CSR’s Talented GIS Team

CSR’s Michael Callen, GIS Analyst, and Lance Bennett, Idaho Regional Manager, collaborate over a map developed by the talented CSR GIS Dept. Spatial awareness allows us to truly understand disturbances created by both man and nature: how those disturbances change sites over time and their actual impact to the surrounding environment. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) [...]

UW Graduate Students Work with British Petroleum to ID Effective Reclamation Practices

Originally published on the University of Wyoming website, July 14, 2011: Two graduate students at the University of Wyoming will compile then sift through a database from British Petroleum of more than 1,000 gas well pads to glean the best restoration and reclamation practices in Wyoming’s natural gas fields. Renewable resources students Benjamin Wolff and [...]

SWPPP – Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans

CSR’s Natural Resources Department was in southern Wyoming recently, surveying well sites for SWPPP. Desertification, the loss of topsoil to wind and water erosion, is a persistent concern in arid ecosystems. Managing erosion is a standard component of comprehensive restoration plans. This management takes the form of Storm Water Pollution Prevention (SWPPP) plans. SWPP plans [...]

CSR Celebrates GIS Day 2011

The CSR GIS Team visited a local 4th grade classroom this week in celebration of GIS Day 2011.  As with last year, students participated in an activity based on the building of an imaginary dam across the Snake River, highlighting both the anthropogenic benefits a dam provides and the environmental consequences of building a dam. [...]

2011 Esri SAG Award

Conservation Seeding & Restoration, Inc. has been selected to receive a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award at the 2011 Esri International User Conference. This award is given to user sites around the world to recognize outstanding work with GIS technology. CSR stood out from more than 100,000 others. Great work CSR GIS Team!

Well Site Restoration

Conservation Seeding and Restoration Inc offers a professional package for Well Site Restoration. This includes mapping, monitoring, soil testing, seeding & spray services.  With native revegetation, thorough data collection, rapid response to issues, strict adherence to safety procedures, and comprehensive documentation, we can expedite well site recovery.

Ruby Pipeline

Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. (Ruby), a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation, is currently constructing the Ruby Pipeline Project to carry natural gas through the Rocky Mountain region. With the approval of the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. is installing over 680 miles of 42″ compressed gas pipeline and four compressor stations traversing the US from Opal, Wyoming, through Utah [...]

2010 GIS Day

In honor of GIS Day 2010, CSR GIS department visited the Filer school district this month to present an activity using GIS in decision making. The activity was based on the building of an imaginary dam across the Snake River. It highlighted both the anthropogenic benefits a dam provides and the environmental consequences of building [...]

Antelope Island Project

The CSR Inc GIS Team returned home last week from Antelope Island in Utah. They had spent 10 days mapping a select list of state listed noxious weeds for the State of Utah. There were 21 listed weeds, with a main occurrence of around 10 species. Approximately 6,000+ acres of land mapped with about 1,200 [...]