Governmental
Soldier Creek Watershed Study Phase I:
Water Resource Inventory/Baseline IBI
Village of Bradley
Bradley, Illinois
LRMG compiled an inventory of existing information on Soldier Creek Watershed using a GIS framework. Some of our ongoing efforts include stream health data collection, watershed assessment, development of watershed goals, and watershed management strategies. This process is the first critical step in the formulation of a comprehensive watershed plan for Soldier Creek.
Bradley Landscape Ordinance
Village of Bradley
Bradley, Illinois
Charged with updating the Landscape Standards for New Developments for the Village of Bradley, LRMG retained the best of the existing ordinance, researched regional and national standards, selected their best components and with our own broad experience, looked forward to address projected future concerns. The resulting document includes sections on: tree preservation; street tree program; storm water facilities; installation & management of native plantings and prohibited invasive plant material.
Jackson Creek Restoration/Enhancement
Village of Frankfort
Frankfort, Illinois
The growth of suburbs requires the extension and expansion of infrastructure such as roads and utilities. In the Village of Frankfort, an arterial road required widening to accommodate increased traffic. A channelized portion of Jackson Creek, which borders the road, needed to be relocated to allow road widening. As an alternative to the environmentally degrading piping or rechannelizing of the creek, the Village backed an LRMG plan to relocate the creek and allow it to meander within its floodplain. Data from in-house hydraulic modeling and the latest research in stream restoration guided the creek layout, grading, road crossing sizes, and aquatic habitat features.
The re-introduced native plant communities within this floodplain will cleanse the storm water from adjacent developments, encourage it to infiltrate into the ground, improve the water quality of Jackson Creek, and provide a wealth of wildlife habitats. Upon successful establishment, the relocated portion of the creek and its surrounding floodplain of wet prairie will be managed by the Forest Preserve District of Will County.