Posted in climate on Feb 13th, 2013
Two new reports, The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2013 (http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2013/ ), and a draft of the third National Climate Assessment Report (http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment ) reinforce the validity of climate change and the interconnectedness of the economy and the environment. “According to Munich Reinsurance America, North America has seen a five-fold increase in natural [...]
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Posted in planning on Sep 6th, 2012
With unpredictable weather patterns becoming the new normal, it may be time to take a fresh look at the flood risk for your home or business. At THI we often work with clients who have concerns about potential flood risks. Streams, rivers and wetlands do flood, and it’s much more cost-effective to take time to [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jan 3rd, 2012
Posted in environment on Nov 9th, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published A Primer on Using Biological Assessment to Support Water Quality Management. This technical document serves as a primer on the role of biological assessments in a variety of water quality management program applications including reporting on the condition of aquatic biota, developing biological criteria, and assessing environmental [...]
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Posted in stewardship on Sep 13th, 2011
Photographs Copyright 2011 by Lisa Marr/Trout Headwaters Inc. No reproduction or reuse of these images without expressed written consent. Tweet
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Posted in planning on Jul 5th, 2011
A baseline assessment can best be described as the basis by which to judge the success of any action taken to conserve, protect, enhance or restore water resources. Monitoring, when properly executed, continues to evaluate the health of the resource after any action is taken in order to track results in a meaningful way. Trout [...]
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Posted in planning on Jun 30th, 2011
Before you start that fisheries enhancement project or erosion control project, you need to ask the right questions. Our free consumer report “Buyer Beware: A Warning to Consumers about the Industry” will give you the Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Aquatic Resource Consultant. In the report, we also identify the five most common problems in [...]
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Posted in restoration on Dec 27th, 2010
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” – Aldo Leopold This small selection of photographs shows a day in the life for a field team from Trout Headwaters Inc (THI) during recent ecological assessment work in the western U.S. THI deployed a multi-displinary crew and state-of-the-science equipment (including a mobile workstation supporting [...]
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Posted in restoration on Oct 30th, 2010
Trout Headwaters has been providing water resource assessment, inventory and monitoring as part of successful restoration for many years, and continually look for ways to decrease costs and increase value for our clients. Since field data collection demands specialized equipment and skilled personnel, some project managers skip the assessment process altogether and more still fail to monitor [...]
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