What is Conservation Engineering?

Conservation engineering involves the creation of outdoor recreation facilities that everyone can use and enjoy safely. More importantly, conservation engineering ensures that these facilities blend into the surrounding environment as much as possible in order to enhance the areas’ natural resources. It’s a field that requires expertise in many engineering disciplines, such as construction, structural, hydraulic and sanitary, to name a few.

Along with this engineering versatility, conservation engineers must have an understanding of the biological and environmental functions of the project on which they are working. They must be able to transform the biological requirements of fish production or wildlife management into an operating facility; protect and rebuild the past as part of rehabilitating historic structures; and apply creative thinking and innovative design solutions to construct recreation facilities in environmentally sensitive areas.

Our objective in organizing ACE was to bring together engineers and allied personnel employed by conservation and recreation agencies and consultants who have a community of specialized interests in the area of fish, wildlife, parks, forests and related conservation – recreation fields