Nathan (Nate) Ober Email & Phone Number

I’ve managed and designed over 100 miles of stream and wetland restoration projects, drawing from more than 19 years of experience in fluvial geomorphology, ecosystem restoration design, construction management, and post-restoration monitoring.Cost effective solutions for stream and wetland mitigation projects are a passion of mine. These have guided me towards the development of innovative technologies, and executing projects with higher quality and lower costs. I bring unique experience in three-dimensional design, machine control construction, LiDAR acquisition and aerial mapping, two-dimensional hydraulic modeling, and Clean Water Act permitting.As a kayaker from Appalachia I followed my love of rivers by studying geology at West Virginia University. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in 2002, I quickly became an expert on the impacts of mining to surface and subsurface hydrology, and the restoration of active and abandoned mine lands. I moved to Tennessee in 2008 to practice ecosystem restoration with the Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program and the Department of Transportation. After five years I moved back to West Virginia as a Practice Lead of an ecosystem restoration team, implementing a 10,000-acre mitigation bank, a 17-mile large river restoration project, and many other restoration and mitigation projects.I now reside in Colorado working nationwide to create mitigation projects for private and public development.

Listed skills include Fluvial Geomorphology, Stream Restoration, Natural Channel Design, Rosgen Level I Iv, and 11 others.

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  West Virginia University

  Geology/Earth Science, General