A proven, natural, and cost effective approach.

CMS, founded by William Holdren and Ronald Wine in 1984, specializes in environmentally sound, cost effective strategies and techniques to manage waterways that provide a lasting solution to mitigate problem erosion areas and flow obstructions. Mr. Holdren and Mr. Wine were trained in these techniques when employed by the State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources managing property along the Little Miami National Scenic River and Stillwater River and Greenville Creek. They adapted and modified these basic techniques to create the CMS river management system. The riverbank restoration techniques employed by CMS are based in large part on the findings and actual practice of river restoration methods pioneered by Ohio native George Palmiter and studied by the US Army Corps of Engineers. (Reference: Contributing Report 82-CR1, March, 1982) These techniques have been developed, refined and proven effective in a multitude of projects in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina. However, given recent trends in watershed management toward man-made structural approaches to erosion control, the Palmiter Method has been largely forgotten and often overlooked as a proven solution. As defined in the US Army Corps of Engineers Study and refined and adapted by CMS, the Palmiter approach to riverbank restoration and channel maintenance requires a minimum of equipment, relying more upon human labor and know how.

Our central theme is: let the river do the work.