Clients: Rogue Valley Sewer Services (RVSS)
SBS staff designed a management plan to create enhanced mudflat habitat for shorebirds at a waste water lagoon system in Jackson County, Oregon. The management plan was designed to augment shorebird habitat and use, during spring and fall migration along the pacific flyway. The enhancement design addressed seasonal water management, prescribed native plantings, and proposed numerous habitat features, including the development of large shallows and mudflats, a deep channel and pond, isolated islands for nesting sites, and prescribed plantings on the exterior of the lagoon, to improve experience for wildlife viewers. We provided our client with GIS-generated products to support site preparation, project implementation schedules, planting and maintenance, as well as long term success criteria.
