Timberland excavating
Excavating and environmental contractors | Missoula, Montana
services
Excavation
General excavation & hauling, infrastructure site work, sewer & septic – we offer a full compliment of excavation and construction services.
Contact us today about your project!
forestry
Hazard fuels reduction, forest road construction & obliteration, culvert installation & removal, and small bridge construction. We specialize in helping you get the most from your land.
environmental restoration
Reestablishing function & resilience to degraded waterways and wetlands is the lifeblood of Timberland Excavating. Placer mine restoration, river re-channelization, bank stabilization, floodplain grading, and aquatic organism passage structures are just some of the wide variety of restoration & construction services we offer.
portfolio
Upper Lolo Culvert Improvement Project
owner:
Jed Whiteley – Project Manager, Clark Fork Coalition
Project Partners:
Clark Fork Coalition / River Design Group
Date:
November 2023
Location:
Lower O’Brien Creek, Missoula, MT
Project Details:
- Flood conveyance project for O’Brien Creek Meadows Home Owners Association
- New river channel alignment constructed
- New floodplain excavated & reconnected to channel
- Large rotational bank failure stabilized
O’Brien Creek Restoration Project
owner:
Adam Switalski – Project Manager, Clark Fork Coalition
Project Partners:
Clark Fork Coalition / USFS – Lolo National Forest
Date:
Summer 2023
Location:
Granite Creek Rd, Lolo N.F., Lolo Pass, MT
Project Details:
- Project goal to upgrade drainage infrastructure on Granite Creek road to reestablish aquatic organism passage through culverts in tributaries to Granite Creek
- 8 culverts replaced with 6’ aquatic organism passage pipes
- Road reconditioning along 5 miles of granite creek road
- Project finished in tight timeline of July 15 to September 1 in-water work window
Miller Creek MPG Parcel Stream Restoration Project
owner:
Adam Switalski – Project Manager, Clark Fork Coalition
Project Partners:
Clark Fork Coalition / Geum Consulting / MPG Ranch
Date:
November 2022
Location:
Upper Miller Creek, Missoula, MT
Project Details:
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Project goal to reconnect Miller Creek to its floodplain, impacted from an incised channel
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Large wood pool habitat structures, cross stream habitat structures, beaver habitat structures constructed to push water into floodplain
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New wetland depressional areas built
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New stream channel constructed to move Miller Ceek away from the road
French Gulch Fish Passage Project
owner:
Ben LaPorte, Restoration Director – Big Hole Watershed Committee
Project Partners:
Big Hole Watershed Committee / Morrison Maierle / Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks
Date:
July – October 2022
Location:
Phoenix placer mine, French Gulch – Anaconda, MT
Project Details:
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Project goal to reestablish fish passage & spawning habitat though French Gulchimpacted by damage from hydraulic mining in the 20th century
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Slope of valley floor above the mine corrected to 15% from 50%
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Complex of 30 step pools built through the new valley slope to convey arctic grayling through the project site to spawning habitat in the headwaters
Sleeter Bank Stabilization & Restoration
Client:
Anthony South, Yaak Valley Forest Council
Project Partners:
Yaak Valley Forest Council / River Design Group
Date:
October 2021
Location:
Yaak, MT
Project Details:
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Project goal to stabilize hazardous eroding bank on a private parcel of the Yaak River
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Completed project restored 5000 sq. ft. of the property, and stabilized the bank along a sharp meander bend
Marshall Canyon Aquatic Organism Passage Pipe
Client:
Marshall Canyon Aquatic Organism Passage Pipe
owner:
Rob Roberts – Project Manager, Montana Trout Unlimited
Project Partners:
Montana Trout Unlimited / USFS, Lolo National Forest
Date:
July 2021
Location:
Marshall Canyon – Missoula, MT
Project Details:
- Project goal to construct a new aquatic organism passage pipe to replace perched culvert under USFR 2122
Lower french creek restoration
owner:
Ben LaPorte, Restoration Director – Big Hole Watershed Committee
Project Partners:
Big Hole Watershed Committee / Morrison Maierle / Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks
Date:
September – December 2019
Location:
French Creek, near Wise River, MT
Project Details:
- Project goal to remediate historic placer mine damage and restore floodplain function to French Creek
- 4,000 linear ft of new stream channel constructed & stabilized to move French creek
- 7 acres of floodplain excavated
- 9 wetland complexes excavated and planted
- 30,000 cubic yards of mine tailings removed
About us
Timberland Excavating was founded in 2017 by forestry & restoration experts who saw a need for more contractors specializing in environmental damage remediation & public land improvement.
Our mission is to provide present & future generations with rivers, forests, and working lands that are healthier & more resilient than those we inherited.
Jake watts
Jake is practically a preordained contractor. Growing up in a family that operated an excavation firm, he saw firsthand the power of a family business – quite literally shaping the local landscape, providing jobs, and standing as a bulwark of the American experience. Continuing that heritage, he founded Timberland Excavating to do all of those things and more. A proud small business supporting the Montana economy and improving our land & water.
Jeff cahill
Jeff entered the workforce at age 16 knowing he wanted to build things, help people, and leave something behind to provide future benefit far past his lifetime. A lifelong outdoorsman, environmental restoration proved the perfect industry. Whether the project is remediating historically degraded
ecosystems, or building new forest road to connect people to the land around them, Jeff lives his calling on every job site.
Testimonial
Matt Barnes | P.E. CFM | Tetra Tech
Ben LaPorte | Restoration Program Manager | Big Hole Watershed Committee
“The team at Timberland Excavating, Inc are skilled operators with a solid understanding of stream dynamics and forest ecology. While contracting for the Clark Fork Coalition, they have applied this knowledge towards restoring degraded streams, installing upsized culverts, and decommissioning unneeded forest roads. They work well in challenging conditions and can adapt to changing circumstances to make sure the job gets done.”
Adam Switalski | Project Manager | Clark Fork Coalition
Contact us today
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Or feel free to reach out to us directly:
Jake Watts – (406) 274-3728
Jeff Cahill – (406) 546-9535