Trihydro is an engineering and environmental consulting firm committed to providing effective solutions. We approach each project as an opportunity to partner with our clients and build trust based upon successful outcomes. With project experience extending back to 1984, our professional engineers, geologists, scientists, designers, and regulatory experts understand how to take a strategic vision, turn it into a practical plan or design, and move it through project delivery. 

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We offer comprehensive environmental services, engineering expertise, and technology solutions.
We focus on how each provided service factors into the bigger picture, so our solutions fully integrate into our clients' overall visions.

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People you can trust

Trihydro has 600 people dedicated to service excellence. Our mid-size means
we have the expertise and manpower to provide project solutions, while still being small
enough to prioritize our individual clients' needs.

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A cultural code

Trihydro's corporate code of conduct is based on a book titled Cowboy Ethics, What Wall Street Can Learn from the Code of the West by James P. Owen. The Code of the West has 10 tenets, and in 2017, Trihydro added one more: "Leave it better than you found it." Our cultural code underpins how we approach projects, relationships, and challenges.

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moving INDUSTRIES forward

The environmental and engineering services we provide benefit multiple industries. While the types of services we offer may be similar, each industry's challenges are unique. Trihydro is committed to understanding each specific client to develop specific, fit-for-purpose solutions. 

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Power Fire Nexus Fuel Reduction

Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
California



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In 2004, the Power Fire burned approximately 17,000 acres of the Eldorado National Forest and private land. To address the fire’s aftermath and promote resilience in the face of future wildfires, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation released a grant opportunity for the Strategic Analysis of Fuels Management in the Power Fire Scar of the El Dorado National Forest.

In 2019, Trihydro worked successfully with the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA) to secure $179,000 in grant funding to create a large spatial scale fire fuels reduction analysis and strategic plan to identify innovative, efficient, and cost-effective fuels reduction and biomass management plans for fuels reduction projects within the Panther Creek, Bear River, and Cole Creek watersheds of El Dorado National Forest.

The Power Fire altered the fuel beds throughout the fire scar and impacted the selected watersheds. To address this, from 2019 to 2021, the project involved prioritizing areas for fuel reduction, developing a feasibility study-based approach to identify and rank alternatives, presenting results in a strategic fuel management plan, and providing a weighted risk/benefit matrix that could be used as a tool to manage forest health.

The prioritization effort considered numerous variables, including culture resources, access, sensitive habitats, alignment with other projects, critical infrastructure, and future fire risk. Trihydro identified and evaluated traditional and innovative fuel removal methods, including prescribed burning, selective thinning, and biomass energy. When evaluating alternatives, Trihydro considered multiple factors, including economic benefits, labor requirements, watershed health, greenhouse gas emissions, and alignment with United States Forest Service goals.

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