Category: Project Spotlight

2026 Medina Park North Pond Vegetation Removal

Riparia Environmental (Riparia) recently completed aquatic vegetation removal at the North Pond in Medina Park for the City of Medina, WA (City). The project coincides with a larger effort to restore the health and appearance of the park’s two ponds through hands-on aquatic vegetation management. While lily pads…

Adapting Restoration Efforts Following Winter Flooding at Spiketon Ditch

Riparia Environmental is continuing restoration and mitigation work along Spiketon Ditch in Buckley, Washington, where South Prairie Creek flows beneath the newly constructed Foothills Trail pedestrian bridge. The project, completed in partnership with Pierce County, supports mitigation requirements associated with bridge construction and focuses on stabilizing and restoring impacted…

The Hills at Round Lake (HARL) Stormwater Facility Restoration

Completed for a private HOA organization, the HARL facility overseen by our client was a stormwater treatment train that had detention and then a large flow through swales with an augmented underdrain. This facility received a poor inspection notice from the City inspector, and the organization went to solicit…