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Accomplishments:
<br />Gunnison River Whitewater Park, Gunnison, Colorado, 1999- Present. Chief planner,
<br />designer, and engineer for this $200,000 river park. The project included state -of -the -art
<br />whitewater improvements, stream bank restoration and access, and overall site
<br />improvements. The project design has been approved and permitted, with construction
<br />scheduled to begin in 2001.
<br />Arkansas River Whitewater Park, Salida, Colorado, 1999- Present. Chief planner,
<br />designer, and engineer of a plan funded by the Arkansas River Trust. Natural - appearing
<br />whitewater improvements restore the river, and provide economic and recreational
<br />benefits to the downtown area. A key aspect of the project includes whitewater course
<br />improvements at the site of the longest - running whitewater kayak race in North America,
<br />FibArk.
<br />Gore Creek Whitewater Park, Vail, Colorado, 1999 - Present. Chief planner, designer, and
<br />engineer for this $200,000 river park. The project, which is located in the pedestrian
<br />village in downtown Vail, included creative park and bank improvements and featured
<br />natural boulder drop structures.
<br />Truckee River Whitewater Park, Reno, Nevada, 1999 -2000. Chief planner, designer, and
<br />engineer of a plan funded by the Nevada Commission on Tourism to restore and integrate
<br />the Truckee River into the urban fabric of downtown Reno. Key aspects of the project
<br />include a whitewater slalom course and riverside trails, plazas, and esplanades which
<br />mesh with in- stream improvements and adjacent commercial activity.
<br />Animas River Whitewater Improvements Project, Farmington, New Mexico, 1999 -2000.
<br />Chief planner, designer, and engineer for this $100,000 project, which included
<br />modification of an unsightly diversion structure made of dumped concrete and rubble.
<br />The river restoration included the diversion of water using naturally- appearing features
<br />which provide in- stream habitat for endangered fish species.
<br />Conceptual Plans, Colorado River Whitewater Park, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1999.
<br />Chief planner and designer for whitewater park sites in the Grand Valley on the Colorado
<br />River. Work on one site included proposing modifications to a major diversion structure
<br />for whitewater boating and endangered fish passage.
<br />South Platte River Whitewater Park, Denver, Colorado, 1999. Chief planner, designer,
<br />and engineer for a whitewater park in the downtown Denver river corridor. This project
<br />is part of a major park construction; which includes revisions to existing flood - control
<br />drop structures.
<br />Kern River Whitewater Improvements Project, Bakersfield, California, 1998 - Present.
<br />Chief planner, designer, and engineer. Project included investigation and feasibility
<br />analysis of two whitewater park sites, each of which will feature slalom course and fish
<br />habitat improvements. One site was a candidate for the Year 2000 National Whitewater
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