Ho-Chunk Builders also provides special expertise in fish and wildlife recovery and restoration projects, as well as providing riverbank restoration and erosion control services. Riverbank instability and erosion decreases water quality and degrades natural habitat and can lead to property loss. Services to enhance restore and protect riparian systems, riverbanks and other bodies have become increasingly important.

Focusing on these environmentally important projects is a natural fit for a company owned by the Winnebago Tribe, whose heritage has long emphasized the importance of a lifestyle that promotes harmony with nature and protection of the environment.

Ho-Chunk Builders has experience in mechanical and hydraulic excavation of material from rivers, waterways and oxbows. Missouri River channelization has led to ever greater river depths which have cut off oxbows from their natural water flow and have led to clogging with organic and inorganic material and loss of fish and wildlife habitats. Ho-Chunk Builders uses the correct equipment resources and expert experience to remove this material and blockage, returning the natural water flow and restoring fish and wildlife habitats.

Some of the other riverbank restoration and erosion control services provided by Ho-Chunk Builders include:

• Adding woody debris and rock for habitat, hydrologic benefits and bank stabilization
• Reconstructing stream channels
• Placing streambed gravel
• Preventing bank erosion through re-contouring slopes and terracing
• Repairing storm damage
• Restoring wetland areas for migratory species

With 10 years of experience in river work, you can depend on our skilled staff to complete your challenging riverbank restoration or erosion control project using field-tested methods in an efficient and cost-effective manner that exceeds your expectations.