RETTEW collaborated with Highspire Borough in applying for and securing a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) grant to fund this project. With that funding, RETTEW designed a stream restoration and riparian buffer plan to stabilize the streambank along an approximately 1,200-foot section of Burd Run.

The restoration plan incorporated traditional and natural stream design elements, including channel geometry improvements and the use of in-stream flow and fish habitat structures. RETTEW prepared a PA DEP General Permit application, managed contractors, and provided construction and landscape oversight to bring this project to completion.