We have an expert staff and affiliates to plan, design, and create just the environment you desire. We can help via several methods: quick phone consultations, site visits with recommendations, or we can perform a complete project design. We can coach you through the process, or we can take the reigns and do it all for you.

Proper lake design brings benefits including trophy size fish, less sediment, correct temperature, clear water, fewer nuisance weeds, greatly reduced maintenance expense and a more natural appearing environment with a much higher property value. An entire industry is devoted to maintaining lakes. A great deal of this industry is generated from habitats with less than ideal construction and lake design. Investing in proper lake design, results in considerable savings of money, efforts, and risk over the life of the lake or stream. Existing habitats can also be redesigned to achieve the same benefits we offer to new construction.

We assist many "do it yourself" lake builders in their quest for a quality aquatic environment. We hear over and over "I wish I would have met you people when I first built this lake. You would have saved me so much money and effort." Then we begin the costly process of rebuilding what they worked so hard to build. They continue to say "I read all the books." Books rarely go into sufficient detail to build a high quality environment for the unique combination of circumstances on each lake site. An entire library and decades of experience are necessary to accomplish this.

Once in a while nature will create what we view as a perfect lake or stream. We study these very closely. After we identify missing elements in your location, we then compensate for the discrepancies. The result is a lake of surprising quality. We have the ability to improve the biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and geography of your habitat. The one challenge we have not surmounted is getting the sun to shine more often.

EXPERIENCE COUNTS. Over twenty-five years of experience, not only in scientific pursuits, but in the practical aspects of construction, help us provide you with the technical and practical expertise to do the job correctly the first time. Because of our practical experience, our projects have ranged from building trout fishing lakes in the deep southern heat of Georgia up to analysis of watersheds of several hundred thousand acres. We have a great deal of experience pushing the limits of temperature tolerance in cold water fish such as trout. Even if you doubt trout can survive at your site, there is a good chance we can make trout habitat of it for you.

Knowledge of habitat by itself is not sufficient for the best lake designs. We work with a wide range of trout and salmon, many of which are threatened and endangered. Habitat design and fish stocks are matched together in order to ensure the success of your project. We work with many other fish species as well.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE LATELY? Currently, we are working on projects as diverse as reclaiming urban wetland habitat, to developing golf course water hazards into healthy trout habitats. Just imagine trying to concentrate on your golf game on that course. This is in addition to our usual lake and stream projects.

YOUR VISION IS OUR VISION.
We have the ability to let you see our shared vision as it develops. These visual techniques assist us to ensure you will receive the product you ask for. These visualizations also assist you in all of the aspects of how the aquatic habitats fit with the rest of your property. Graphics technology nearly allows us to design on the fly.





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We have an outline for you to use in order to plan and carry out your project with as much or little assistance as you require from us. Look through the PLANNING GUIDE To assist you in developing the best aquatic habitat possible. Be sure to visit our FAQs page for answers to your important questions.