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Lanesboro Dam Design & Construction

Lanesboro Dam is listed on the National Historic Register and is one of the last remaining unmortared limestone arch dams in existence. The 25-foot-tall, 220-foot-long limestone block arch dam needed significant repairs to stop joint leakage, improve structural stability, and restore the Oneota limestone facade. This complex project was funded through a USDA Rural Development… Read More »

Orchard Mesa Detention Pond

In 2009 Ayres delineated a floodplain for Orchard Mesa. Ayres developed a master plan, conceptually designing several alternatives to mitigate flooding in the area. Mesa County acquired grant funding for one of the proposed projects, a detention pond located on the Mesa County Fairgrounds, and retained Ayres and DHM to design the pond to meet… Read More »

Duck Creek Fish Passage

The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin retained Ayres to design improvements to the Duck Creek fisheries by removing obstructions to desirable fish passages and providing barriers to undesirable fish movement. Critical to meeting these goals was modifying Dam 1 at Oneida Golf & Country Club in Green Bay and removing Dams 2 and 3… Read More »