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Suttle Lake Master Plan

Sisters, Oregon


Macdonald Environmental Planning, P.C. worked with the Owner of Suttle Lake Resort and Marina in 2002 to update the Development Master Plan for this 7 acre “peninsula” at the east end of Suttle Lake. This report was submitted to the Sisters Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest, Pacific Northwest Region of the USDA Forest Service for approval of the expansion of the Resort facilities and the re-vegetation plan for the overall site. The project included the analysis of the existing Resort facilities, the proposed new access road and bridge and the condition of the natural vegetation, the proposed relocation of existing cabins, new cabin locations and the new lodge and parking lot location. This project’s master plan had been revised numerous times but, failed to receive approval due to the opposition by the Friends of the Metolius River Basin. Our effort to achieve approval included environmental sensitive master development plan which protected the riparian vegetation from further degradation while proposing a 5 year re-vegetation plan for the non essential resort areas. These areas were to have an 80 percent cover of vegetation achieved. The Forest Service approved the Suttle Lake Resort and Marina Master Plan in 2003 allowing the Owner to construct a new Lodge facility and add 6 more Cabins to the 22 acre sensitive site.

Norton East Ranch Property Park System Master Plan

Bozeman, Montana


This 48 acre community development master plan included the planning and design of over a ¼ mile of greenway trails to serve as important passive recreation and pedestrian access throughout the community.  The trails provide a connective loop to the childrens play areas both large and small and access to a eight acre neighborhood park.  Internal to the park is an existing wetland that will be preserved and revegetated as mitigation for other wetland encroachment.  Viewing platforms and information boards will serve as a sustainable education component for visitors as they travel around the wetland.

In the northwestern corner of the park a open air community shelter is planned with large and small children play areas and picnic tables nearby.  Parking for the Community events is located across the wetland via a new pile system elevated bridge.  We have prepared all the planning, design and construction documents for this project which will be constructed during the summer of 2009.

The Parks at Broken Top

Bend, Oregon


As part of a 68-acre development, we designed two community parks, and the open space areas.  The landscape features include a park shelter with arbors, a pavilion with an interactive water feature, green spaces with native plants, and bicycle trails.  This Craftsmen Style neighborhood enlisted Neo-Traditional design elements like alley fed garages that enbcourages pedestrian friendly streets and sidewalks and bike trails that are heavily used for recreation.