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Hanford Builds Hanford is a licensed general engineering and landscape contractor specializing in ecological restor

08/14/2026

We recently kicked off work on the Pickel Meadow Restoration Project.

Pickel Meadow is a 450-acre mountain meadow on the West Walker River high in California's eastern Sierra Nevada. Nearly two centuries of land use disconnected the river from its floodplain, cut the channel deeper, and dropped the water table across the meadow.

This project is working to reverse that. The project reconnects the river to its floodplain, improving 250 acres of meadow habitat and 3 miles of river. That work includes removing roughly 40,000 cubic yards of artificial fill, regrading historic alluvial fan channels, installing instream habitat features, upgrading water diversions, and replanting the site with native vegetation. Public access gets upgraded too, with trail work and an accessible parking area.

For this project we are working in partnership with , , the .s.forestservice , and Waterways Consulting, with funding from the California Wildlife Conservation Board.

We're hiring! Hanford is looking for Crew Members in the Sonoma North Bay region. This is hands-on ecological constructi...
07/28/2026

We're hiring! Hanford is looking for Crew Members in the Sonoma North Bay region. This is hands-on ecological construction. Native plant installation, irrigation, soil and seed work, erosion control, bioengineering, and infrastructure development. It's physical, it's outdoors, and it happens in some of the most beautiful places in California.

Please reach out or share with anybody eager to work with an amazing team and a great company culture. This is a career opportunity for all experience levels. The people who do well here are the ones who appreciate being part of something bigger than a single job site. The work we do restores wetlands, creeks, and habitats that stick around long after our job is complete.

Apply with the link in bio.

07/17/2026

It’s not always wetlands and ecological restoration. We recently completed the full revitalization of the South Davis Neighborhood Park for the City of Santa Rosa. The scope covered new playground equipment for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12, accessible poured-in-place pathways, fencing, lighting, site furnishings, and new monument and park signage, along with the landscape and civil improvements throughout. Thanks to on design.

07/02/2026

Hard to believe it's almost been three years since we wrapped construction on the Bull Creek Hamilton Reach restoration deep in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
The project reshaped the Hamilton floodplain, built four large wood in-stream structures, restored side channels and off-channel ponds, got over 18,000 native plants in the ground, and provided critical habitat for coho salmon, Chinook salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey.

This clip is a preview from a great video CalTrout produced on the long term benefits of the project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JLdWYXst2s

06/23/2026

A mitigation site isn't done once the plants go in the ground. We're a few years into a
multi-year commitment on the Arroyo de la Laguna in Pleasanton, working with Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. to get this habitat established for the long haul.



06/05/2026

We're proud to share that the Twin Pines
Belmont Creek Restoration was named Project of the
Year by the APWA Silicon Valley chapter — and
Hanford received Contractor of the Year honors
alongside it.

The project involved restoring roughly 600 linear feet of
Belmont Creek within Twin Pines Park: removing
invasive vegetation, stabilizing eroding banks with
large woody debris structures, installing engineered
riffles to reduce future channel erosion, and planting
natives throughout. The goal was to reduce
downstream flooding risk, improve water quality, and
bring back functional aquatic and terrestrial habitat.

Grateful to the City of Belmont for trusting us with this
one, and to everyone on the crew who put in the work.

Learn more about the project here: https://tinyurl.com/df964hex
📽: Courtesy of



One of our current projects is along the Bolinas Wye, the junction at the north end of Bolinas Lagoon. We're working alo...
05/20/2026

One of our current projects is along the Bolinas Wye, the junction at the north end of Bolinas Lagoon. We're working alongside and the conservancy on the vegetation side of the Wye Wetlands Resiliency Project.

The overall project reconnected Lewis Gulch Creek to its original path to Bolinas Lagoon, and includes planting over 10,000 native trees and plants. Our crews are helping those plantings take hold by clearing out invasive species such as Cape ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and periwinkle. This work takes a combination of machine work, targeted chemical treatment, hand labor, and routine visits to ensure the entire system transitions back to natural function.

Bolinas Lagoon is a designated Ramsar site, recognized as a wetland of international importance for the rare habitat and biodiversity it supports. As such, it’s a pretty special place to work.

Some of the most critical and fragile places we work are also the ones that on the surface look like not much is happeni...
05/08/2026

Some of the most critical and fragile places we work are also the ones that on the surface look like not much is happening. Still water. Muddy ground. Inaccessible to people.

Wetlands are doing some of the heaviest lifting for our planet's natural systems, filtering water, holding back floods, sustaining countless species. Although more support is always needed to preserve wetlands, we're grateful to be on the team that is fighting to protect and restore these vital lands.�

Happy American Wetlands Month.

🌎 Today is Earth Day, a worthy moment to reflect and show appreciation for our team and the environments we work in. We ...
04/22/2026

🌎 Today is Earth Day, a worthy moment to reflect and show appreciation for our team and the environments we work in. We are fortunate to spend our days working in places most people don't see, wetlands, riverbanks, hillsides, coastal edges, places that are quietly doing a lot of heavy lifting for broader ecosystems. Sometimes that work involves big heavy machinery, and sometimes it is hand planting by the thousands. It is hard work, but our team is passionate about it and proud to do it. A lot of it happens out of sight, but we know the impact is lasting.

Happy Earth Day from the Hanford team.

04/14/2026

We are proud to be underway on Phase 2 of the Dunphy Park Improvement Project, completing the remaining elements of the original master plan with a focus on ecological enhancement and long-term shoreline resiliency.

This work is happening under tight conditions. Sandwiched between the coastline and Sausalito's busy downtown corridor, every operation has to be timed around the tides. Working carefully with heavy equipment in a compressed footprint, our crews are managing invasive species removal, contaminated soil, and the construction of a new living shoreline system. The system integrates rock toe installation, granite block terracing, and erosion control fabric with saline-tolerant native plantings, creating a shoreline built to adapt and endure.

When the work is done, what was once a degraded waterfront edge will be a more resilient and functional shoreline for the City of Sausalito.

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