir and install a new gated headworks structure.

Three wildlife overpasses and adjacent funnel fencing were constructed along United States Highway 93 (US93) to promote habitat connectivity for bighorn sheep and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. The project team spent two years monitoring GPS data for sheep distribution and trans-highway movements before construction.

In 2021, the Vermont Land Trust, the Nature Conservancy Vermont (TNC), and Habitat Restoration Solutions, Inc. implemented a process-based restoration project in Crooked Creek. They worked with student volunteers to install 9 beaver dam analogues (BDAs) and 15 post-assisted log structures (PALs) to slow water, trap sediment, and reconnect the stream with its floodplain.

In the last decade, landowners and conservation partners have increased research and restoration efforts along the Upper Bear River to rebuild irrigation diversions for water-rights holders and improve fish passage conditions and habitat. Push-up dams (river substrate berms) used as irrigation diversions have resulted in sediment accumulation, lack of riparian plant cover, and loss of fish due to channelization.

This project aimed to replace a 1,900-foot failing steel seawall and protect a shoreline walking path along the St. Clair River in Marysville, MI. The nature-based design, used to stabilize the roadway embankment and reduce erosion from wave action, included a large stone toe and an emergent wetland shelf/bench with over 10,000 native plants.

Valley Electric Association (VEA) and USFWS worked together to construct a wildlife-friendly solar power generation facility in the Mojave Desert near Pahrump, Nevada. VEA set solar panels higher above the ground (42 inches) relative to the industry standard (24 inches) and placed openings every 260 feet along the perimeter fence to allow wildlife passage.