River & Pond Restoration

We Turn Rivers and Ponds into Better Fish Habitat

Chaparral Construction has more than 40 years’ experience in river and pond restoration, including fish habitat formation and restoration. We have worked with several institutions such as US Forest Service and Colorado Parks & Wildlife to restore the flow of water in rivers and to increase health of lakes and ponds.

Chaparral works cooperatively with private, state, and federal landowners to improve fish habitat. Projects include constructing fish passages at diversion dams for endangered and other native fish; screening diversion canals to keep fish from entering and becoming trapped and acquiring and restoring floodplain habitat to serve primarily as fish nursery areas.

Some recovery measures benefit more than just the endangered fish. In some locations, river habitat improvements increase the regeneration of cottonwoods and willow trees along the river. Cottonwoods and willows are in important source of food and shelter for birds and mammals and provide a shady and pleasant place to enjoy the river.