Rosgen Natural Channel Design · saveourstreamsusa.com

Restoring Southeast Trout Streams to Their Original Footings

We combine advanced fluvial geomorphology, native bioengineering, and real-time IoT stream monitoring to stabilize banks, lower water temperatures, and generate high-yield USACE Savannah District stream mitigation credits across North Georgia.

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Our Ecological Restoration Approach

Traditional hard civil engineering accelerates water flow, destroys habitats, and increases downstream erosion. We utilize Natural Channel Design (NCD) to restore streams back to their stable bankfull geometry.

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Trout Life Ecology

Wild trout are highly sensitive indicator species requiring specific, coldwater conditions to survive and spawn:

  • Coldwater Habitats: Water temperatures must remain below 65°F (lethal threshold is 68°F).
  • High Oxygen: Turbulent rocky riffles aerate the water to supply >7 mg/L dissolved oxygen.
  • Clean Spawning Gravel: Sorted, silt-free gravel is essential for wild trout spawning nests ("redds").
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The Stormwater Runoff Threat

Rapid regional development and road erosion cause peak stormwater runoff that destroys old mountain streams:

  • Channel Overwidening: Extreme flows tear away banks, making channels wide, shallow, and warm.
  • Clay & Sand Siltation: Sediment washes down slopes, smothering cobbles and spawning beds.
  • EPT Food Chain Collapse: Mayflies and Caddisflies are obliterated, destroying the food web.
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Natural Bioengineering

We use native wood, logs, root wads, and boulder cross-vanes to stabilize channels and trap sediment naturally:

  • Priority 1 Geomorphic Design: Narrowing channel bankfull widths to scour deep holding pools.
  • Instream Structures: Installing J-hooks and log vanes to redirect outer bank shear stress.
  • 100ft Canopy Buffers: Planting native Eastern Hemlocks to restore shade and lower water temperatures.
🎣 The Trout Angler's Stewardship

Connecting Fly Fishing Niche & Geomorphic Science

Hunter Morris's years guiding wild trout trips on Fly Fishing North Georgia revealed a painful truth: North Georgia’s legendary trout reaches are being destroyed by silt and heat. Here is how geomorphic stream restoration saves these waters.

Why Traditional Stream Work Fails Wild Trout

Standard contractors look at streams as drainage ditches. They pile up heavy granite rip-rap, straighten channels, and clear trees to control erosion. This is a disaster for trout. It speeds up current, raises temperatures, obliterates holding pools, and silts over critical gravel spawning beds.

Trout don't just need water—they need structural complexity. They need deep holding water under banks, cold thermoclines, swift food-producing riffles, and gravel nesting riffles (redds) that are clean of sand.

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Natural Channel Design

We rebuild streams utilizing bankfull ratios that naturally transport gravel, keeping channels stable for generations.

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Coldwater Bioengineering

We install organic wood debris, tag alders, and boulder vanes that double as protective overhead cover for trophy brown trout.

Save Our Streams USA Inc. Differentiators

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Instream Drop-Step Traps

Constructed of natural hemlock and oak logs to trap uphill logging sand, scouring deep plunge pools for large trout refuge.

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Root-Wad Revetments

Interlocked hardwood root balls driven into eroding meanders to buffer current velocity while offering wild trout premier shade.

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Double Log Vanes

Angled timber structures that focus the stream's kinetic power into the center, flushing clay to uncover critical spawning gravel.

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Real-Time IoT Stream Monitoring

Custom solar-powered sensor boxes measure dissolved oxygen and water temperature 24/7 — delivering continuous data that exceeds USACE annual monitoring requirements and accelerates credit releases.

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Active Restoration Case Studies

Walk through our geomorphic showcases in North Georgia—demonstrating commercial credit yield and private landowner trout habitat optimization.

Commercial Credits Showcase

Roya's Cabin: Anderson Creek Stream Mitigation

Located on a 30-acre lot at Anderson Creek, this project represents our flagship commercial stream mitigation showcase. We are restoring 2,500 linear feet of heavily eroded perennial stream, converting it from an unstable, overwidened channel to a stable Rosgen Class C4 gravel-dominated meander.

