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Mr. Giordanengo’s drive to improve the science and practice of ecological restoration grows out of a passion for conserving natural resources. Since 1996 he has provided a broad range of services to local, state, and federal agencies, as well as private clients to restore riparian, wetland, and upland habitats from the peaks to the prairies. With 32 years of experience, and over 250 restoration-related projects completed, his knowledge spans the Western US, with experience in Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador, and elsewhere. This includes dozens of stream and riparian restoration projects, wildfire hazard mitigation and restoration, wetland and pond restoration, and a wide range of upland restoration and erosion control projects. In the process, he has amassed a lexicon necessary for ecologists, architects, and engineers to co-design and implement highly complex restoration projects. Mr. Giordanengo’s experience includes watershed, river, and ecological health assessments, restoration design, permitting and regulatory compliance, seed mixes and plant palettes, bioengineering, erosion control, and restoration curricula development. He enjoys managing complex stakeholder engagement processes across public, private, and non-profit constituents in support of watershed and regional planning efforts. In 2016, he led a team of over 30 federal, state, and local entities to develop Living Streambanks, a Manual to Bioengineering Treatments for Colorado Streams for the Colorado Water Conservation Board. For ten years Mr. Giordanengo has been developing a design system for restoration hydroseres (establishment zones) within riparian and wetland systems, and he continues to refine a revegetation matrix for Colorado that enhances the ability to deliver the highest quality revegetation designs. His experience in ecological, conservation, business, and economics has recently been wrapped into Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies (To a Sustainable State), 2nd Edition. This book follows systems thinking approaches to apply ecological restoration processes to our economies.
