RIVHAB, PLLC

Restoring Waterways. Providing LiDAR and Engineering Solutions for Water Resources.

About the firm

RIVHAB is a water resource engineering and design-build practice founded in 2019 and headquartered in Eagle, Idaho. It specializes in river and wetland restoration, floodplain and geomorphology science, hydraulic engineering, and UAV LiDAR mapping. Operating an in-house construction team, it provides integrated design-build delivery for stream renovation, habitat enhancement, and watershed management projects.

Established: 2019
Team: Small
Firm type: Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering · Design-Build

Credentials

Public Works Licensed Contractor · Certified Drone Pilots

People

Jeanne McFallFounder / Principal

ZackProject Manager

Capabilities

Water Resource Engineering and Design

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Provides civil design, hydraulic modeling, and regulatory compliance assistance for water resource and conveyance systems.

Civil and site design
Hydraulic modeling
Permitting and regulatory support
Construction oversight
Post-construction monitoring

River and Wetland Restoration

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Applies science-based fluvial geomorphology and process-led methods to enhance habitats and reconnect riverscapes to their floodplains.

Valley reconnection feasibility assessment
Valley-reset (Stage 0/8) design
Low-tech process-based restoration
Beaver dam analogues and post-assisted log structures
Fisheries habitat and wetland enhancement
Fish and wildlife relocation
Habitat assessments
Monitoring and adaptive management

Watershed Management and Floodplain Science

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Conducts geomorphic investigations, hydrological analyses, and sediment transport studies to support sustainable watershed planning.

Watershed assessment and planning
Floodplain management
Sediment transport analysis
Groundwater interaction studies

UAV LiDAR and Land Mapping

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Deploys an advanced drone fleet and underwater sonar to generate precise three-dimensional terrain models and high-resolution aerial imagery.

LiDAR surface model creation
Aerial imagery and videography
Bathymetric surveys
GIS analysis and mapping
Topographic surveys

Restoration Construction and Earthworks

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Combines in-house heavy equipment operation and field expertise to construct stream renovations and habitat features under unified delivery contracts.

Earthworks and grading
Erosion control
Heavy equipment operation
Integrated design-build delivery

Industries

Federal · Government · Natural Resources · Agriculture · Water Resources · Parks & Open Space

Projects

Silver Creek Watershed Restoration

Chaney Creek, ID · Water Resources · Client: Silver Creek Watershed

Project details

This watershed restoration effort focused on habitat improvements on Chaney Creek, narrowing over-widened channel segments and removing excessive fine sediments to improve water quality, temperatures, and dissolved oxygen levels. The project created instream structures, complex pools, and wetlands to filter drainage from adjacent farm fields, lowering water temperatures feeding the Silver Creek Preserve.

Spring Creek Design-Build Restoration

Idaho · Water Resources

Project details

This design-build project restored a spring creek that had been mechanically widened in the 1940s for agricultural practices. RIVHAB designed and constructed the restoration to establish optimal rearing and spawning habitats for juvenile fish, reduce water temperatures, improve dissolved oxygen, remove legacy silts, and construct surrounding wetlands.

Rattle Creek Wilderness Wood Placement

Rattle Creek, ID · Water Resources

Project details

Prior to implementing large wood placement in a remote wilderness area, the team utilized LiDAR and imagery drones to capture pre-construction conditions and conduct collaborative research on wood mobility and spawning gravel recruitment to benefit native bull trout populations.