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BIO-WEST helping with Washakie Cemetery restoration




Several BIO-WEST employees, along with volunteers from TreeUtah and Ivory Homes, grabbed their shovels and met on the grassy hillside known as Washakie Cemetery, ready to plant an assortment of trees, shrubs, and bushes, Friday, Oct 30. The planting event was a part of a restoration project the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has been conducting for many years. The goal of the project...

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BIO-WEST project wins 2020 ASLA Merit Award




The Fairmont Park Community Fishing Pond, one of BIO-WEST’s recently completed projects, won a Merit Award from the 2020 Annual Professional Awards Program, hosted by the Utah Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Christopher Sands, a principal of BIO-WEST and senior landscape architect, accepted the award on behalf of the project team, which was a collaboration between...

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Mussels Mussels Mussels: BW Project Highlight




Moving Mussels BIO-WEST was asked to help relocate native freshwater mussels during scheduled maintenance on the Lower Neches Valley Authority Main Canal last July. The LNVA Main Canal was built in the late 19th century as part of a conveyance system designed to move water upland for city, industry, and agricultural use. The canal pumping stations needed maintenance done on them, which meant...

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