WOOLSON ARTICLE ON SOIL STABILIZATION PROJECTS FEATURED IN LATEST ISSUE OF “EROSION CONTROL”

February 24, 2005 – Soil experts, engineers and natural resources professionals from around the country are the sources of information for the latest article that Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works, has written for a national trade journal.

“ From the innovative technique of vegetated reinforced soil slopes on the banks of Portland, Oregon’s Johnson Creek to an erosion control demonstration project on the banks of wind-whipped Lake Winneconne in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, geosynthetic materials are going where they’ve never gone before in an effort to accomplish a much wider range of functions,” the article begins. “While the evaluation continues at the Lake Winneconne project and results are yet to be quantified, the Johnson Creek project makes it clear that geosynthetic reinforcement materials are providing the extra muscle to make soil bioengineering a more viable option to stabilize and restore soils along streams, rivers and shorelines.”

Woolson’s articles appear regularly in publications owned by Forester Communications, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company, (www.forester.net). The article "Bioengineering for Soil Stabilization” appears in the January/February 2005 issue of Erosion Control. It is also available at http://www.forester.net/ecm_0501_bioengineering.html .

"I’ve always enjoyed writing, no matter what the topic may be,” he said. “Writing for Forester Communications helps me broaden my view of the world by taking a very detailed look at technical subjects. That work has a direct benefit for clients of The Concept Works as I help them communicate their messages to the public.”

The Concept Works, a West Des Moines, Iowa, firm, specializes in government, public and media relations and crisis management for corporations, nonprofit organizations and political clients.