Wallowa Resources, River Restoration – Lostine, Oregon

Mr. Gorman designed 2300 feet of new river channel for a previously straightened reach of the Wallowa River near Lostine, Oregon to restore the river to conditions similar to its historical alignment and function. The design included detailed hydraulic design of channel planform, slopes, and cross sections to provide macro invertebrate habitat and salmonid spawning and rearing habitat.  Mr. Gorman’s design also reconnected the reach of the river channel to an active floodplain.