Craig Straub

Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Dr. Straub has over 20 years of experience in sustainable stormwater management systems, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem reconstruction, endangered species and wetland science. He has managed complex projects related to watershed restoration and has developed green and grey design stormwater solutions. He has led projects related to watershed assessment, including GIS and mapping, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, watershed ecology, source area identification, pollutant loading analysis, and evaluation of watershed management strategies and best management practices (BMPs). Dr. Straub has also conducted several wetland delineations and stream evaluations along with wetland and stream mitigation design and has obtained Section 404 and 401 permits for various clients, negotiating the complexities of the permitting processes. With an extensive background in preparing planting plans and technical specifications in support of wetland and stream restoration he has developed comprehensive land-use plans involving the return of remediated sites to their natural historic conditions and has designed and implemented ecological restoration plans, including monitoring and maintenance, for wetlands, prairies, riparian and upland forests and streams. Dr. Straub has also conducted bioengineering workshops along with bioengineering design and implementation for stream restoration sites.