By reconnecting the channel to its historic floodplain and planting a 100-foot native riparian buffer, this project generates high-yielding stream credits under the USACE Savannah District SOP.

2,500 LF
Restored Reach
12,900
Credits Yielded
$2.32M
Gross Asset Value
NWP 27
USACE Permit
Anderson Creek Stream Restoration Showcase
Private Trout Sanctuary

Hunter's Cabin: Goldmine Hollow Step-Pools

Located along the legendary wild trout waters of Noontootla Creek, this steep mountain tributary project serves as our premium private landowner showroom. We designed and built natural log step-pools and sediment traps to capture high-velocity stormwater and unpaved road sand runoff before it enters Noontootla Creek.

This "living showroom" demonstrates to private estate owners how bioengineering stabilizes cabin creek banks, cleans spawning gravel, and scours beautiful plunge-pools for trophy trout.

Step-Pools
Design Type
Noontootla
Trout Waterway
Sediment Trap
Silt Control
20% Lift
Property Premium
Goldmine Hollow Noontootla Creek Restoration

Leadership & Board of Directors

Bringing together extensive regional real estate investment expertise, regulatory permitting relationships, and advanced geomorphic design capab

Hunter Morris & Hadi Irvani on site

Hunter Morris & Hadi Irvani

Co-Founder & Managing Director • Board Member

Hunter Morris

Co-Founder & Managing Director
bookings@flyfishingnorthgeorgia.com

Principal and owner of Fly Fishing North Georgia. Expert fluvial geomorphologist with 15+ years of guiding and stream hydraulic experience in Gilmer and Fannin counties. Hunter combines technical Natural Channel Design (NCD) with live soil bioengineering to build pristine wild trout sanctuaries that naturally transport sediment and protect shorelines.

Hadi Irvani

Board Member
UVA / HBS Alumnus

Principal at Granite Holdings and General Partner at Infill Capital Partners. Alumnus of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard Business School (MBA). Leading regional real estate, industrial logistics, and asset investor, providing capital governance, underwriting structures, and strategic B2B scaling.

🌾 Landowners Siting & Sourcing Program

Free Trout Stream Restoration & High-Yield Credit Splits

If you own agricultural pasture or mountain forest land in North Georgia with at least 500 feet of degraded or eroding stream corridor, we can fully design, permit, construct, and maintain a pristine wild trout sanctuary at **zero out-of-pocket cost to you**. Furthermore, you receive a **30% share of generated USACE stream credits**, yielding substantial risk-free cash flows!

How It Works: Sourcing Economics

Mitigation banking under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Savannah District allows us to transform your degraded, eroding streambed into a valuable ecological asset. Because our team absorbs 100% of capital risks—funding the geomorphic survey, complex HEC-RAS hydraulic models, buffer native plantings, and mandatory USACE construction bonds—you enjoy a risk-free partnership.

🏆 Landowner Benefits

  • 🐟 **Pristine Wild Trout Sanctuary**: Deep scoured pools, clean spawning cobbles, and dense native canopy.
  • 🛡️ **Stop Active Bank Loss**: Stop active mudslides and bank collapses from washing away your property.
  • 💼 **Pure Risk-Free Revenue**: Receive **30% of released credit sale proceeds** (pure cash flow, no out-of-pocket expenses).
  • 🌾 **Perpetual Preservation**: Secure and protect your mountain legacy for future generations.

📈 Free Stream Restoration Yield Estimator

📊 Projected Site Economics

SOP Credit Yield:
8,600 Credits
Developer CapEx Covered:
$730,000 (100% Free)
Your Risk-Free Cash Share (30% Split):
$464,400 Gross Cash

Southeast B2B Credit Supply & Consulting

Are you a commercial developer facing compensatory stream credit offsets under USACE Individual Permits or State EPD Buffer Variances? We provide fast-tracked Nationwide Permit 27 credits in Georgia basins.

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Basins Served

Coosa, Etowah, Upper Chattahoochee, Toccoa/Ocoee

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RIBITS Registries

Savannah District USACE Stream Mitigation Ledgers