Environmental Services, Inc. - Hagerstown, Maryland Office
9749 Beaver Creek Church Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Phone (301) 491-1330
Fax (770) 736-9102
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Office Manager: Mr. Hutzell is a Senior Project Scientist with responsibilities in all aspects of the projects in which he is involved. Mr. Hutzell is responsible for the design and construction oversight of stream and wetland restoration projects. He also writes proposals and conducts stream assessments. Having completed all four levels of the Rosgen stream classification and natural channel design, Mr. Hutzell has used his training to perform stream assessments, stream design, stream feasibility studies and stream restoration oversight. Also, Mr. Hutzell has performed wetland and stream jurisdictional determinations for Maryland Department of Environment and coordinated permitting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Representative Projects
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Raven Rock Creek - Dam Removal Fish Passage Restoration Project Raven Rock Creek originates in the Blue Ridge Highlands between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains, has a 3.5 square mile drainage area and is a tributary to Antietam Creek. It drops from the highlands and flows to the west through Raven Rock Hollow. The design consisted of the removal of a dam, which was built prior to 1900, and the installation of boulder A-vanes with step pools to allow native brook trout to migrate up stream to spawn. |
The project was divided into three phases: assessment, design, and construction. ESI worked with US Fish & Wildlife Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to provide fish passage for and to allow water to be diverted to an adjacent reservoir when needed. Project design was based on the existing channel topography using fluvial geomorphologic principles. The construction phase was started in September 2007 and was completed in 15 days.
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Beaver Creek - Beaver Creek Watershed Stream Restoration Project Beaver Creek, a tributary to Antietam Creek, drains approximately 32 square miles of farmland, forest, and residential area in eastern Washington County, Maryland. The main stem of Beaver Creek is approximately 16 miles long and the watershed contains approximately 60 miles of streams. Beaver Creek is an important regional fishery, hosting rainbow and naturally reproducing populations of brown trout. |
Beaver Creek Watershed Association proposed to restore the natural channel morphology on a 1700-foot reach of Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek is a B4c stream type with a 19 sq. mi. watershed. The proposed restoration reach is in a degraded, unstable condition due to past access of the creek by livestock. This has resulted in bank instability and widening of the channel bed. The high width/depth ratio has caused a reduction in water velocity and reduction in channel competence to entrain and transport the sediment bed load. The accumulation of sediments in the proposed restoration reach has resulted in excess shear stress on the channel banks, bank failure and widening. The hydraulic geometry is in an unstable form with a shallower than predicted bankfull depth and wider than predicted bankfull width.
