Farewell Bend State Park River Bank Restoration

mountains behind snake river with dry grass in winter
man with a long shadow looks at eroded streambank with leafless trees

GreenWorks was part of a multi-disciplinary team working for Idaho Power to conduct a site assessment and prepare conceptual alternatives to stabilize bank erosion occurring along a half mile section of the west bank of the Snake River in Farewell Bend Sate Park.

line drawing showing vegetated riprap plans for river bank enhancement

The primary goals were to identify causes of erosion and develop concepts that would stabilize the shoreline and control the active erosion of the river bank.

The Project Included:

  1. Streamside re-vegetation

  2. Habitat protection & enhancement

  3. Stream-bank erosion control construction

  4. Observation renderings

Key Tasks Were:

  1. Bank erosion control

  2. Rendering re-vegetation design

  3. Park facility integrations