Stream Restoration
Glacier shapes channels and floodplains to engineered design plans, then finishes the work so it holds. Rosgen-trained operators with tens of thousands of hours of in-stream time.
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Stream and Wetland Restoration, Built to Specification
Glacier Excavating has specialized in stream restoration, bank stabilization, and wetland mitigation since 2004. Our crews have built thousands of structures and tens of thousands of feet of restored channel across five states.
Our Services
Glacier Excavating builds, shapes, and stabilizes rivers and wetlands to engineered specifications. Every project starts with a dewatering plan, a staging area, and the path of least disturbance.
Bank Stabilization
Over 2,500 bank stabilization and habitat structures built to engineered specs: log vanes, cross vanes, J-hooks, woody debris jams, and boulder grade controls that hold the bank and protect fish.
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Wetland Mitigation
Wetland construction and mitigation earthwork delivered to compliance specifications, with erosion control protecting water quality and habitat throughout the build.
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Placer Mining Reclamation
Since 2016, Glacier has excavated over 100,000 cubic yards each season at former placer mine sites, creating over 100 acres of new floodplain and more than 25,000 feet of new channel.
Learn moreTwo Decades Restoring the Rivers of the Northern Rockies
Glacier Excavating has specialized in stream and wetland restoration since 2004. Our operators carry tens of thousands of hours of in-stream experience, train in Rosgen techniques, and build to engineered specifications. We protect water quality, aquatic life, and existing vegetation on every job, and we finish on schedule and to the contract documents.
Rosgen-Trained Operators
Our crew trains in Wildland Hydrology and Rosgen stream restoration techniques, so we speak the same language as your design and oversight team.
Deep Operating Experience
Multiple operators with over 20,000 hours of equipment operating experience and years of GPS-guided work.
Built to Spec, On Schedule
We fulfill contract obligations on time and in line with the contract documents, with erosion control measures throughout.
Environmentally Conscientious
We plan equipment paths and dewatering to minimize disturbance and protect water quality, fish habitat, and existing vegetation.
Questions About Working With Glacier
How does Glacier handle storm water and erosion control compliance?
Blaine Hubbard and Trevor Sharron are certified SWPPP preparers and administrators, storm water training runs through the crew, and erosion control measures protect water quality on every site, every phase. Compliance is procedure here, never paperwork theater.
How do I request a project bid from Glacier?
Send your plans, specifications, and bid schedule through our contact form, or call (406) 297-3155. Bob Cuffe reads every package personally and responds with a line-by-line bid, or a straight no if the fit is wrong, so your bid calendar keeps moving either way.
Is Glacier Excavating licensed and insured?
Glacier Excavating, Inc. is fully licensed, bonded, and insured up to $1,000,000. Insurance documents and submittals come from our office promptly, handled by an office manager who has produced compliance paperwork since 2014.
What is Rosgen training, and why does it matter on my project?
Rosgen training teaches natural channel design: the stream classification and construction methods most Northern Rockies restoration designs are written in. Bob Cuffe holds Wildland Hydrology Levels I and II, and Blaine Hubbard and Trevor Sharron hold Level I. A Rosgen-trained crew reads your design the way its authors intended, which shows up in the built result.
Have a Project Out to Bid?
Send us the scope and we will tell you straight whether Glacier is the right crew for the job. We work across Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.