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Specialists.

Trained in the Palmiter Method of stream bank erosion control and remediation.

Ohio Founded. Ohio Experienced.

Founded by Dayton Region residents Bill Holdren and Ron Wine. Both formerly worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources managing and working along the Little Miami Scenic River.

Why it works

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Widely Tried and Tested.

Method developed by NW Ohio native George Palmiter and successfully utilized in hundreds of locations in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina. Method studied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Miami University and found effective.
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The Basics.

Utilizes a combination of natural forces of the stream to re-vector current and the coefficient of deposition to gradually adjust the stream channel to desired location. Labor intensive method utilizing relocation, placement and planting of trees/vegetation to strategic locations to alter stream channel.
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CMS Technique.

  • Remove Log Jams
  • Protect Eroded Banks
  • Remove Sand and Gravel Bars
  • Vegetation
  • Remove Obstructions
  • Maintenance
Contact Us

Heatherwoode Golf Club

Rather than spending taxpayer funds as originally planned to build a 400 ft retaining wall to protect a single severe erosion area, the City of Springboro engaged CMS to naturally manage 1.5 miles of Clear Creek on the golf course. This project protected public investment in 4 bridges, 5 golf greens and tee boxes and hundreds of feet of paved golf paths along the course in 12 separate areas for the same cost to the City.

Before

Before the project the river is looking like severe stream erosion and meandering on Clear Creek is undermining the golf path at this site.

Heatherwood Before

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Installation

CMS installed current kickers and sedimentation collection basins and extended the drainage to make room for re-establishment of the streambank.

 

Heatherwood Install

After

After the installation and flooding, the new streambank has formed and the channel has shifted away from the cartpath.

 

Heatherwood After 1

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Contact Us

1401 Halstead Circle. Dayton, OH 45458

937.620.2554

[email protected]