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Emma-Kate Stecker, E.I.T., B.S.

Restoration Engineer in Training

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering

Phone: (888) 244-1221

 

Boise, Idaho

Emma-Kate is a Restoration Engineer in Training with experience in environmental engineering and fish monitoring and surveying. She has worked on a variety of projects supporting water distribution and water treatment across the Pacific Northwest. She is skilled in AutoCAD Civil 3D, and ArcGIS to support technical drawing development and design and has assisted on roadway design, water drainage, environmental monitoring, and construction management. Emma-Kate also has experience in the field collecting and compiling ecological data in both rivers and lake environments. She has conducted fish population surveys, fish diet analyses, mammalian surveys, macroinvertebrate surveys, electrofishing, and water quality monitoring and analysis. Her blend of ecological experience and engineering allows Emma-Kate to support project efforts through a variety of field and design tasks.

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Jackson Raecke, E.I.T., B.S.

Restoration Engineer in Training

B.S. Civil Engineering, B.S. Environmental Engineering

Phone: (888) 244-1221

 

Boise, Idaho

 

Jackson is a Restoration Engineer in Training with experience in civil and environmental engineering, focusing on transportation and hydraulic/hydrologic design. He has worked on several projects in the Mountain West with an emphasis on monitoring and design of transportation facilities and hydraulic structures. He has experience working in AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, Excel and CEIWR-HEC software to model a variety of both existing and proposed designs for urban and rural roads, culvert analysis, storm sequencing, environmental permitting and watershed mapping. Jackson also has field experience performing on-site analysis of culverts and other transportation projects. His focus on hydrology and hydraulics engineering provides Jackson with the tools to support a wide range of fisheries projects from both the design office and the field.

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Jacob Taylor, E.I.T., B.S.

Restoration Engineer in Training

B.S., Environmental Resources Engineering

Phone: (888) 224-1221

 

West Sacramento, California

 

Jacob is a Restoration Engineer in Training with experience in civil and environmental engineering. He has worked on a variety of projects and programs in Northern California’s Klamath Basin and the California Central Valley. His work emphasizes using remote-sensing methods (LiDAR, sonar, UAS imagery, underwater imagery) to assess physical responses to dam removal. He contributed to the development of methods and analysis focused on tracking a large pulse of fine sediment through the downstream coarse-grained river corridor. In addition, Jacob has served in a civil engineering capacity on flood control structures in the California Central Valley, performing construction inspections, risk assessment, database management, surveying, and permitting. His education and experience have equipped him with skills in H&H modeling, GIS software, and surveying equipment. Jacob’s background in environmental resources engineering provides him with a broad toolbelt of engineering and surveying skills to aid in river restoration and design of fish habitat. 

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Johnny Caspers, P.E., M.S.

Restoration Engineer

M.S. Environmental Engineering

Phone: (888) 224-1221

 

West Sacramento, California

Johnny is a restoration engineer with a background in environmental remediation, water resources, and habitat restoration. His experience includes aquatic habitat restoration design, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, groundwater recharge design, topographic data collection, and construction monitoring. Through this work he has developed a fundamental understanding of surface water and groundwater interaction, restoration design, and project implementation across a variety of scales. Additionally, Johnny is proficient in a wide variety of computer-based tools including AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, XPStorm, and MODFLOW. These skills along with his experience conducting topographic surveys and measuring discharge with Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters and Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers underscore Johnny’s ability to serve in a variety of technical roles. This technical basis and a diverse background allows Johnny to perform a wide variety of tasks at a high level, while bringing a holistic approach to restoration design.

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Tyler Rockhill, P.E., M.S.

Restoration Engineer II

B.S. Civil/Environmental Engineering, M.S. Hydrology

Phone: (888) 224-1221


Boise, Idaho

Tyler is a Restoration Engineer with extensive experience in water resources and hydraulic engineering in the Pacific Northwest. His experience includes aquatic habitat restoration design, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, sediment modeling, large wood design, floodplain mapping, geomorphic and habitat assessment, and hydrometric surveying. Tyler’s diverse background includes experience at every step of a project from prioritization and planning to site assessment, literature review, data collection and surveying, modeling and design, permitting, and construction. This experience allows for an interdisciplinary, process-based understanding of project delivery. He has experience developing hydrologic and hydraulic models such as HEC-RAS, SRH-2D, River2D, HEC-HMS, HPSF, MGSFlood, HY-8, SWAT, WMS, SWMM, and StormShed.  He is an experienced jet boat and raft operator in lakes, rivers, and deltas, including for the purposes of topobathymetric and hydrometric surveys. Tyler has experience working on a broad range of river engineering projects such as culvert replacements, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, floodplain mapping, and bank erosion/scour protection.

Selected Publications

 

Collins, V. and T. Rockhill. 2021. Oso Landslide Memorial Site Hydraulic Analysis, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for Snohomish County Parks and Recreation.

 

Collins, V., Payne, J., Rockhill, T., Nelson, A., Dufficy, A., and M. Ohrt. 2021. Abbott Levee Habitat Improvement Project: 100% Basis of Design Report, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District.

 

Collins, T., Brown, J. and T. Rockhill. 2021. Ferndale Levee Improvement Project Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Geomorphology Existing Conditions Report, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District.

 

Dillon, P., Brooks, P. and T. Rockhill. 2020. Avondale Road Erosion Existing Hydrologic and Hydraulic Conditions, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for City of Redmond.

 

Collins, V., Leytham, M. and T. Rockhill. 2020. Coweeman River Levee Raise Hydrograph Development Memorandum, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for Shannon & Wilson.

 

Bennett, T., Rockhill, T., and D. Jones. 2020. Maddox Creek/Big Ditch Alternatives Evaluation, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc, prepared for Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation District #17

 

Washington State Department of Transportation. 2018. SR 529 Steamboat Slough Mitigation Site.

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2017. Wyoming Stream Quantification Tool (WSQT) User Manual and Spreadsheet. Beta Version.

 

Meixner, T., Papuga S.A., Luketich, A.M., Rockhill, T., Gallo, E.L., Anderson, J., Salgado, L. Pope, K. Gupta, N., Korgaonkar, Y., Guertin, D.P. 2017. Green Infrastructure Increases Biogeochemical Responsiveness, Vegetation Growth and Decreases Runoff in a Semi-Arid City, Tucson, AZ, USA.  American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, abstract #H34H-06.

 

Tyler Rockhill.  2017. Influence of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties on Soil CO2 Efflux in Semi-Arid Green Stormwater Infrastructure.  Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences. University of Arizona. Master’s Thesis.

 

Chatel, J., and Vouno, S., 2012 Sawtooth Bull Trout Management Indicator Species Monitoring Report, United States Forest Service

 

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